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.
Message from the Secretary General of the OAS on the Observance of World Humanitarian Day
August 19, 2013
Every day, the Organization of American States (OAS) is engaged in marshaling its resources towards assisting the efforts of member states in articulating policies, plans and strategies that aim to bring relief to the millions of people in the Hemisphere who unfortunately live and/or work in conditions that stifle human potential, reduce the quality of life and diminish the human spirit.
While encouraging progress is being made in the Hemisphere, significant challenges remain in practically all areas, most notably in poverty alleviation, reducing inequality, increasing access to education and health services, and access to potable water, sanitation and energy. These unfavorable conditions are made worse by external shocks such as the ongoing global financial crisis and by natural events, such as storms and earthquakes.
The OAS extends its complete support to the efforts led by the United Nations to generate and deploy assistance in humanitarian crises all over the world.
For its part, the OAS remains steadfast in its commitment to bring relief and a sense of optimism to those who face these challenging circumstances in the Americas, and will continue to apply the full range of its various instruments towards that goal.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.