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.
The Permanent Council of the Organization and the Inter-American Council for Integral Development both report directly to the General Assembly. Each has the authority granted to it in the OAS Charter and other inter-American instruments, as well as the functions assigned by the General Assembly and the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
The Permanent Council of the Organization has the powers assigned to it in Chapter XII of the OAS Charter and the other inter-American instruments, as well as the functions entrusted to it by the General Assembly and the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Article 84 of the OAS Charter states that the Permanent Council shall keep vigilance over the maintenance of friendly relations among the member states and assist them in the peaceful settlement of their disputes. The Council carries out the mandates of the General Assembly or of the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs whose implementation has not been assigned to any other body. The Council also serves as the Preparatory Committee to the General Assembly.
At the request of the member states, the Permanent Council prepares draft agreements to promote and facilitate cooperation between the OAS, the United Nations, and other inter-American institutions. The Council considers the reports of the organs, agencies, and entities of the inter-American system and presents to the General Assembly any observations and recommendations it deems necessary.
The Council ensures that the General Standards to Govern the Operations of the General Secretariat are observed and applied, and when the General Assembly is not in session, the Council approves regulatory provisions that enable the General Secretariat to carry out its administrative functions.
The Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) is an organ of the OAS that reports directly to the General Assembly. It was established when the Protocol of Managua entered into force on January 29, 1996, and it has decision-making authority in matters related to partnership for development. Its functions are detailed in Chapter XIII of the OAS Charter. Its subsidiary bodies are the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development (IACD), the Nonpermanent Specialized Committees (CENPES), the Inter-American Committees, and the Permanent Committees of CIDI.
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