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.
MRS. HOPE HANLAN, DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE AMERICAS OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES (UNHCR) ON THE OCCASION OF THE XXXIV REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS)
June 7, 2004 - Quito, Ecuador
On behalf of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), I would like to thank all Member States of the Organization of American States (OAS) for the interest they have shown in the protection of asylum seekers, refugees and other persons in need of protection, and the search for durable solutions.
It is very encouraging for my Office that this humanitarian commitment for the victims of persecution, intolerance, armed conflict, and mass violations of human rights, is duly reflected in the resolutions relating to refugees and internally displaced persons to be adopted by this very General Assembly.
In a region where fortunately no mass influxes of refugees are taking place, there are however some situations of tension which generate forced displacement of people.
My Office values and acknowlegdes the efforts made by countries in the region to continue providing international protection to those who are in need and deserve it, in many cases in spite of difficult socioeconomic conditions. Indeed, the hosting countries require more technical and financial resources, as well as the strong support of the international community, to deal with an increasing number of asylum seekers and refugees. Today, the challenge is how to preserve the humanitarian space in the Americas, to strike a due balance between legitimate interests of national security, regional stability and the fight against terrorism, and the humanitarian concerns of those who need and deserve protection.
UNHCR thanks all countries represented here for the humanitarian assistance and protection they have provided to refugees and other persons under the competence of my Office, and reiterates its commitment and willingness to continue supporting them in the fulfilment of their international commitments in favour of those who are in need of and deserve protection.
In a Continent with a long and generous tradition of asylum, where priority has been given to creative and innovative regional approaches, UNHCR attaches great importance to this regional forum, and wish you success in the deliberations that will take place within this General Assembly.
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