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.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Organization of American States canonical	223
Inter-American System	2
OAS member states	2
Organización de los Estados Americanos	2
inter-American system	2
Inter-American system	1
OAS	1
OEA	1
Organización de Estados Americanos	1
Organization of American States (OAS)	1
Organization of American States (through Saint Kitts and Nevis)	1
Organization of American States Archives	1
Organization of American States Liaison	1
Organization of American States framework	1
Organization of American and Caribbean States	1

Statements (66)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intergovernmental organization ⓘ international organization ⓘ regional organization ⓘ
abbreviation	Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OEA
continentServed	Caribbean ⓘ Central America ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
cooperatesWith	European Union ⓘ Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Organization of American and Caribbean States United Nations ⓘ
foundingDate	1948-04-30 ⓘ
foundingDocument	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
foundingLocation	Bogotá ⓘ surface form: 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. ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
highestDecisionMakingBody	General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ
legalStatus	charter-based organization ⓘ
memberOf	Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Inter-American System
motto	More rights for more people ⓘ
nativeName	Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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	Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: OAS
usesEmblem	Emblem of the Organization of American States ⓘ
usesFlag	Flag of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Referenced by (241)

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

Chile → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Mexico → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Spanish → isOfficialLanguageOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Organization of American States → shortName → Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OAS

Organization of American States → nativeName → Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organización de los Estados Americanos

Organization of American States → abbreviation → Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: OEA

Organization of American States → memberOf → Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-American System

Organization of American States → cooperatesWith → Organization of American States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of American and Caribbean States

Ecuador → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Panama → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

El Salvador → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Peru → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Bahamas → regionalOrganizationMembership → Organization of American States ⓘ

Pan-American Highway → recognizedBy → Organization of American States ⓘ

Charter of the Organization of American States → establishes → Organization of American States ⓘ

Charter of the Organization of American States → organizationFounded → Organization of American States ⓘ

Bolivia → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → parentOrganization → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → partOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → parentOrganization → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → affiliation → Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-American system

Argentina → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Commission of Women → foundedBy → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Commission of Women → partOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Jamaica → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean → cooperatesWith → Organization of American States ⓘ

Latin America → hasRegionalOrganization → Organization of American States ⓘ

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → partOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → represents → Organization of American States ⓘ

Government of Mexico → internationalOrganizationMember → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission → parentOrganization → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission → affiliation → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Telecommunication Commission → parentOrganization → Organization of American States ⓘ

Flag of the Organization of American States → usedBy → Organization of American States ⓘ

Flag of the Organization of American States → represents → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → foundedBy → Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Court of Human Rights → partOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

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

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

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

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

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Barbados → internationalOrganizationMembership → Organization of American States ⓘ

Colombia → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Trinidad and Tobago → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Dominica → memberOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

Pan American Union → replacedBy → Organization of American States ⓘ

Pan American Union → partOf → Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter-American System

Pan American Union → legalSuccessor → Organization of American States ⓘ

Pan American Union → archivesAt → Organization of American States ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of American States Archives