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 begins Deployment of Electoral Observation Mission in Jamaica for the General Elections
August 27, 2025
The Organization of American States (OAS) has begun the deployment of its Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 2025 General Elections in Jamaica.
The OAS/EOM, led by former Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Kenny Anthony, will comprise 23 experts and observers from 16 countries. The Mission will focus its observation on the management of the election, boundaries, electoral technology, political-electoral financing, electoral justice, and the political participation of women.
On August 29, members of the Mission will observe police, military and election day workers cast their ballots. On September 3, Election Day, the Mission will visit polling stations to observe the entire electoral process, from the opening of the polls to the counting and processing of results. Ahead of the polls, the Chief of Electoral Mission and the OAS team will meet with government and electoral authorities, political parties and candidates, representatives of civil society, and other stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the ongoing electoral process.
The OAS/EOM will present its Preliminary Report with observations and recommendations that seek to strengthen the country's democratic and electoral processes, in the days after the election.
This is the fourth (4) Electoral Observation Mission that the OAS has deployed in Jamaica, and it is made possible thanks to the financial contributions of Canada, Chile, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Peru, Spain, Switzerland and the United States.
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