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.
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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.
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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.
SIXTY-FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE INTER-AMERICAN DRUG ABUSE CONTROL COMMISSION (CICAD 61)
April 24, 2017 - Washington D.C.
Distinguished Commissioners Representatives of member state institutions Distinguished Member of the Head table Members of the Diplomatic Corps Civil society representatives OAS colleagues A pleasant good morning,
I would first like to convey a very warm welcome on behalf of Secretary General Luis Almagro, who is unable to join us today. I would also like to thank the Government of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas for organizing, in its role as Chair, this Sixty-First Regular Session of CICAD. I want to especially note the number and level of representations at this meeting, which is clearly a reflection of the commitment of the member States to the issues entrusted to CICAD, and the importance assigned to these issues by the member States.
In the opening session of the last CICAD Regular Session in Nassau, Bahamas, Secretary General Almagro declared that it was time to “turn the language of our discourse into a tangible, measurable reality, one that results in real change.” The natural question is how to accomplish this? Let me offer two answers:
First, we needed to fulfill the wishes of OAS Member States to strengthen CICAD’s Executive Secretariat, a wish expressed in CICAD’s 59th Regular Session. Today we have Ambassador Adam Namm, who was appointed Executive Secretary of CICAD last December after serving a distinguished 30-year long career as a United States Foreign Service Officer. Less than five months into his tenure, Ambassador Namm has already effected positive change in the Executive Secretariat of CICAD, and gained my confidence and that of the Secretary General, as well as his colleagues within CICAD and in other parts of the OAS. I also want to take this opportunity to thank Assistant Executive Secretary, Angela Crowdy, for leading CICAD in the absence of an executive secretary, and the rest of the CICAD team for their hard work and perseverance during challenging times.
Y con apenas unos meses desde su llegada, quería destacar también el nombramiento de la nueva Secretaria de Seguridad Multidimensional, la Dra. Claudia Paz y Paz, quién también nos acompaña en el día de hoy. La Secretaria Paz y Paz es una persona de reconocido prestigio a nivel internacional, y su historial profesional como anterior Fiscal General de Guatemala, la posiciona sin duda en un lugar estratégico dentro de esta organización.
En segundo lugar, hablábamos de los esfuerzos por aterrizar en práctica tangible nuestras políticas sobre drogas, desde y en colaboración con los Estados Miembros. El Secretario General nos traía a colación aquel Informe sobre Drogas de 2013, que subrayaba que “el problema de las drogas debía ser abordado de manera diferenciada y flexible en cada país, en función de la forma como éste los afecta en cada caso particular”. Entre los retos, tenemos algunos que podríamos denominar de “nueva generación” (como las necesarias estrategias ante la proliferación de nuevas sustancias psicoactivas), pero si me lo permiten, en su mayoría, no son temas ajenos o emergentes, sino que son temas que han estado acompañándonos durante años, y que ya se encuentran en el eje de discusión de todos los foros mundiales y regionales sobre drogas. Recordemos algunos de ellos:
tener que centrarse en el individuo como foco de la intervención, y no en la sustancia;
subrayar el enfoque de derechos humanos (incluida la salud pública), de género y de desarrollo sostenible;
elaborar políticas basadas en evidencia;
seguir avanzando para materializar la participación de la sociedad civil y otros actores claves en el debate, diseño, e implementación de nuestras políticas sobre drogas;
continuar trabajando para fortalecer nuestras capacidades institucionales,
lograr una más efectiva coordinación inter-institucional a todos los niveles y una mayor corresponsabilidad entre países e instituciones; (sobre este tema en particular quisiera enfatizar la importancia de implementar el mandato que los Estados miembros nos han recordado varias veces con respecto a mejorar la coordinación con nuestros socios estratégicos y entre las entidades del sistema interamericano especialmente la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS / PAHO) para mejorar el rendimiento en los temas que trabajamos juntos tales como los de CICAD.)
y por último y sobre todo
Favorecer un debate amplio con relación a aquellos temas que están en el día a día de nuestros ciudadanos.
The Western Hemisphere has played a leading role in terms of viewing drug addiction as a public health issue, along with other progressive approaches to the drug problem as mentioned. The OAS, and CICAD specifically, play a vital role in fostering the exchange of information between member states, as well as building capacity in the countries of our hemisphere, so that OAS member states can continue to be in the vanguard of addressing the drug problem.
The upcoming 47th Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization, to be held in Mexico City in June, will include panels on the four pillars of the OAS to address hemispheric and global challenges. The drug issue will be an intrinsic part of the discussions on Security. I have no doubt that the discussions arising from the panels and presentations at this 61st Regular Session of CICAD will provide valuable input for the dialogue at the upcoming General Assembly, whose theme is “Strengthening Dialogue and Concerted Action for Prosperity”.
I want to conclude by thanking and congratulating all of you for a job well done in benefit of the people of the Americas. I give special thanks to CICAD’s donors and partners for their crucial support. I wish you a productive next three days.