Organization of American States (OAS)

Organisation des Etats Américains (OEA)
Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA)
Organização dos Estados Americanos (OEA)

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URL: http://www.oas.org/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OASofficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/oas_official

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Founded

1890-04-14 Washington DC USA

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Aims

Essential 'purposes':

(a) To strengthen the peace and security in the hemisphere;

(b) To promote and consolidate representative democracy, with due respect for the principle of non-intervention;

(c) To prevent possible causes of difficulties and to ensure the pacific settlement of disputes that may arise among the member states;

(d) To provide for common action on the part of those states in the event of aggression;

(e) To seek the solution of political, juridical, and economic problems that may arise among them;

(f) To promote, by cooperative action, their economic, social, and cultural development;

(g) To achieve an effective limitation of conventional weapons that will make it possible to devote the largest amount of resources to the economic and social development of the member states.

Additional purpose, approved 14 Dec 1992: To eradicate extreme poverty which constitutes an obstacle to the full democratic development of the peoples of the hemisphere.

'Principles' reaffirmed by the American States:

(a) International law is the standard of conduct of states in their reciprocal relations;

(b) International order consists essentially of respect for the personality, sovereignty, and independence of states, and the faithful fulfilment of obligations derived from treaties and other sources of international law;

(c) Good faith shall govern the relations between states;

(d) The solidarity of the American States and the high aims which are sought through it require the political organization of those states on the basis of the effective exercise of representative democracy;

(e) Every state has the right to choose, without external interference, its political, economic, and social system and to organize itself in the way best suited to it, and has the duty to abstain from intervening in the affairs of another state. Subject to the foregoing, the American States shall cooperate fully among themselves, independently of the nature of their political, economic, and social systems;

(f) The American States condemn war of aggression: victory does not give rights;

(g) An act of aggression against one American State is an act of aggression against all the other American States;

(h) Controversies of an international character arising between two or more American States shall be settled by peaceful procedures;

(i) Social justice and social security are bases of lasting peace;

(j) Economic cooperation is essential to the common welfare and prosperity of the peoples of the continent;

(k) The American States proclaim the fundamental rights of the individual without distinction as to race, nationality, creed, or sex;

(l) The spiritual unity of the continent is based on respect for the cultural values of the American countries and requires their close cooperation for the high purposes of civilization;

(m) The education of peoples should be directed toward justice, freedom, and peace.

Additional principle incorporated 14 Dec 1992: the elimination of abject poverty as an essential part of the promotion and consolidation of representative democracy and the common and shared responsibility of the American States.

At the 20th Special Session, Feb 1994, Mexico City (Mexico), the General Assembly approved 2 resolutions, one containing a 'General Policy Framework and Priorities: Partnership for Development' and the other agreeing on a 'Commitment on a Partnership for Development and Struggle to Overcome Extreme Poverty'.

At the 24th Regular Session, Jun 1994, Belém (Brazil) the Assembly adopted the 'Declaration of Belém do Para' in which Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegation of Member States declared: their firm commitment to strengthening the OAS as the main hemispheric forum of political consensus so that it may support the realization of member states in promoting and consolidating peace, democracy, social justice and development in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter; their decision to promote and deepen cooperative relations in economic, social, educational, cultural, scientific, technological and political fields; their commitment to continue and further dialogue on hemispheric security so as to consolidate and strengthen mutual confidence; their determination to continue contributing to the objective of general and complete disarmament under effective international control; their determination to strengthen regional cooperation to increase effectiveness of efforts to combat illicit use of narcotic drugs and traffic therein; their decision to cooperate in a reciprocal effort towards preventing and punishing terrorist acts, methods and practices, and development of international law in this matter; and their commitment to promote economic and social development for indigenous populations of their countries.

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Relations with Inter-Governmental Organizations

Observer to: B-XB1112 - International Organization for Migration (IOM); General Assembly of: A-XA3375 - United Nations (UN); B-XF2527 - World Trade Organization (WTO). F-XF3051 - Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has Observer statuts. Agreements at level of governing bodies with 6 inter-American specialized organizations: PAHO; IACI; CIM; PAIGH; IAII; IICA. Formal agreement with: B-XB3383 - UNESCO; B-XB1775 - International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL (ICPO-INTERPOL). Formal agreement with: B-XB0971 - FAO came into force May 1952. Cooperative agreement with: E-XE2404 - International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA). Participates as observer in the activities of: E-XE8700 - Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC). Invited to sessions of Intergovernmental Council of: F-XE2379 - International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC). Member of: H-XE0113 - Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment (CIDIE). Cooperative relations with:

Instrumental in setting up:

Links with:

Links indicated by: D-XD3137 - Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP).

Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations

Agreements with a broad range of national and international nongovernmental organizations:

Accredited organization: G-XG2964 - Centro de Derechos Humanos Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez (Centro Prodh). Instrumental in setting up:

Member of: F-XF6598 - International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement (INECE). Supports: F-XF2756 - Parliamentarians for Global Action (PGA); F-XF5291 - Red Latinoamericana de Quimica (RELAQ). Links with: G-XG0409 - Inter-American Dialogue (IAD).

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Subjects *

UN Sustainable Development Goals **

GOAL 10: Reduced InequalityGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

UIA Org ID

XD3030

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** UN SDGs are linked to the subject classification.

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