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.
Secretariat for Political Affairs
Strengthening Democracy in the Hemisphere
Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation
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Belize operates with a parliamentary democracy modeled on the Westminster system. The constitutional head of state is Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, who is represented in the country by a Governor-General, an honorary appointment made on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister and Cabinet make up the Executive Branch, while a 31-member elected House of Representatives and a 12-member appointed Senate form a bicameral legislature. Following general elections, the Governor General will usually nominate the leader of the majority party as Prime Minister, and the Cabinet is chosen and sworn-in on the Prime Minister’s advice.
On November 4, voters will go to the polls to elect all 31 members of the House of Representatives, each of whom serve terms not to exceed five years. Members represent individual constituencies and are elected by a simple majority vote in a single-member, first past the post system. All Belizean citizens who have reached the age of eighteen are entitled to register to vote, provided they are residents in Belize on the date of registration. Commonwealth citizens may also vote if they have been residents in Belize for at least twelve months prior to registration. Dual citizenship is recognized by Belize for the purpose of voting, but dual nationals are not qualified to be appointed to the Senate or elected to the House of Representatives.
General Elections are held at intervals not longer than five years. The Prime Minister has the right to advise the Governor-General to dissolve the National Assembly at any time in this period and thus determine the date of the general elections. Belize has two Electoral Management Bodies, the Elections and Boundaries Commission and the Elections and Boundaries Department, each of which is a separate legal entity.