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.
Ecuador Assumes Chairmanship of OAS Permanent Council
July 2, 2010
The Permanent Representative of Ecuador to the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Francisco Proaño, today assumed the chairmanship of the Permanent Council of the hemispheric institution and committed himself to reinforcing the work of that forum in supporting and strengthening the initiatives and programs of the OAS. The ceremony took place at the Organization’s headquarters in Washington, DC.
Ambassador Proaño received the gavel that represents the Council’s authority from his predecessor, Ambassador Carmen Lomellin, and congratulated the Representative of the United Sates on her job, principally on the issues related to the preparations and discussions leading up to the 40th OAS General Assembly, held in June.
Referring to the priorities on which the Council will focus its work, the Representative from Ecuador asserted that “the Organization has great challenges to face, and we all know the historic moments the hemisphere is going through, as well as the difficulties ahead. For that reason our efforts will be directed toward overcoming the biggest problems and situations that concern us, as well as to support, help or strengthen all the initiatives and programs that the OAS has as part of its agenda and that benefit the people and the governments of the hemisphere.”
The Ecuadorian diplomat, who will act as Chair for the next quarter, took the opportunity to thank OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza for “the support he has offered me as ambassador,” adding that “the Permanent Council is made of a group of representatives and ambassadors who do their jobs with great talent and professionalism, and that is a guarantee that the OAS will continue working to overcome regional challenges.”
The Permanent Council’s statutes provide for the Chairmanship to be held by each of the principal representatives in turn, following the alphabetical order in Spanish of the names of their respective countries. The office of the Vice Chair is filled in the same way but following reverse alphabetical order. The Vice Chairmanship will be held by the Permanent Representative of El Salvador, Ambassador Joaquin Maza.
A photo gallery of the event will be available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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