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.
FAMED CHILEAN NOVELIST ISABEL ALLENDE TAKES CENTER STAGE AT OAS
November 15, 2007
Isabel Allende, the world-renowned Chilean novelist, took the spotlight at the Organization of American States (OAS) as part of events to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Washington-based National Museum of Women in the Arts, which organized the affair in collaboration with the OAS Art Museum of the Americas.
“An Evening with Isabel Allende” was held at the OAS’ Hall of the Americas, where the celebrated guest spoke about her life and her literary creations, and shared her perspectives on a wide range of topics.
Zorro and Ines of My Soul are among the most recent books written by the prolific Allende, who was born in Peru and raised in Chile. She has also written a collection of stories, memoirs and children’s novels. One of Latin America’s foremost writers and part of the Latin American feminist literary awakening, Isabel Allende fuses political fiction with magic realism. Her best-selling novels are The House of the Spirits (1982), Eva Luna (1987) and Daughter of Fortune (1999).
Allende elaborated on the details of her work, life and family, in an extended interview on stage with The Washington Post’s Book World editor Marie Arana, explaining events and issues that have influenced her life and her prolific career as a writer. “Women and men together can make great changes,” remarked Allende, sharing perspectives on gender issues and how her own views as a feminist writer have evolved. In an interactive session with the audience of hundreds, Allende also offered insights in the creative process involved in producing her work, and touched on issues surrounding poverty and political affairs.
OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza welcomed his celebrated compatriot, praising her work, which he described as an exploration of the mysteries, sorrows, happiness, challenges and triumphs of the continent. Insulza said Isabel Allende’s literary accomplishments are all the more remarkable as Chileans in general are known more for poetry and short stories. “She has always been a novelist with a touch of journalist,” said Insulza. “Always finding out. Always looking for stories—always convinced that everybody has a story.”
In her opening remarks, the President of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Mary Mochary, welcomed Isabel Allende to Washington and hailed the anniversary of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
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