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 Assistant Secretary General Calls on Member States to Strengthen the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
October 12, 2011
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights convened an extraordinary session for the first time in a CARICOM country this week, bringing together judges of the court, government officials from the Caribbean and legal luminaries from across the region, for the Inaugural Ceremony of the 44th Extraordinary Session of the Court, in Bridgetown, Barbados.
Speaking during the inauguration, the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Ambassador Albert Ramdin, called on OAS countries to work together to strengthen the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, in the interest of all the peoples of the Americas. "I would like to appeal to the OAS Member States to ensure that the higher purpose of this esteemed body is not mired by a divergence of views. I believe if we continue to strengthen and contribute to the work of the Court, we are also making an investment in our future."
According to Assistant Secretary General Ramdin, having the extraordinary session of the Court in Barbados will provide an opportunity to raise awareness in the Caribbean about the workings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, and hopefully, encourage countries that have not yet done so to recognize the jurisdiction of the Court. "We must encourage Member States, the private sector, civil society and other sectors of society to continue defending democracy and its institutions, continue promoting human rights, equality, and non-discrimination under a system of rule of law," said Ramdin.
The high-ranking OAS official pointed out that without respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms there can be no true democracy. "Looking to the future, we realize how far we still have to go to ensure the full respect for the fundamental rights and freedoms of men and women in our hemisphere. So long as there is a single man or woman in any of our countries who goes without basic needs being met, or who suffers uncertainty over the future of their children, we cannot speak of complete peace or real justice in our region, and the observance of basic human rights will not bear its full fruit," said OAS Assistant Secretary General Ramdin.
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