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 Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) held its
Fifteenth Regular Session, March 19-20 where Member States adopted a
declaration on “Protection of Critical Infrastructure from Emerging
Threats,” and elected its new authorities for the next period. Paraguay
was elected as Chair Chile as Vice Chair.
In the declaration, the OAS member countries establish “their
commitment to identifying and combating emerging terrorist threats,
regardless of their origin or motivation, such as threats to critical
infrastructure, and cyber security, among others.” In addition, they
declare “their willingness to identify and promote, when deemed
appropriate, in accordance with domestic laws, forms of public-private
partnerships in the fight against terrorism, and in connection with
critical infrastructure and cyber security.”
In addition the member states adopted the 2015Work Plan, which includes
a program of activities for the following areas: 1) Border Controls:
Maritime Safety; Aviation Security; Security of Documents and Prevention
of Fraud; Immigration and Customs Controls; and Assistance for the
implementation of Resolution 1540 of the UN Security Council. 2)
Legislative Assistance and Combating Terrorism Financing: Legislative
Assistance; and Combating Terrorism Financing. 3) Protection of Critical
Infrastructure: Cyber security; Tourism Security; Critical
Infrastructure Protection; and Global Supply Chain Security. 4)
Strengthening Strategies on Emerging Terrorist Threats: Crisis
Management; and Workshops. 5) International Coordination and
Cooperation.
The Declaration urges the OAS member states who have not yet done so,
“to sign, ratify, or accede to as the case may be, and to implement in
an effective way, the Inter-American Convention against Terrorism, and
the other pertinent universal legal instruments,” as well as the
resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council
related to combating terrorism.
In the same meeting, the member states decided that the sixteenth period
of sessions of CICTE will be held on February 25 and 26 at the
headquarters of the OAS in Washington, DC, and Panama announced its
intention to seek the Vice Chair for the 2016-2017period.
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