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.
CRUCIAL VALUE OF OAS-UN COOPERATION IS EMPHASIZED AT NEW YORK FORUM
October 18, 2005
Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin, representing the Organization of American States (OAS) at a United Nations Security Council forum in New York today, underscored the value of close cooperation among multilateral organizations, saying it is a critical component of the new OAS action plan for strengthening regional governability in the Americas.
Ambassador Ramdin said the OAS welcomes a much more structured approach to strengthening collaboration between UN and regional organizations in the areas of democracy, development and security, including peace building and conflict prevention. Citing the OAS’ active engagement in conflict-prevention and its facilitation and mediation efforts, notably with respect to the political crises in Haiti, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Bolivia, Ramdin said OAS engagements involve as well the provision of technical assistance and capacity building.
Addressing a debate on cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations—the second such forum in which he has participated since being elected Assistant Secretary General last June—Ambassador Ramdin explained the preventive capacity the OAS brings to UN-regional cooperation, and the capacity of the OAS to mobilize member states and resources within the inter-american system to reach consensus on concerted actions to address hemispheric challenges. He lauded the valuable work of the Security Council and the UN’s leadership role in the maintenance of peace and security, while noting that much more can be done to strengthen institutions through closer collaboration, analyses, joint implementation of technical cooperation, focused attention on structural prevention and improved streamlining of funding for preventive multilateral actions.
He pointed to the crucial role of subregional organizations like the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), and Central American Integration System (SICA) in the Americas. “These subregional organizations should strive to work in tandem with lead multilateral institutions, by searching for ways to complement the work of the OAS and the UN,” he stated, citing Haiti as a good example OAS-UN collaboration.
On the critical matter of funding, the OAS Assistant Secretary General noted that lack of funds for peace-building and reconstruction activities hinders the reconciliation process, and he therefore urged joint articulation of appeals for assistance for conflict-affected countries. He also called for special donors’ conferences bringing together UN, regional organizations, donor countries, Bretton Woods institutions and other relevant parts of the UN systems.