General Assembly of the Organization of American States

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deliberative body plenary body principal organ of an international organization

The General Assembly of the Organization of American States is the supreme decision-making body where all member states of the OAS meet to set policies, approve the budget, and coordinate regional cooperation in the Americas.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
OAS General Assembly	4
Organization of American States General Assembly	2
General Assembly of the OAS	1
Special Session of the OAS General Assembly	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deliberative body ⓘ plenary body ⓘ principal organ of an international organization ⓘ
composition	all member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
continent	Americas ⓘ
country	no single country (multinational body) ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	one state, one vote ⓘ resolutions adopted by vote of member states ⓘ
establishedBy	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
function	adopt general policies of the Organization of American States ⓘ approve the program-budget of the Organization of American States ⓘ consider and adopt conventions and other inter-American instruments ⓘ determine the structure and functions of the General Secretariat of the OAS ⓘ elect certain officials and members of OAS organs and entities ⓘ review the activities of the Organization of American States ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. (institutional seat of the OAS)
legalBasis	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
meetingType	regular session ⓘ special session ⓘ
meets	ordinarily once a year ⓘ
memberOf	inter-American system ⓘ
parentOrganization	Organization of American States ⓘ
partOf	Organization of American States ⓘ
regionServed	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
relatedBody	Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ surface form: General Secretariat of the Organization of American States Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ
role	budget‑approving body of the Organization of American States ⓘ coordination of regional cooperation among OAS member states ⓘ forum for multilateral political dialogue in the Americas ⓘ policy‑setting body of the Organization of American States ⓘ supreme decision-making body of the Organization of American States ⓘ
shortName	General Assembly of the Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General Assembly of the OAS General Assembly of the Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OAS General Assembly
supremeBodyOf	Organization of American States ⓘ
topicOf	democracy and human rights in the Americas ⓘ drug control and transnational crime in the Americas ⓘ electoral observation and support ⓘ hemispheric security ⓘ institutional reform of the Organization of American States ⓘ integral development and poverty reduction in the Americas ⓘ inter-American cooperation ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inter-American Democratic Charter → adoptedAt → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Special Session of the OAS General Assembly

OAS General Assembly resolutions → adoptedBy → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of American States General Assembly

Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → adoptedBy → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS General Assembly

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → appointedBy → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs → associatedWith → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS General Assembly

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → electsBy → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Buenos Aires → governingBodyImpacted → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Organization of American States → hasMainGoverningBody → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Organization of American States → hasOrgan → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Organization of American States → highestDecisionMakingBody → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Charter of the Organization of American States → providesFor → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → reportsTo → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Secretariat of the Organization of American States → reportsTo → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → reportsTo → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS General Assembly

General Assembly of the Organization of American States → shortName → General Assembly of the Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS General Assembly

General Assembly of the Organization of American States → shortName → General Assembly of the Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Assembly of the OAS

Protocol of Washington → sponsor → General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of American States General Assembly