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 Adopts Declaration Supporting the Rapprochement between the United States and Cuba
December 22, 2014
The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) adopted today by acclamation a declaration in support of the announcements made by the governments of Cuba and the United States last December 17, which includes the intention to resume diplomatic relations.
The declaration, adopted by acclamation, reflects the “deep satisfaction” of the member states at “the historic announcement” and reiterates "the commitment of the Americas to dialogue among sovereign states."
The Permanent Council also expresses “its support for the implementation of measures conducive to the complete normalization of bilateral relations” between the two countries.
The meeting was chaired by the Permanent Representative of Guyana to the OAS, Ambassador Bayney R. Karran, who explained the spirit that led to the adoption of the declaration, asserting that “this announcement marks the beginning of a new chapter in the bilateral relation of these two member states and, therefore, is of great importance to us all.”
The adopted declaration includes footnotes by Bolivia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua.
At today’s meeting, the delegations of Bolivia, Venezuela, the United States, Belize (on behalf of CARICOM), Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Haiti, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guyana, Jamaica, Peru, Uruguay, Mexico, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, the Dominican Republic, Paraguay, Panama, Argentina, El Salvador, Chile, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname took the floor.
The full text of the declaration is available here.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
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