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.
FACT SHEET: Basic Information on the 55th OAS General Assembly in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
June 17, 2025
FACT SHEET: Basic Information on the 55th OAS General Assembly in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
The 55th General Assembly of the OAS will be held from June 25 to 27, 2025 at the American University of Antigua (AUA), in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda.
This will be the first time that the OAS General Assembly has been held in Antigua and Barbuda.
The General Assembly is the main body of the OAS and is made up of the delegations of all member states, generally headed by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Each member state has the right to cast one vote. Decisions of the Assembly are usually adopted by majority, but in certain cases the rules require a two-thirds vote. The tradition of the OAS is to adopt resolutions by consensus.
The Assembly is in charge of defining the policies and mandates of the OAS, as well as the structure and functions of its bodies.
It is responsible for the election of members of the decentralized and autonomous organizations of the OAS such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR Court), the Inter-American Juridical Committee, the Justice Center of the Americas, and the Administrative Tribunal, among others.
The 55th Assembly will be the first of the mandate of Secretary General Albert Ramdin.
The OAS General Assembly has met annually since 1971. Previously, meetings of this nature had varied intervals and were called International American Conferences.
Since 1971, 23 countries have hosted the regular General Assembly.
The General Assembly schedule has 4 sessions divided between Thursday, June 26 and Friday, June 27.
During the Assembly, member states will elect:
• Three members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Three members of the Inter-American Juridical Committee
• One member of the Administrative Tribunal
• One member of the Audit Committee
• Two members of the Justice Studies Center of the Americas
The draft General Assembly calendar can be viewed here. The calendar is subject to change until approved by the General Assembly itself. The calendar also includes activities prior to the start of the General Assembly and parallel activities.
All information on the General Assembly is available on the following platforms:
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