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.
PADF and the OAS General Secretariat to Contribute to the Implementation of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection
September 25, 2024
The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) – through the Department of Social Inclusion (DSI) of the Secretariat for Access to Rights and Equity (SARE) – and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) will contribute to the implementation of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, having been jointly selected to serve as the Technical Secretariat of the mechanism.
As part of the Technical Secretariat, PADF – a nonprofit entity established by the OAS – and the DSI will play a key role as neutral technical coordinators, fostering the implementation of activities associated with the Los Angeles Declaration.
The responsibilities of the Technical Secretariat include:
• Facilitating coordination among States,
• Advancing the technical work of the Action Package Committees,
• Creating conditions to avoid duplication of efforts with other regional processes, and
• Convening a wide range of strategic actors, such as international organizations, civil society, academia, the private sector, and multilateral development banks, among others.
The Los Angeles Declaration, launched during the IX Summit of the Americas in June 2022, is a unique hemispheric mechanism that promotes shared responsibility in addressing migration and forced displacement in the region. It is built on four key pillars: promoting stability and assistance for communities of destination, origin, transit, and return; promoting regular pathways for migration and international protection; promoting humane migration management; and promoting a coordinated emergency response.
To this date, 22 countries have endorsed the Declaration, reaffirming their commitment to creating conditions for safe, orderly, and regular migration in the Americas.
The appointment, made by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, as host of the IX Summit of the Americas and primary sponsor of the Declaration, will strengthen hemispheric collaboration and mobilize the entire region to implement innovative actions that will transform migration governance in the Americas.
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