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 Electoral Observation Mission Conducts Preliminary Visit to Costa Rica
November 15, 2010
In response to an invitation from the government of Costa Rica, the Organization of American States (OAS) has decided to send an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to follow the Municipal Elections to be held December 5, 2010.
With this goal in mind, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza designated Colombia's former Foreign Minister María Emma Mejía Vélez as Chief of Mission. On today's date, Monday, November 15, Mejía began a preliminary visit to Costa Rica and met with the president of the Supreme Electoral Court, Luis Antonio Sobrado, to sign an agreement on the conditions for the work of observation. The Chief of the EOM/OAS also will hold various meetings with local, political and government authorities.
The Colombian diplomat has a long personal history of public service and renowned international experience. After serving as Ambassador of Spain in the Administration of President César Gaviria, she became Minister of Education in 1995. In July of 1996 she was named Minister of Foreign Affairs, a position she held until 1998. Currently, she is a member of the Civilian Facilitation Commission with the National Liberation Army (ELN) and also of the Foreign Relations Advisory Committee of the National Government.
For the Municipal Elections of December 5, the Mission will deploy 35 international observers from 14 countries of the continent throughout the Costa Rican territory, for the purpose of following the development of the organization and administration of the elections as well as the political campaigns.