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.
OAS Calls for Greater Cooperation between Member States and Port Authorities to Promote Maritime Security
June 16, 2010
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, called for closer cooperation and collaboration among Member States and port authorities to ensure greater efficiency in both the security and trade sectors during the International Maritime Conference at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC. He reminded an international audience that the OAS continues to strengthen cooperation and to develop regional policies and strategies to address the range of security threats within the maritime sector.
Speaking on behalf of the OAS, Ramdin stressed that the “security of the peoples of the Americas is a key pillar of the OAS” and emphasized the significance of the Organization’s multidimensional security framework approved by all Member States. “Within multidimensional security, the relationship between security and commerce where maritime port protection is the main component of the supply chain security is of vital importance,” he added.
Ramdin also stressed that security and efficiency go hand in hand and are essential for ensuring competitiveness in maritime transport and trade. He further maintained that “given that approximately 90% of global commerce is transported by sea, the international community must help ensure that all states, in particular the smaller states, have the resources to address both maritime security needs and trade effectiveness.”
Ambassador Ramdin also said that “the OAS is the most appropriate platform for continued policy dialogue on the region’s security challenges and needs because early in the decade, the OAS Committee on Hemispheric Security and more recently the Secretariat for Multidimensional Security have been proactively assisting its Member States in formulating and implementing region-wide policies and strategies to enhance security in the Americas.” He added that “as a result, most OAS Member States have improved security of their port facilities, assigned security officials, installed new equipment with the latest technology and adopted new regulations to prioritize maritime security.”
In closing, Assistant Secretary General Ramdin reiterated the commitment of the OAS to increase assistance to its Member States in the area of security. “For the Organization, there is no doubt that security, development and good governance are central to ensuring prosperity, peace and progress among the peoples of the Americas.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org