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 Ecuador today donated a collection of books to the Organization of American States’ (OAS) Columbus Memorial Library. The sixty-one volume collection covers a wide range of topics including the history, economy, law, state, geography, literature and art of the South American country.
Ambassador Mario Alemán, Ecuador’s Permanent Representative, made the presentation to OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin, calling it “a small token of Ecuador’s rich bibliographical output” that will afford a better appreciation and awareness of his country’s geography, history, economy, law and literature. Included in the collection is a book entitled “Presencia del Pasado” (Presence of the Past) by the poet Hugo Alemán Fierro, Ambassador Alemán’s father.
Citing the influence of Ecuadorian writers, Ambassador Alemán said “the lyrical garden of Ecuador blooms, thanks to first-class writers and poets who enjoy pride of place in the hemisphere.” He noted too that the books were being given to the Columbus Memorial Library that was the first office to be established by the Pan American Union, the forerunner to the OAS.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, meanwhile, thanked the Ecuadorian government for this important and timely gift. He cited efforts underway to reactivate the Group of Friends of the Library. Noting the Library’s dire financial situation, Ramdin appealed for more contributions similar to Ecuador’s “to ensure that the Library gets the support it deserves.” He said that beyond the papers that books represent, they also convey legacy that includes the authors’ wisdom and knowledge.
Ramdin announced that the Columbus Memorial Library has mounted an exhibition of the donated books, which will remain on display until the end of October. These books will be added to the Library’s online catalog that is accessible to the public.
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