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 OAS Secretary General on the International Day of Democracy
September 15, 2014
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, celebrated today the International Day of Democracy saying it is the only system that fully recognizes people´s freedom and makes possible its exercise with respect for the rights of all, and added that respecting, caring for, and strengthening it leads to the improvement of societies.
In commemorating this date, Secretary General Insulza reiterated that the Americas, as a region, is experiencing one of the greatest democratic moments of its recent history, but warned that “its health is not the same everywhere, and therefore we urge people to work every day to respect democracy and ensure that it is respected, with dialogue as the great and unique instrument.”
The OAS Secretary General lamented that currently there are some countries in the world experiencing the absence or decline of democratic values and reiterated his conviction that the peaceful struggle for freedom must be the guiding light for those who believe in democracy. “To strengthen democracy is a never-ending task and to continue with it is the responsibility of peoples and governments, which can and must carry it out in peace and with full tolerance for opposing views,” he said.
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