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.
Former Minister of the Interior of Colombia, Juan Fernando Cristo, to lead OAS Electoral Mission in Bolivia
July 24, 2025
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert R. Ramdin, has appointed former Minister of the Interior of Colombia, Juan Fernando Cristo, to lead the Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) that the Organization will deploy for the general elections to be held on August 17 in Bolivia.
Juan Fernando Cristo, a Colombian lawyer and politician with extensive experience, served as senator between 1998 to 2014, presided over the Senate from 2013 to 2014, and was Minister of the Interior of Colombia on two occasions (2014-2017 and 2024-2025). Former Minister Cristo played a key role in the negotiation and implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement in his country.
The OAS/EOM, which will be comprised of more than 85 specialists and observers from approximately 20 countries, will be deployed nationally and abroad. The Mission will analyze key aspects of the electoral process, such as electoral organization and technology; electoral justice; and political-electoral financing, among others.
During its work in the country, the OAS/EOM will meet with representatives of the government, departmental and national electoral authorities, candidates, members of civil society and academia, among other actors, with the aim of learning about the different perspectives on the ongoing electoral process.
This will be the twenty-second (22nd) Electoral Mission deployed by the Organization in Bolivia. This OAS/EOM is made possible thanks to the financial contributions from Canada, Chile, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United States.
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