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 Meets with Judge Baltasar Garzón
May 25, 2011
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, met with Judge Baltasar Garzón today in Washington, DC, on the jurist’s recently begun work as consultant for the Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS).
Secretary General Insulza said that “the peace process is at a key stage, in which there is a need for adjusting the Law of Justice and Peace, and the support from a renowned jurist such as Baltasar Garzón will be of great help so the OAS may continue to follow the initiatives of the Colombian government in matters of transitional justice and restitution to victims.”
The judge will advise the MAPP/OAS in the framework of the Mission’s mandate, which establishes support for a policy of peace and the strengthening of a transitional system of justice, according to international standards of human rights, in coordination and agreement with the different partners involved in the development of these policies.
The judge’s duties include the monitoring and support of the implementation of the process of justice and peace, to provide advice to the Government and the institutions of the Colombian State on issues regarding transitional justice that promote peace and reconciliation in the country, and to contribute to the efforts of the State to guarantee respect for human rights, among other things.
Last week, Judge Garzón was in Colombia to hold a series of work meeting with experts in areas of the MAPP/OAS with the goal of coordinating agendas and developing issues prior to his definitive incorporation at the end of the month.
The Mission to Support the Peace Process of the Organization of American States began its work in 2004 with an invitation from the Government of Colombia. Through the years, it has verified disarmament and demobilization processes, guided and monitored the processes of reintegration and justice and peace, and supported communities and victims affected by the violence.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.