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.
China Makes Contribution to the OAS for Building Renovations
November 1, 2013
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, today received from the Deputy Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China, Zhang Kunsheng, a donation of $100,000 for the renovation of "The House of Americas," headquarters of the OAS in Washington, DC, which celebrated 100 years in 2010.
During the meeting at which the contribution was presented, the Chinese diplomat stressed that his country's relationship with the OAS has developed since it became a Permanent Observer in 2004, and indicated that collaboration between the two has increased since Secretary General Insulza assumed the leadership of the Organization. The senior Chinese official highlighted the role played by the Organization in the Hemisphere and the importance to his country of its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean.
For his part, the Secretary General expressed his gratitude for the contribution made towards the restoration of the building and "for all the support you have given to the OAS" over the past nine years, with contributions to finance areas such as "integral development, gender equality, trade and competitiveness, natural disaster mitigation, promotion of culture and sustainable development," among others.
He also noted that between 2009 and 2013 the Organization, through its Department of Scholarships, awarded 41 scholarships for undergraduate, masters and Chinese language studies. These grants were funded by China and had a wide acceptance in 29 member states, from which 379 applications were received.
Present at the meeting, which took place in the office of Secretary General Insulza, were the Secretary of External Relations of the OAS, Alfonso Quiñonez; the Director of the Department of International Affairs, Jorge Sanin; the Deputy Director General of the Department of Latin American and Caribbean Affairs the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Li Baoraong; and the alternate Observer of China to the OAS, Liang Yu.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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