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.
Declaration of OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, on Democracy Day
September 15, 2013
September 15 has been declared by the United Nations as International Democracy Day. This concept comprises values such as, undoubtedly, the holding of free elections, but also the respect for human rights, respect for minorities, public management transparency, the non-discrimination principle, the separation and independence of public powers, freedom of expression, and gender equality.
All these values are included in the Inter-American Democratic Charter, an instrument that guides our Organization. It reminds us, in its first article, that “The peoples of the Americas have a right to democracy and their governments have an obligation to promote and defend it.”
We can celebrate that, over the last decades, political democracy has become the predominant form of political organization in our region.
The Americas are a continent where democracy is more extended than ever in its history, and day by day we strive to fulfill and strengthen it.
We hope that, with this day’s celebration, we all renew our commitment to keep strengthening our governments’ democratic management and the full respect for the rights of our peoples.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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