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 PERMANENT COUNCIL ELECTS SALVADORAN MARÍA SILVIA GUILLÉN COMMISSIONER OF IACHR
December 3, 2009
During a regular session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) today, María Silvia Guillén, of El Salvador, was elected as the newest member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). The Central American lawyer will occupy the position until December 31, 2011, replacing Commissioner Florentín Meléndez, who recently renounced his post.
María Silvia Guillén, who received the votes of 19 OAS Member States, graduated from the program of Legal Science of the University of El Salvador in 1977.
Guillén is Executive Director of the Salvadoran Foundation for the Study and Application of Law (FESPAD), a human rights organization founded in 1988 that she has directed since 1999 and is at the heart of her professional activities.
María Silvia Guillén also acts as Deputy Magistrate of the Central American Court of Justice, a regional body of the Central American Integration System (SICA).
Furthermore, Guillén is a member of the Working Commission on Human Rights and the Historical Memory of El Salvador, which seeks the rights of victims of human rights violations during El Salvador’s internal armed conflict. In addition, she is a member of the Salvadoran Coalition for the International Criminal Court (CSCPI).
Beginning in 2009, Guillén was named member of the Executive Council of the National Academy of Public Safety, which is responsible for police training in El Salvador, an academic position she earned for her leadership role in civil society.
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