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 Permanent Representative of Chile to the Organization of American States, Tomás Pascual, today assumed the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council, a position he will hold until December 31, 2025.
During the ceremony held at the Organization’s headquarters in Washington, DC, Ambassador Pascual stressed “The presidency of Chile will provide open and permanent channels of communication and will always be guided by the common interest, with a spirit of openness and transparency, promoting frank and effective debates.”
For her part, the outgoing Chair and Permanent Representative of Canada, Stuart Savage, said that he worked “to foster a spirit of collaboration and dignity that I think this Council merits and deserves. I think we've worked together to pragmatically address the issues that were before us and find solutions that moved us to something better,” and added that during his term of office, “Canada has kept democracy and human rights at the forefront.”
The Vice Chair for the October–December term will be held by the Permanent Representative of Costa Rica, Alejandra Solano.
The Chair of the Permanent Council rotates every three months among the member states of the Organization, in alphabetical order. The Vice Chair rotates every three months in reverse alphabetical order.
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