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.
Peru’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Allan Wagner, today deposited the instruments whereby his government ratified the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism. He said the ratification “reaffirms President Alejandro Toledo’s determination to fight terrorism, whatever its cause.”
The Foreign Minister presented the ratification documents to Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi, during the thirty third regular session of the OAS General Assembly, in the Chilean capital. Wagner argued that “terrorism threatens not only international peace and security but also human rights and the democratic foundation of contemporary society.”
For his part, the OAS Assistant Secretary General described the Convention as an important international treaty “because it involves harmonizing professional cooperation against terrorism while ensuring full respect for human rights.”
“Peru has played a lead role in raising awareness among the peoples of the Americas concerning the threat from terrorism through real experiences and also in bringing our community together as a matter of urgency in the aftermath of September 11,” Ambassador Einaudi stated.
The aim of the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism is to prevent, punish and eliminate terrorism, with the states parties undertaking to adopt the necessary measures to bolster cooperation among themselves.
Thirty-three OAS member countries have signed this treaty, with Peru now joining Antigua and Barbuda, Canada, El Salvador and Mexico as states that have ratified. The treaty will enter into force when one additional member state ratifies.