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.
Speeches and other documents by the Secretary General
FIRST PLENARY SESSION OF 45TH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM
July 4, 2023 - Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Distinguished Heads of Government Honorable Ministers Your Excellencies Ladies and Gentlemen
I am deeply honored to be present, on behalf of the Organization of American States on this historic occasion as the governments and peoples of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrate the 50th anniversary of their important and beneficial integration.
We shall all celebrate this 50th Anniversary and we shall all be grateful for the contributions made by CARICOM in the Hemisphere and globally.
We are aware that your countries, and the CARICOM institution itself, have faced numerous challenges; many of them resulting from external events beyond your control; and some of them from the legacy of colonialism.
Yet, CARICOM has met these challenges and endured; like you usually do with charm, and elegance, coolness and happiness like you did this morning when facing the blessings of a heavy rain when planting the trees.
CARICOM's contributions to the Americas and the OAS have been invaluable.
In the past 50 years we have seen a lot happening in our region.
Your commitment to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law sets an example for the entire Hemisphere.
It is because of your work and capacity to build.
Increasingly the countries of CARICOM are playing crucial roles in the OAS, as was clearly demonstrated at the General Assembly of the Organization two weeks ago when CARICOM countries led the resolutions and declarations on extremely important issues such as Climate Change, inadequate access to financing, increased debt, illegal firearms and gang violence.
I commend CARICOM's efforts in charting its own regional response to these challenges while urging the international community to fulfil its obligations.
The General Secretariat of the OAS, and I as Secretary General, pledge our full cooperation to support CARICOM’s interests in the International Financial and Development Institutions.
May the spirit of CARICOM's achievements continue to inspire all nations of the Americas toward a brighter tomorrow.
Integrate, stay united. So long as you stay united that is a blessing for this Hemisphere, for all these reasons.
Empower your people; empower your youth; empower your women; empower all in every nation. That is what you have been doing, and resilient people like yourselves can achieve and can jump to development soon.
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