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.
Message of the Secretary General on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
August 9, 2015
This August 9, International Day of the World´s Indigenous Peoples, the Organization of American States (OAS) joins the global call to make the achievement of full citizenship for indigenous populations a priority in the public policies of the region.
We must work to ensure that the slogan of this administration of “more rights for more people” becomes a reality in all parts of the Americas and that it includes all groups and individuals that make up our rich and diverse region.
In the Americas, the rate of extreme poverty is higher among the indigenous peoples than in the rest of the population, according to the report on Indigenous Peoples by the World Bank. In addition, indigenous people are currently twice as likely to be poor and 2.7 times as likely to live in extreme poverty.
In addition, the access of this sector of the population to public services like health and education is much more limited. Infant mortality among indigenous children is 60% higher than the rest of the population, and the divide is even greater with respect to the likelihood of death before the age of five, with a mortality rate 70% higher. These gaps are also evident in education in terms of access, quality and educational achievements.
To address these challenges requires a comprehensive approach. The OAS has approved an Action Plan on the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas with the aim of “promoting and strengthening the participation of indigenous peoples in domestic and international decision-making processes, increasing the awareness of society in general regarding this topic, training indigenous peoples’ representatives in a range of areas that will allow the comprehensive development of their communities, and establishing indigenous issues as a cross-cutting theme in the Organization’s different projects and activities.”
Currently, the OAS is in a process of negotiation of a Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. To this end, a Working Group has been created in the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Permanent Council of the OAS. The discussions and negotiations include the participation of representatives of the states and representatives of the indigenous peoples.
The United Nations has identified health and well being as the focus of this year´s International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples. We urge the countries of the Americas to join forces to address the serious problems of social exclusion and inequality facing indigenous peoples, to improve their access to health services and to work toward the achievement of equality, inclusion and social justice.