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.
The OAS Strengthens Marking Capacity and Verifies Process of Destruction of Firearms in El Salvador
November 22, 2013
The Organization of American States (OAS) held a training workshop this week in El Salvador on the use of firearms marking equipment and maintenance of data that was donated as part of the project "Promoting Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean."
The objective of the training, organized by the Program of Assistance for the Control of Arms and Munitions (PACAM) for eleven specialists from the Ministry of Defense of El Salvador, was to facilitate the implementation of the provisions of the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and Other Related Materials (CIFTA). In the framework of the workshop the "Project of OAS Standards on Firearms: Marking and Information Maintenance" was also presented.
Additionally, the OAS, through its PACAM program, is assisting in the verification of 1,722 seized conventional firearms, which will be destroyed on December 5. Such verification is being carried out by members of the Armed Forces of El Salvador through the Department of Seizures and Control of the National Defense Ministry, with the participation of staff of the Attorney General’s office of the Republic of El Salvador.
The OAS provides technical, administrative, logistics and certification efforts in El Salvador in the area of arms and ammunition control and assists states in Central America in such processes. As of today, the OAS has certified the destruction of more than 18,000 weapons of various types and sizes. For 2014, countries in the region have requested support from the Organization for the destruction of more than 80,000 firearms and more than 250 tons of ammunition to eliminate risks associated with the high availability of those materials.
Through these and other initiatives, the OAS seeks to promote the efforts to strengthen the capacity of member states to respond quickly and efficiently to the increasing levels of crime and violence caused by illicit trafficking in firearms. This project is funded by the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement of the United States Department of State.
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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