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 Signs Agreement to Support the Control of Arms and Ammunition in Guatemala
August 7, 2012
The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala today signed an Agreement on Cooperation and Technical Assistance for the Control and Destruction of Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives and other related materials seized or found in surplus in the Central American country.
The agreement was signed by the Secretary for Multidimensional Security of the OAS, Ambassador Adam Blackwell, and the Deputy Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Ambassador Rita Claverie Díaz de Sciolli, and shows the support of the OAS for national efforts to ensure the security of stockpiles of this kind.
As part of the approach of the Mission of Support for Security in Central America, the OAS and the national government establish a framework of assistance in response to the need for effective controls on arms stockpiles, to prevent their entry into the black market and their use in activities such as drug trafficking, terrorism and organized crime.
Since 2010, the Program of Assistance for Control of Arms and Munitions (PACAM) of the OAS has supported the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense in the removal and destruction of surplus and obsolete weapons and ammunition. During 2010, the Ministry of Defense, with support from the PACAM program, removed nearly 400 tons of ammunition in poor condition and removed all the ammunition of the Air Force from its stores in La Aurora International Airport to safe installations far from population centers.
Today's agreement expands the scope of the PACAM program to support the broader needs of government to contribute to public safety. PACAM channels international resources, mainly from the United States State Department and the Agency for International Cooperation of Spain, mobilizes personnel highly trained in handling explosives, and uses mobile equipment for the safe and economic destruction of a large quantity of arms and ammunition in Central America.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.