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.
Secretary General Hopes that Venezuela Remains in the Inter-American System of Human Rights
July 27, 2012
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today said he regrets to hear that the government of Venezuela may decide, as has been reported by the media, to denounce the American Convention on Human Rights, and hopes that the decision is not confirmed.
In declarations made in Mexico, where he is participating in the plenary meeting of the Circle of Montevideo, Insulza noted that the General Secretariat has not received any official documents related to the statements made to the press by the highest representatives of the Venezuelan government.
He said such a decision, if finalized, “is not good for anyone” and called for dialogue to seek possible solutions to the disagreements brought forward by Venezuela.
Secretary General Insulza added that denouncing the Convention would not mean the complete exclusion of Venezuela from the Inter-American System of Human Rights, as it would specifically remove the country from the jurisdiction of the Court, but not from that of the Commission. All OAS Member States are subject to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, as it was created by the Charter of the OAS, and therefore the Commission’s competence extends to all the Member States of the hemispheric organization.
The Secretary General added that, if the Venezuela were to denounce the Convention, it would be regrettable that Venezuela would become the only Latin American country outside the jurisdiction of the Court.
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