Organization of American States

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The Organization of American States is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political cooperation, democracy, human rights, and security among countries in the Americas.

Aliases (11)

Inter-American System ×2
OAS member states ×2
inter-American system ×2
Inter-American system ×1
OAS ×1
OEA ×1
Organización de los Estados Americanos ×1
Organization of American States (OAS) ×1
Organization of American States Archives ×1
Organization of American States Liaison ×1
Organization of American and Caribbean States ×1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization → international organization → regional organization →
abbreviation	OEA →
continentServed	Caribbean → Central America → North America → South America →
cooperatesWith	European Union → Organization of American and Caribbean States → United Nations →
foundingDate	1948-04-30 →
foundingDocument	Charter of the Organization of American States →
foundingLocation	Bogotá, Colombia →
geopoliticalScope	Western Hemisphere →
hasExecutiveHead	Secretary General of the Organization of American States →
hasMainGoverningBody	General Assembly of the Organization of American States →
hasObserverStatusFor	China → European Union → Holy See → India → Japan →
hasOfficialLanguage	English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
hasOfficialWebsite	https://www.oas.org →
hasOrgan	General Assembly of the Organization of American States → Inter-American Commission of Women → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → Inter-American Council for Integral Development → Inter-American Court of Human Rights → Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission → Inter-American Telecommunication Commission → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → Secretariat of the Organization of American States → Summit of the Americas process →
hasPredecessor	Pan American Union →
hasWorkingLanguage	English → French → Portuguese → Spanish →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →
highestDecisionMakingBody	General Assembly of the Organization of American States →
legalStatus	charter-based organization →
memberOf	Inter-American System →
motto	More rights for more people →
nativeName	Organización de los Estados Americanos →
numberOfMemberStates	35 →
policyArea	conflict resolution → democracy promotion → development cooperation → election observation → human rights protection → security cooperation →
purpose	promote democracy in the Americas → promote economic cooperation among member states → promote human rights in the Americas → promote political cooperation among member states → promote security in the Americas → promote social development in the Americas →
regionServed	Americas →
shortName	OAS →
usesEmblem	Emblem of the Organization of American States →
usesFlag	Flag of the Organization of American States →

Referenced by (144)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antigua and Barbuda → Argentina → Belize → Bolivia → Brazil → Chile → Colombia → Costa Rica → Dominica → Ecuador → El Salvador → Government of Argentina → Government of Ecuador → Government of El Salvador → Government of Guatemala → Government of Panama → Government of Peru → Grenada → Honduras → Jamaica → Luis Almagro → Mexico → Nicaragua → Organization of American States ("Inter-American System") → Panama → Paraguay → Peru → Saint Kitts and Nevis → Saint Lucia → Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Suriname → Trinidad and Tobago → Uruguay →	memberOf
CICAD → 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 → Executive Secretariat for Integral Development → Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS ("inter-American system") → General Assembly of the Organization of American States → Inter-American Commission of Women → Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → Inter-American Council for Integral Development → Inter-American Court of Human Rights → Inter-American human rights system → Pan American Union ("Inter-American System") → Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission → Secretariat of the Organization of American States → Secretary General of the Organization of American States →	partOf
CICAD → CICTE → CIDI → CITEL → Committee on Hemispheric Security → Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs → General Assembly of the Organization of American States → Inter-American Commission of Women → Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → Inter-American Council for Integral Development → Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission → Inter-American Telecommunication Commission → Inter-American human rights system → Multilateral Evaluation Mechanism → Permanent Consultative Committee I → Permanent Consultative Committee II →	parentOrganization
American Convention on Human Rights → American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women → Inter-American Democratic Charter → OAS General Assembly resolutions → Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →	adoptedBy
CITEL → Executive Secretariat for Integral Development → Inter-American Commission of Women → Inter-American Committee against Terrorism ("Inter-American system") → Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission → Permanent Consultative Committee II →	affiliation
Armed Forces of Peru → Organization of American States ("Organization of American and Caribbean States") → SICA → United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean →	cooperatesWith
Bahamas → Dominican Republic → Guatemala → Venezuela →	regionalOrganizationMembership
Registry of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights → Secretary General → Steering Committee (CITEL) →	associatedWith
Inter-American Commission of Women → Inter-American Court of Human Rights →	foundedBy
Government of Colombia → Government of Mexico →	internationalOrganizationMember
Barbados → Government of Nicaragua ("Organization of American States (OAS)") →	internationalOrganizationMembership
Inter-American Democratic Charter → Protocol of Washington →	organization
Afro-Latin Americans → Pan-American Highway →	recognizedBy
Flag of the Organization of American States → Secretary General of the Organization of American States →	represents
Organization of American States ("OEA") →	abbreviation
Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C. →	accreditedTo
OAS General Assembly resolutions ("OAS member states") →	appliesToJurisdiction
Pan American Union ("Organization of American States Archives") →	archivesAt
Protocol of Washington →	belongsToOrganization
Protocol of Buenos Aires ("inter-American system") →	createdWithinFrameworkOf
Union of American Republics →	dissolvedInto
Luis Almagro →	employer
Charter of the Organization of American States →	establishes
Spanish-speaking world →	hasCommonOrganizationLanguage
Central American Integration System →	hasObserver
Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission →	hasParentOrganization
Department of Peace Operations ("Organization of American States Liaison") →	hasPart
Latin America →	hasRegionalOrganization
Union of American Republics →	hasSuccessor
Alliance for Progress →	implementedBy
Good Neighbor policy →	influenced
Pan-Americanism →	influencedCreationOf
Spanish →	isOfficialLanguageOf
Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Affairs →	isSpecializedBodyOf
Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C. →	jurisdiction
Pan American Union →	legalSuccessor
CICTE ("OAS member states") →	membership
United States–Cuba relations →	multilateralContext
Organization of American States ("Organización de los Estados Americanos") →	nativeName
Secretariat of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission →	operatesWithin
Protocol of Buenos Aires →	organizationAffected
Charter of the Organization of American States →	organizationFounded
Protocol of Managua →	organizationInvolved
Fifth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS →	organizer
Pan American Union Building →	owner
Operation Power Pack →	participant
United States foreign policy →	participation
Union of American Republics →	predecessorOf
Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights →	publisher
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man →	regionalOrganization
Pan American Union →	replacedBy
Organization of American States ("OAS") →	shortName
General Assembly of the Organization of American States →	supremeBodyOf
Flag of the Organization of American States →	usedBy
WHA →	worksWith