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 Outlines Rules of Permanent Council
July 23, 2010
The Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert Ramdin, explained yesterday, after the Special Session of the Permanent Council requested by the Permanent Mission of Colombia, the rules and procedures that guide the convening of such Council sessions.
Ambassador Ramdin took the opportunity to explain that “the Rules of Procedure of the OAS Permanent Council are clear in the convening of Special Meetings.” Article 37 of the Rules provides for the OAS Permanent Council to “hold special meetings, in keeping with article 14 of its Statutes, when any representative so requests in writing, stating the purpose of the request.”
“It was in this context that the OAS Permanent Council convened a Special Meeting in response to the request sent by the Permanent Mission of Colombia on July 15, 2010,” Ramdin added.
Furthermore, the Assistant Secretary General, who also serves as Secretary of the Permanent Council, underscored the two mechanisms by which a meeting of this nature may be suspended: through a two-thirds vote of the Member States, pursuant to Article 53 of the Rules, or if the request is withdrawn by its proponent.
Finally, Ambassador Ramdin indicated that “this is a recognized practice that has been applied on previous occasions.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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