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.
OAS deploys Electoral Observation Mission in Suriname
May 19, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS) begun the deployment of the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the 2025 General Elections in Suriname.
The OAS/EOM, headed by Chilean economist, International Relations expert and former OAS Director of External Relations and Executive Secretary of the Summit of the Americas process Irene Klinger, comprises 28 experts and observers from 15 countries. The Mission will focus its observation on electoral organization, electoral technology, political-electoral financing, electoral justice, women's political participation and Indigenous peoples' participation.
Ahead of the polls, the Chief of Mission and the OAS observer team will meet with the electoral authorities, representatives of political parties, government officials, civil society organizations and other stakeholders to discuss perspectives on the ongoing electoral process. On election day, members of the Mission will visit polling stations from the opening of the polls to the counting of votes and the processing of results.
In the days after the election, the OAS/EOM will present its Preliminary Report containing observations and recommendations seeking to strengthen the democratic and electoral processes in the country.
This OAS Electoral Mission has been made possible thanks to the financial contributions of Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Italy, Korea, Morocco, Netherlands, Peru, Spain and the United States.
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