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.
Dr. Leo Stanton Rowe
was born in McGregor, Iowa, on September 17, 1871. He served with exemplary
dedication and vision as Director General of the Pan American Union (the
precursor to the "OAS"), from 1920 up until the day of his death on December
5, 1946 in Washington, DC. His life revolved around two main concerns: advancing Pan-Americanism and promoting education.
Learn more about Dr. Rowe by watching a short video here.
From 1920 onwards, Dr. Rowe took charge of the Pan American Union and dedicated himself to laying the basis for projects and programs for the development of Pan-American conferences and technical meetings. He also devoted the greater part of his life
to fostering understanding and integration among the American nations demonstrating a special interest in the education of Latin American youth, whom he assisted during his lifetime and to whom he bequeathed a legacy in his will.
During his life he also devoted his efforts to the union of
the Americas, thus becoming an important leader of Pan-Americanism. Three
characteristics define Dr. Leo S. Rowe as Director General of the Pan American Union:
Devotee of the ideal of Pan-Americanism
Friend of peace
Promoter of the economic welfare of Latin American nations
"And now, Mr. Secretary and members of the Governing Board, permit me to assure you that my heart and soul are in this work. All the strength and energy of which I am capable are at your service. It has been and is the one ambition of my life to contribute, even in some small measure, toward the closer union between the republics of America; and if, under your guidance, I may be able to make such a contribution to that great cause, I shall consider that I have not lived in vain."
Final Words of Dr. Leo S. Rowe
in the speech of his inauguration to the position as
Director General of the Pan-American Union,
in the seat of PAU, Washington, D.C. 1920
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Dr. Leo Stanton Rowe was born in McGregor, Iowa, on September 17, 1871. He served with exemplary dedication and vision as Director General of the Pan American Union (the precursor to the "OAS"), from 1920 up until the day of his death on December 5, 1946 in Washington, DC. His life revolved around two main concerns: advancing Pan-Americanism and promoting education.