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.
Today the Inter-American Commission formally inaugurates its 124th regular sessions. As part of the organization of its work, the IACHR appointed its Rapporteurs for thematic areas and for countries:
- Evelio Fernández Arévalos, President: Chile, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Honduras.
- Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, First Vice President: Rapporteur on the Rights of the Child; Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, United States and Venezuela.
- Florentín Meléndez, Second Vice President: Rapporteur on the rights of persons; Argentina, Bolivia, México and the Dominican Republic.
- Clare K. Roberts, Commissioner: Rapporteur on the rights of persons of African descent, and against racial discrimination; Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, San Kitts y Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
- Freddy Gutiérrez, Commissioner: Rapporteur on the rights of migrant workers and their families; El Salvador, Panama and Uruguay.
- Paolo Carozza, Commissioner: Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples; Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam and Trinidad and Tobago.
- Víctor Abramovich, Commissioner: Rapporteur on the rights of women; Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua and Guatemala.
The IACHR is the principal organ under the Charter of the OAS, with responsibility for ensuring respect for human rights in all states of the American continent. It is comprised of seven independent human rights experts, who are elected in their individual capacities by the member states of the Organization.