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 Assistant Secretary General Says Region Must Remain Committed to Countries in Need
July 8, 2010
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, has appealed to wealthier countries in the region to remain committed to neighbors in need. The call was made at an OAS meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Social Development of the hemisphere in Cali, Colombia.
Ambassador Ramdin acknowledged that many countries in the region were still struggling with the impact of recent natural disasters, and the fallout of the global financial crisis. He called on Member States with more resources to demonstrate a deeper commitment to investment in social programs across the region.
The OAS representative also urged Ministers of Social Development from across the region to do more to address the issue of poverty, pointing out that poverty is increasing in Latin America and the Caribbean, with an additional 9 million people now living in poverty, and 5 million more people now living in extreme poverty.
Ambassador Ramdin told regional delegates that inequality was still a very real challenge in the region. “A continent with our level of development should not have one third of its inhabitants living below the poverty line. Nor is it compatible with our democratic discourse that between three and five percent of the population receives over 50 percent of national income,” he said.
Ramdin said the challenge for the region is to ensure that the needs of the people are met. “If a democratic state does not deliver the benefits of progress to all its citizens equally, it may trigger resentment and become a breeding ground for instability.”
The meeting, attended by Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, brings together ministerial delegates from across the region to discuss inter-ministerial coordination. Among the items on the agenda are the promotion of employment and income generation for vulnerable populations, food security, and a comprehensive response for risk mitigation and social reconstruction in the communities affected by natural disasters.
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