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 accreditation process is now open for media representatives who wish to attend and cover the upcoming 37th regular session of the Organization of American States (OAS) General Assembly, to be held in Panama City, Panama.
At the annual meeting—which convenes from June 3 to 5—the foreign ministers of 34 countries of the Americas will consider and make decisions on a wide-ranging agenda, focusing particularly on “Energy for Sustainable Development.” Panama proposed the central theme in January, noting that the countries of the region must increase their cooperation to address a growing number of energy-related challenges.
During a visit to OAS headquarters in March, Panama’s Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Lewis Navarro—who will chair the General Assembly—asked the member states to work together to develop firm commitments and concrete initiatives in this area. He told the OAS Permanent Council that the countries of the region “share the common denominator of seeking an equation that allows for a balance between energy policies that provide incentives to investment and the development of special projects for our countries that satisfy user demand and promote a more efficient use of energy.”
The General Assembly is the highest political body within the OAS, and the decisions it makes will help guide the regional organization’s activities and priorities for the coming year in such areas as promoting democratic governance, strengthening human rights, fostering hemispheric security and addressing shared security concerns. A complete agenda and draft documents can be viewed on the OAS General Assembly Web site (http://www.oas.org/37ag/english/).
Media credential forms are available online (https://www.oas.org/37AG/formularioprensa/default.asp). Members of the press are asked to fill out and submit the form no later than May 18. A complete Media Operating Manual has been posted in Spanish and will soon be available in English.
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