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.
AT HEMISPHERIC HEALTH CONFERENCE, OAS ADVOCATES COOPERATION TO TACKLE MAJOR CHALLENGES
October 1, 2007
Addressing the inaugural session of the 27th Pan American Sanitary Conference in Washington, D.C., today, Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin advocated more cooperation as the means to tackle the primary health challenges of the Americas. He further argued for an integrated approach to social policy to help bring more people out of extreme poverty and marginalization.
Ambassador Ramdin described health challenges as “cross-border in nature,” asserting that no country alone or in isolation can effectively address the problems. “To be successful in our efforts, a coordinated and collective response is necessary; a holistic and multidimensional approach is required to achieve the best results,” Ramdin declared to the health ministers of the Americas and top national, regional and international health authorities gathered at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with Ecuadorian Ambassador Efren Cocios Jaramillo chairing.
Other officials at the opening session of the five-day conference included PAHO Director Mirta Roses; World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan; United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt; Trinidad and Tobago’s National Coordinator for the V Summit of the Americas Ambassador Luis Alberto Rodriguez; and UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Nils Kastberg.
Ramdin also offered that, as the main political vehicle and multilateral platform in the Americas, the OAS stands ready to facilitate a collective response by including health in the political agenda of the Western Hemisphere. He renewed the OAS offer to work with PAHO to co-host a conference on non-communicable diseases and their impact on the labor market as well as on the national budgets in terms of health costs in the Americas.
At their annual meeting, the ministers and high-level delegates from PAHO member countries are discussing health policies and actions to address the region's major health challenges. Their agenda includes the election of PAHO's director; Rubella and congenital rubella syndrome; Avian and pandemic influenza; malaria; Human resources for health; International health security; Safe hospitals; and the Millennium Development Goals.
Facebook
Twitter
Facebook
Twitter