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.
Colombia Assumes the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council
January 20, 2026
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The Permanent Representative of Colombia to the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Ernesto Vargas, today assumed the Chair of the OAS Permanent Council, a position he will hold until March 31, 2026.
During the ceremony held at the Organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., Ambassador Vargas stated: “During our term as Chair of the Permanent Council, we will promote a comprehensive approach that links human rights, gender equality, and environmental protection, recognizing that action to address climate change and the promotion of women’s rights are essential to advancing more just, sustainable, and inclusive societies in the Americas.” He also reaffirmed “our commitment to an agenda that is closer to the realities of the peoples of the Americas, aimed at strengthening peace and multidimensional security, democracy, human rights, and the sustainable development of our hemisphere.”
For his part, the outgoing Chair and Permanent Representative of Chile, Tomás Pascual, wished “the greatest success to Ambassador Vargas.” He added: “We are experiencing very challenging times for multilateralism in the region, which require the collaboration of all of us so that the OAS can fulfill the role it must play within the framework of democracy, the rule of law, development, and the promotion and respect of human rights,” he concluded.
Coincidentally, the Vice Chair of the Permanent Council for the January–March period will be held by the Permanent Representative of Chile, Tomás Pascual.
The Chair of the Permanent Council rotates every three months among the member states of the Organization, in alphabetical order. The Vice Chair also rotates every three months, in reverse alphabetical order.
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