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 Addresses Challenges to Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean
September 22, 2010
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, delivered a lecture at Fordham University, New York, this week in which he addressed the Challenges to Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean, highlighting how growing economies in the region could forecast a more prosperous future for the Americas.
In the next few years, the Chilean diplomat said, we will be able to tell whether Latin American and Caribbean is entering a path of constant development and growth or whether social conflicts will become stronger.
The possibility of being optimistic about the future, according to the head of the hemispheric organization, exists because along with economic development there was in recent years a strengthening of democracy in our continent. Today, he explained, “governments are created through clean, secret, universal elections and they regularly change hands among different political groups, without significant disruption.”
“Nevertheless, our government institutions are fragile,” he continued, drawing attention to four areas of concern that could affect the health of democracy: poverty and inequality; violence; weak and poorly financed governments; and rulers who seek to change the legitimate system when they enjoy a political majority.
Secretary General Insulza spoke in front of a full student auditorium in the library of Fordham University and took numerous questions. The event was held during his trip to New York City, where he is attending the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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