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 Secretary General Congratulates President-Elect of Brazil
November 2, 2010
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, congratulated the President-Elect of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, in a letter in which he described last Sunday’s elections as “exemplary elections that reflected the citizens’ democratic calling.”
In his letter, Secretary General Insulza said Rousseff’s election as Brazil’s first female President “constitutes an act of justice and makes democracy more complete and perfect,” adding that the President-Elect’s commitment “to fundamental rights and equality between men and women will mark a new era of prosperity for Brazilians that will allow you to build on the legacy of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, especially on the fight against poverty and for economic stability.”
“I wish to express to you, Madam President-elect, that the OAS will be at your disposal to support you in this effort of building the future you have proposed, in all sectors of Brazilian society, to promote development, social inclusion and the country’s democracy,” the head of the hemispheric Organization added.
In his letter, Insulza underlined the need to defend democracy throughout the continent in the face of diverse threats, among them poverty and discrimination. “Their eradication is essential to strengthen democracy, and as this we know will be one of your priorities, we wish to express to you that in this task you can count on the OAS.”
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.