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 Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) develops,
promotes, and implements theInter-American Program for the
Development of International Law; provides advisory services concerning
international law and the development and codification of inter-American
law; supports the follow-up mechanisms for certain inter-American
conventions; serves as a depository and source of information for
inter-American treaties
and the agreements
of the OAS and its organs; disseminates information on the legal
instruments of the OAS and its legal programs; and provides other
services related to inter-American legal cooperation.
The SLA and its dependencies and staff are under the overall direction,
supervision, and control of the secretary for legal affairs, who reports
to the Secretary General, in accordance with the legal system of the
Organization and with the provisions of this Executive Order.
The SLA is comprised of the Executive Office of the Secretary for
Legal Affairs and the following dependencies:
The Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA), in consultation with the
Secretary General, shall name one of the directors of the area to
perform the functions of subsecretary for a renewable period of one
year, in order to fulfill all the responsibilities and exercise the
corresponding authority.
The Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA) performs its functions according
to the
Executive Order 08-01 Rev.
9,
Annex G and has staff in
Washington, D.C.,
and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Contact Us
Secretariat for Legal Affairs (SLA)
Organization of American States
19th Street & Constitution Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20006
USA
Tel. + 1 202-370-0741
Fax + 1 202.458.6029 @JMArrighi