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 Reaffirms Commitment to the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
August 10, 2011
On the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, reiterated the commitment of the OAS and its leadership to recognize, promote, protect and respect the rights of indigenous peoples throughout the Hemisphere.
"Perhaps more than any other region, the Western Hemisphere of nations is blessed with amazing diversity that showcases its multicultural, multilingual, multi-ethnic and multi-religious makeup. The ability to understand and embrace differences should be a source of strength and opportunity, not an argument for division and neglect," Ambassador Ramdin stated.
The high-ranking official also mentioned that there are significant challenges to the rights of the indigenous peoples of the Americas that must be overcome. "All too often, indigenous peoples are marginalized to the point of invisibility and denied access to opportunity. In the interest of political stability, democratic governance and equity for all, this situation needs to be addressed. We must strive towards greater inclusion of all members of society in social, economic and political spheres."
Assistant Secretary General Ramdin added that many OAS Member States have already improved the policy frameworks that address issues affecting indigenous peoples. "This shift reflects not only governments' recognition of the need for policy changes, but also the success of the work being done by indigenous peoples' representatives themselves," he added.
The activities of the OAS Permanent Council's Working Group to Prepare the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples are very important to the efforts at the OAS to promote and protect the human rights of all indigenous peoples of the Americas. In that context indigenous peoples are making their voices heard and promoting change on fundamental issues affecting their lives. With open and inclusive dialogue we can move towards more harmonious and enriched societies, which value the participation and contribution of all their members.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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