Each year the OAS Secretary General publishes a proposed Program-Budget for the coming calendar year. The OAS General Assembly meets in a Special Session to approve the Program-Budget. Find these documents from 1998-2013 here.
Each year in April, the OAS Board of External Auditors publishes a report covering the previous calendar year’s financial results. Reports covering 1996-2016 may be found here.
Approximately six weeks after the end of each semester, the OAS publishes a Semiannual Management and Performance Report, which since 2013 includes reporting on programmatic results. The full texts may be found here.
Here you will find data on the Human Resources of the OAS, including its organizational structure, each organizational unit’s staffing, vacant posts, and performance contracts.
The OAS executes a variety of projects funded by donors. Evaluation reports are commissioned by donors. Reports of these evaluations may be found here.
The Inspector General provides the Secretary General with reports on the audits, investigations, and inspections conducted. These reports are made available to the Permanent Council. More information may be found here.
The OAS has discussed for several years the real estate issue, the funding required for maintenance and repairs, as well as the deferred maintenance of its historic buildings. The General Secretariat has provided a series of options for funding it. The most recent document, reflecting the current status of the Strategy, is CP/CAAP-3211/13 rev. 4.
Here you will find information related to the GS/OAS Procurement Operations, including a list of procurement notices for formal bids, links to the performance contract and travel control measure reports, the applicable procurement rules and regulations, and the training and qualifications of its staff.
The OAS Treasurer certifies the financial statements of all funds managed or administered by the GS/OAS. Here you will find the latest general purpose financial reports for the main OAS funds, as well as OAS Quarterly Financial Reports (QFRs).
Every year the GS/OAS publishes the annual operating plans for all areas of the Organization, used to aid in the formulation of the annual budget and as a way to provide follow-up on institutional mandates.
Here you will find information related to the OAS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, including its design, preparation and approval.
The government of Korea provided a $20,000 contribution to support the work of the Organization of American States (OAS) in monitoring the presidential electoral process in Ecuador. The donation will boost the Electoral Observation Mission underway, headed by former Argentina Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa.
During a brief ceremony at OAS headquarters, Korea’s Alternate Observer to the OAS, Chong-on Won, reiterated his country’s interest in promoting peace and democracy “in a crucial year in Latin America,” referring to the more than thirteen electoral processes that have taken place in the region to date. In that regard, the diplomat said Korea will continue to support the efforts of the regional organization.
Accepting the donation on behalf of OAS Secretary GeneralJosé Miguel Insulza, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs, Raúl Alconada Sempé, noted that Korea has contributed to several OAS programs, as well as to other electoral observations.
“This donation will contribute to the work that we are doing in support of democracy, of electoral processes, and will help the people of Ecuador express themselves in a transparent and free manner and that the outcome is accepted by Ecuadorian society as a whole,” Alconada said.
Underscoring the role the observer country has had, Alconada added that “attitudes such as the one demonstrated by the Korean government allow the OAS to carry out these types of tasks,” which help to strengthen democracies.
Korea was one of the first Asian countries to join the OAS as a Permanent Observer in 1981. In the past years, the country has donated some $1 million to support various OAS areas.
The people of Ecuador will elect a new President and legislative body in the October 15 elections. The OAS will accompany that electoral process until its conclusion.