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 Council’s decision followed a motion presented by Canada’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, Ambassador Paul Durand, and supported by member states. It comes in response to the November 11 Report of the OAS Secretary General on the Situation in Haiti, which Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi had previously presented to the Permanent Council.
In elaborating on that report today, Ambassador Einaudi also informed the Council about the four-day, four-night occupation of the Office of the OAS General Secretariat in Haiti that began November 25 after a group of nine visitors insisted they would not leave the premises until the Special Mission agreed to take action they were demanding with the government of Haiti. Einaudi stressed that this occupation was “unacceptable.” He defended the Special Mission’s refusal to “act under pressure,” citing the inviolability of the premises of diplomatic missions as one of the oldest principles of international law.
Einaudi reiterated the need for adequate funding for the Special Mission, noting it “needs the full support and protection of the Permanent Council.” He said part of that protection lies in “ensuring the Mission’s mandates are reasonable and that they are adequately funded.”
US Ambassador John Maisto emphasized his Government’s position that the OAS should remain engaged and stay the course in Haiti, as mandated by OAS Permanent Council resolution 822, a position shared by virtually all delegations that took the floor.
For his part, Haiti’s Permanent Representative, Ambassador Raymond Valcin, thanked the OAS for its engagement in Haiti, making special mention of the Special Mission, and stressing the need for adequate funding.
Valcin also cited the government of Haiti’s willingness to resume negotiations with the political opposition and other sectors, towards finding a lasting solution to the country’s political crisis.
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