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.
FORMER COSTA RICAN PRESIDENT ELECTED AS NEW OAS SECRETARY GENERAL
June 7, 2004
QUITO, Ecuador — The Foreign Ministers of the Americas by consensus today elected former Costa Rican President Miguel Ángel Rodríguez as the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS). Rodríguez will succeed former Colombian President César Gaviria as head of the hemispheric Organization for the next five years.
Rodriguez was elected during the OAS’ thirty fourth regular General Assembly session, which opened yesterday. His candidacy was submitted by Costa’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Roberto Tovar Faja, who underscored Rodriguez’ professional and personal qualifications, while commending Gaviria’s “fruitful leadership” of the OAS.
The Foreign Ministers of Mexico, Luis Ernesto Derbez; Trinidad and Tobago, Knowlson W. Gift; and the Dominican Republic, Francisco Guerrero Pratz, underscored how the former Costa Rican leader’s vision and experience augurs well for the OAS.
Adding their support for Rodriguez’ candidacy were, among others, the Foreign Ministers of Chile, Maria Soledad Alvear Valenzuela; Belize, Assad Shoman; Bolivia, Juan Ignacio Siles del Valle; Colombia, Carolina Barco; Guatemala, Jorge Briz Abularach; and the head of Canada’s delegation, Senator Daniel Hays, Speaker of the Senate.
Accepting and expressing appreciation, the OAS Secretary General-elect pledged “to promote the inter-American ideals.” He added, “We want to pursue freedom, justice and development so that every citizen of the Americas can enjoy a decent life and realizing his or her full human potential.”
Rodriguez went on tell the Foreign Ministers: “I know the rudder belongs to the member states and I pledge my utmost creativity and devotion in charting a happy course.”
Welcoming his successor’s election, Secretary General Gaviria declared that “with the election of Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, the OAS will certainly enter a period of renewal and strengthening.” He added: “President Rodríguez brings solid experience. He has served his country with distinction and is more familiar with the hemisphere’s problems than most. His discipline, seriousness and professionalism will bring a positive influence to bear on inter-American American relations.”
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