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.
FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE AMERICAS TO MEET IN HONDURAS TO DISCUSS THE THEME OF NON-VIOLENCE
May 29, 2009
San Pedro Sula, Honduras – The 39th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American Status (OAS), under the theme “Towards a culture of Non-Violence”, will start next Tuesday, June 2 in this city in Honduras with the purpose of studying many relevant topics currently in the Inter-American agenda.
The Foreign Ministers of the 34 OAS Member States, following a proposal by the host country, will analyze the topic of Non-Violence considering the concern showed by the social network in the continent. The consequences of violence in the social, economic and cultural development of the people in the hemisphere, as well as its effects in the quality of life, will also be considered.
The opening session of the General Assembly will take place on Tuesday, June 2, at 9.00 am (local time) at the Club Social Hondureño Árabe in San Pedro Sula. The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza, and the President of the Republic of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, will pronounce the inaugural speeches.
Previously, Secretary General Insulza and the OAS Assistant Secretary General, Albert Ramdin, will offer a press conference on Sunday, May 31, at 12.00 pm, at the Club Árabe. They will reveal details regarding the event, as well as other topics to be dealt with during the General Assembly.
On Monday June 1, the Heads of Delegations will maintain several dialogues with representatives of the private sector, civil society and trade unions.
On June 2 and 3, in four Plenary Sessions, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs will face several topics currently in the Inter-American agenda. After the closing ceremony, in the evening of Wednesday June 3, OAS Secretary General Insulza and the Minister of Foreign Relations of Honduras, Patricia Rodas, will comment the results of the General Assembly in a press conference at the Club Árabe.