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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.
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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.
Foreign Minister of Paraguay Elected President of the General Assembly at Its Forty-fourth Regular Session
June 4, 2014
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay, Eladio Loizaga, was elected today as President of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) at its forty-fourth regular session; this was at the first plenary session, held at Conmebol headquarters in the Paraguayan capital.
The election was carried out by acclamation after remarks by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, José Antonio Meade, who nominated Paraguayan Minister Loizaga, citing his diplomatic experience, “leadership, and generosity.” The nomination was seconded by the delegation of Guyana, headed by Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.
Until that moment, the provisional president was the Peruvian foreign minister, Eda Rivas. A drawing of lots to set the order of precedence, conducted as established in the Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly, determined that Paraguay should preside from the start, but Paraguay chose to yield that place to the country next in line, Peru.
In taking office as President of the regional event, which runs through tomorrow, June 5, the Paraguayan foreign minister addressed the member state representatives, saying “it is an honor to receive you on this occasion, on which we hope to foster frank and respectful debate and create an environment for offering alternatives and solutions to the issue that brings us here, development with social inclusion.”
Minister Loizaga expressed his wish that this General Assembly session “will confirm the important role of this Organization, not only regionally but also globally,” and his wish “to conduct a sincere dialogue that makes a positive contribution to the region's development.”
Also at the first plenary session, the agenda of the two-day meeting was approved and the General Committee, to be chaired by the Permanent Representative of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Jacinth Lorna Henry-Martin, was installed.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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