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 Delegation to Attend Summit of African Descent in Honduras
August 16, 2011
The first World Summit of African Descent will be held August 18 - 21 in La Ceiba, Honduras, with the participation of the President of that country, Porfirio Lobo, the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, the President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, the Vice President of Guatemala, José Rafael Espada, and a delegation of senior representatives from the Organization of American States (OAS). Said delegation will be conformed by the Executive Secretary of the Summits of the Americas Secretariat and representative of the Secretary General, Sherry Tross; the Head of International Law, Dante Negro; and the OAS Representative in Honduras, Jorge Miranda.
Topics such as combating racism and discrimination, respect for Afro-descendants’ rights to education, housing and employment, justice, health, land ownership and human rights will discussed at the meeting, which will bring together more than 700 representatives from 70 countries. OAS authorities will contribute to the debate on law and development, specifically, on the issue of promoting affirmative action and differentiated public policies, as well as issues involving donors and prospects for development, economic growth, entrepreneurship and social investment.
The event is organized by the Organization for Ethnic Community Development (ODECO), and is sponsored by public and private institutions, international aid agencies and diplomatic missions, among others.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.