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 Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today underscored the importance of the October 22 referendum in which Panamanians will vote on a proposed expansion of the Panama Canal, saying that this event represents “a far-reaching decision for the future development of the country and for the Panamanian people.”
Insulza, along with the Permanent Representative of Panama to the OAS, Ambassador Aristides Royo, signed an agreement related to the privileges and immunities extended to the electoral observers who will be present for the referendum. During the brief signing ceremony, held at OAS headquarters, the Panamanian diplomat thanked the Organization for accepting his government’s invitation to observe this democratic process.
The Electoral Observation Mission will be headed by OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin and will include a core group of around 15 international observers, as well as more than 50 volunteers from the diplomatic corps based in Panama.
Ambassador Royo explained that Panamanian citizens will vote on a proposal to improve and expand the Panama Canal so the transoceanic waterway can handle almost double its current volume of traffic and accommodate larger ships. Under the country’s Constitution, this initiative – which will cost an estimated $5.25 billion – must first be approved by popular vote. The referendum on October 22 will determine whether the project will move forward.
During a visit to the OAS in May of this year, Panama’s First Vice President and Foreign Minister, Samuel Lewis, said the proposed expansion would promote national development and help overcome poverty and inequality in his country.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin will arrive in Panama next Wednesday, October 18. Besides overseeing the OAS observation activities, he will hold a series of meetings with Panamanian officials on the preparations underway for the next regular session of the OAS General Assembly, which will take place in that country in June 2007.
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