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 Continues Debate on the Strengthening of the Inter-American System of Human Rights
November 26, 2012
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) met today in a special meeting to continue the debate over the proposals of the Member States on the “Report of the Special Working Group to Reflect on the Workings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) with a View to Strengthening the Inter-American Human Rights System".
The meeting, which was held in the Simón Bolivar Hall of the OAS, focused on four specific issues within the framework of the Report of the Working Group; the challenges and medium and long-term objectives of the IACHR, the use of “precautionary measures” by the Commission, procedural matters in processing cases and individual petitions, and the mechanism of friendly settlements.
The examination and discussion by the Permanent Council are part of the second phase of the process that will culminate in March 2013 at the latest with the debate and eventual approval in a special meeting of the General Assembly of the proposals for the strengthening the Commission, according to the timetable established by the General Assembly of Cochabamba, in June of this year. The process began in June, 2011, with the creation of the Special Working Group of the Council that presented its Report of recommendations in January 2012.
During the meeting, the representatives of Ecuador, Nicaragua, Argentina, Dominica, Honduras, Brazil, Venezuela, Panama, Canada, Paraguay, Peru, Guatemala, Costa Rica, the United States, Jamaica, Chile, Suriname, and Colombia all participated, as well as the Permanent Representative of Mexico, in his capacity as Chair of the Permanent Council. The Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, and the Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, were present at the meeting.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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