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 Secretary General Urges to Combat Violence against Journalists: “the Most Extreme Form of Censorship”
November 2, 2015
Today, on International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, called for the protection of the life and rights of media professionals and for the adoption of measures to prevent violence against journalists, which he described as “the most extreme form of censorship.”
“We raise our voice to remember the most extreme form of censorship that exists, the elimination of the critical voices of those who report to their communities on matters of public interest,”said Secretary General Almagro.
Since the proclamation in 2013 of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the United Nations has been urging states to adopt concrete measures to fight against that crime. In the framework of the OAS, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), through the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression, has focused, as a matter of priority, on the issue of violence against journalists and has paid special attention to the investigation of such crimes, as well as the reporting and solving of cases.