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 GROUP OF FRIENDS OF HAITI REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR CONTINUED POLITICAL STABILITY IN HAITI
December 11, 2009
This week, the Group of Friends of Haiti of the Organization of American States (OAS) reaffirmed their support for continued political stability in Haiti and stressed the importance of the presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 2010.
In briefing delegates on his visit to Haiti where he met with President Rene Preval; Jean-Max Bellerive, the new Haitian Prime Minister and Marie Michele Rey, Foreign Minister, OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, Chair of the Haiti Group of Friends underscored the “importance of remaining directly engaged with the Haitian authorities and to reaffirming our solidarity, and commitment”.
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, went on to say that “in this very dynamic election year, “we would like to see democracy in Haiti continue to flourish, deepen and strengthen and that the positive political climate that has characterized the country over the last four years consolidated with strong participation from the Haitian population. Ramdin reported that approximately 80 observers will be present to cover the polling stations throughout the legislative elections that will take place on February 28, 2010.
Ambassador Duly Brutus, Haiti’s Permanent Representative to the OAS, highlighted the importance of the legislative elections despite the challenges the country faces and in a positive note stated “I am very optimistic that we will have a large number of people going to the poles, and I think that it is a good thing that the OAS will be observing the elections”.