Permanent Council of the Organization of American States

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organ of the Organization of American States principal political body of an international organization

The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States is the main political body where member states’ ambassadors meet regularly to discuss hemispheric issues, make decisions, and oversee the implementation of OAS mandates.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
OAS Permanent Council	5
Permanent Council of the OAS	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organ of the Organization of American States ⓘ principal political body of an international organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ surface form: Permanent Council of the OAS
canConvene	Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
composedOf	ambassadors accredited to the Organization of American States ⓘ permanent representatives of OAS member states ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
decisionMakingProcess	adopts declarations ⓘ adopts recommendations ⓘ adopts resolutions ⓘ
elects	chair of the Permanent Council ⓘ officers of the Permanent Council ⓘ vice chair of the Permanent Council ⓘ
establishedBy	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
hasCommittee	Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs ⓘ Committee on Hemispheric Security ⓘ Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation ⓘ Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs ⓘ
hasFunction	address urgent problems that may arise in the hemisphere ⓘ consider hemispheric political issues ⓘ coordinate the activities of the OAS organs, agencies, and entities ⓘ ensure the proper functioning of the Organization of American States between sessions of the General Assembly ⓘ execute decisions of the OAS General Assembly ⓘ maintain friendly relations among OAS member states ⓘ monitor the situation of democracy in the hemisphere ⓘ prepare the draft agenda for the OAS General Assembly ⓘ promote peaceful settlement of disputes among member states ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
legalBasis	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
meetingFrequency	regularly ⓘ
meetsAt	Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ surface form: OAS headquarters, Washington, D.C.
meetsWith	permanent representatives of OAS member states ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
oversees	implementation of mandates of the General Assembly of the OAS ⓘ implementation of mandates of the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
parentOrganization	Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ surface form: General Secretariat of the Organization of American States
partOf	Organization of American States ⓘ
regionServed	Americas ⓘ Western Hemisphere ⓘ
relatedTo	Inter-American Democratic Charter ⓘ
reportsTo	General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ
shortName	Permanent Council of the Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OAS Permanent Council
usesVotingSystem	one state, one vote ⓘ
website	https://www.oas.org/en/council/PC/ ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

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

Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs → affiliatedWith → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → alsoKnownAs → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Permanent Council of the OAS

CIDI → collaboratesWith → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS Permanent Council

Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS → convenedBy → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Organization of American States → hasOrgan → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Council for Integral Development → hasParentBody → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS Permanent Council

Committee on Hemispheric Security → memberOf → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

OAS General Assembly resolutions → monitoredBy → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS Permanent Council

Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation → parentOrganization → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Charter of the Organization of American States → providesFor → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

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

Committee on Hemispheric Security → reportsTo → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Committee on Inter-American Summits Management and Civil Society Participation → reportsTo → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs → reportsTo → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Secretariat of the Organization of American States → reportsTo → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: OAS Permanent Council

Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → shortName → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS Permanent Council