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.
FACT SHEET: Basic information on the 51st OAS General Assembly
November 1, 2021
The 51st OAS General Assembly will take place on November 10,11, and 12.
The host country of the General Assembly will be Guatemala, although the Assembly will be held virtually. Guatemala has previously hosted 3 ordinary General Assemblies of the OAS in 1986 and 1999 in Guatemala City, and in 2013 in Antigua Guatemala.
This will be the second virtual meeting of the General Assembly, after that of 2020. All public meetings will be broadcast online on the OAS Website, with interpretation available in all 4 official languages: Spanish, English, French and Portuguese.
The General Assembly is the principal organ of the OAS and is composed of the delegations of all the member states, usually headed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Each member state has the right to cast a vote. The decisions of the Assembly are usually adopted by majority, but in certain cases the rules require a two-thirds vote.
The Assembly is responsible for defining the policies and mandates of the OAS, as well as the structure and functions of its organs.
The OAS General Assembly has met annually since 1971. Previously meetings of this nature had varied intervals and were called International American Conferences.
The schedule of the General Assembly includes an inaugural session on Wednesday, November 10, and four plenary sessions between November 11 and 12.
Activities will also be carried out prior to and in parallel with the start of the General Assembly:
Tuesday, November 9:
• Business Forum (Private Sector Forum of the Americas)
• Dialogue of representatives of civil society organizations and other actors with Heads of Delegation, Secretary General (SG) and Assistant Secretary General (ASG)
Wednesday, November 10:
• Dialogue between Heads of Delegation, the Secretary General, and Heads of Delegation of the Permanent Observer Countries
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