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.
The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM), headed by Susana Malcorra, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Argentina and former Chief of Staff of the Secretary General of the United Nations, congratulates the people of Ecuador for the holding of the presidential and parliamentary elections last Sunday, May 5. The Mission congratulates Panamanians for their civic commitment, which was reflected in an election day with massive turnout. It also emphasizes that the voting was carried out calmly and that on the night of the election the Panamanian people had access to the results in a timely manner.
The Mission recognizes the work of the Electoral Tribunal (TE), which guaranteed the citizens a well-organized voting day, within the framework of an atypical electoral contest, characterized until the last moment by uncertainty surrounding the candidacy of the person who ended up being elected to the Presidency of the Republic. It also highlights the work of the members of the polling stations and other electoral bodies, who contributed to the successful holding of these elections.
The OAS/EOM comprised 70 observers of 19 different nationalities, who monitored the elections in all Panama’s provinces and two of its regions (comarcas). The Mission examined various aspects of the elections, including electoral organization, electoral technology, campaign finance, electoral justice, the political participation of women, the political participation of indigenous and afrodescendant peoples and campaigns, the media, and digital communications. The Mission’s specialists also followed up on the recommendations issued by previous OAS Missions.
After a preliminary technical visit to the country between March 19 and 22, 2024, the Mission arrived in Panama on a staggered basis starting on April 24, 2024. During its work, it met with the President of the Republic, the magistrates of the Electoral Tribunal, presidential and other candidates, representatives of civil society organizations, and the international community to learn about the preparations and their perspectives on the elections. Based on the meetings held, a review of regulations and other documents, and direct observation, the Mission was able to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the electoral process.