Organization of American States
Organization of American States
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| Motto: "Democracy for peace, security and development" | |||||||||
The OAS as of 2022 Member states Former member states Disputed member states | |||||||||
| Headquarters | 17th Street and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., U.S. 38°53′34″N 77°02′25″W / 38.8929138°N 77.0403734°W | ||||||||
| Largest city | São Paulo | ||||||||
| Official languages | English French Portuguese Spanish | ||||||||
| Member states | 33 states
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| Leaders | |||||||||
• Secretary General | Albert Ramdin | ||||||||
• Assistant Secretary General | Nestor Mendez | ||||||||
| Establishment | |||||||||
• Charter | 30 April 1948 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 40,275,678 km2 (15,550,526 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 2023[1] estimate | 1,028,404,247 | ||||||||
| Time zone | UTC−10 to +0 | ||||||||
Website oas.org | |||||||||
The Organization of American States (OAS or OEA; Spanish: Organización de los Estados Americanos; Portuguese: Organização dos Estados Americanos; French: Organisation des États américains) is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS is a "multilateral regional body focused on human rights, electoral oversight, social and economic development, and security in the Western Hemisphere", according to the Council on Foreign Relations.[2] As of November 2023, 32 states in the Americas are OAS members.[3][4]
Albert Ramdin of Suriname was inaugurated as OAS secretary general in May 2025, replacing Luis Almagro of Uruguay.[5][6]
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- ^ "The Organization of American States". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ OAS (1 August 2009). "OAS – Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development". www.oas.org. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "The Organization of American States". Council on Foreign Relations.
- ^ Kuipers, Ank (10 March 2025). "Suriname's Albert Ramdin elected OAS's first Caribbean secretary general". Reuters. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Former Suriname Minister Albert Ramdin sworn in as OAS Secretary General". Caribbean National Weekly. 3 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.