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 Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Nestor Mendez, assumed his second term today during a virtual ceremony.
The Assistant Secretary General indicated that the development pillar will occupy a central role in the management of the OAS during the post-pandemic era and highlighted his attunement to Secretary General Luis Almagro to face the immediate challenges. "Dear friend Luis Almagro, Secretary General, I am ready to continue working hand in hand with you and I am sure that our Organization will go ahead, more solid and stronger than ever," said Ambassador Mendez.
For his part, Secretary General Almagro praised the management of Ambassador Mendez during his first term and expressed his certainty of continuing to work together for the benefit of the OAS and the region. “Dear friend Nestor, we have a duty to continue, this has been established and the countries have decided so. We will continue to comply with those that we have proposed to do good to the peoples and countries of the Americas,” added the OAS Secretary General.
Meanwhile, the Chair of the Permanent Council and Ambassador of Honduras, Luis Cordero, highlighted Ambassador Mendez's ability to build consensus and wished him good management. "Mr. Assistant Secretary General, dear Nestor, on behalf of the Permanent Council, I wish you success in the exercise of your functions for the good of the OAS and all its members," said the Honduran diplomat.
Assistant Secretary General Mendez is a citizen of Belize and his second term will end on July 17, 2025.