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.
OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FOR FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF THE VISA OF A NEW YORK TIMES JOURNALIST BY THE BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES
May 12, 2004
The Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its concern about the decision of the Brazilian authorities to cancel the visa of journalist Larry Rohter of the U.S. newspaper the New York Times as a result of a news article that appeared in the aforementioned newspaper on May 9.
According to the information provided by the Ministry of Justice, the cancellation was based on the application of Article 26 of Law 6815 of 1980. The authorities considered that the article was frivolous, false, and offensive to the honor of the President of the Republic and that, therefore, it caused serious prejudice to the country's image abroad.
Principle 11 of the Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression, approved by the IACHR in October of 2000, provides that "Public officials are subject to greater scrutiny by society." Moreover, Principle 13 states that "The means of communication have the right to carry out their role in an independent manner. Direct or indirect pressures exerted upon journalists or other social communicators to stifle the dissemination of information are incompatible with freedom of expression."
Regardless of opinions about the content of the article in question, the Office of the Special Rapporteur exhorts the Brazilian authorities to respect the above-mentioned principles in the determination of the visa conditions of foreigners, and to ensure that the legislation regarding these matters does not constitute an obstacle to the exercise of freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 13 of the American Convention on Human Rights.
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