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 and Peru´s National Jury of Elections Signed Agreement on Mission that will Observe Regional and Municipal Elections on October 5
September 16, 2014
The Organization of American States (OAS) and Peru´s National Jury of Elections (JNE, by its Spanish acronym) today signed the Agreement on the Electoral Observation Process of the Mission that the OAS will deploy in the country to observe the regional and municipal elections to be held on October 5.
The document was signed by the OAS Representative in the country, Pablo Zúñiga, and by the President of Peru´s National Jury of Elections, Francisco Távara. The agreement was signed following a request by the Government of Peru that Secretary General Insulza received, to deploy a group of international observers to the country. To lead the Mission, the Secretary General of the hemispheric organization appointed the Uruguayan politician and lawyer, Sergio Abreu.
Abreu was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uruguay during Luis Alberto Lacalle´s presidency and, subsequently, led the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines during President Jorge Batlle´s administration. He is currently a National Party’s Senator. Lawyer by profession, he presided the GATT Uruguay Round and the Marrakesh Ministerial Conference, which led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The OAS Electoral Mission will be comprise of 35 persons and will begin its activities on Wednesday, September 24. A group of specialists will carry out a thorough and detailed analysis of the process in terms of electoral rganization and technology, political and legal analysis, gender, political electoral financing, security, conflict resolution, and participation of under-represented groups. On election day, observers will visit voting polls across the country.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.