International Organization
Intergovernmental Organisations
Organization of American States (OAS/OEA)
Organisation des Etats Américains
Organizaçã o dos Estados Americanos
Organización de los Estados Americanos
Established: By charter signed April 30, 1948, in Bogotá, Colombia, effective December 13, 1951.
Purpose: To achieve “an order of peace and justice, promoting solidarity among the American states; [to strengthen] their collaboration and [defend] their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence… as well as to establish… new objectives and standards for the promotion of the economic, social, and cultural development of the peoples of the Hemisphere, and to speed the process of economic integration.”
Headquarters: Washington, D.C., United States.
Principal Organs: General Assembly, Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Council, Inter-American Council for Integral Development, Inter-American Juridical Committee (11 jurists from member states), Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (seven members), Inter-American Court ...
- African Union (AU)
- Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Opanal)
- Andean Community of Nations (Can)
- Arab League
- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
- Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
- Arctic Council
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
- Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
- Bank For International Settlements (BIS/BIZ)
- Benelux Economic Union
- Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
- Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC)
- Central American Common Market (CACM/MCCA)
- Central American Integration System (SICA)
- Central European Initiative (CEI)
- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa)
- Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
- Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP)
- Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)
- Council of Europe
- Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)
- Council of the Entente
- East African Community (EAC)
- Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)
- Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO)
- Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
- European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
- European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation (Eurocontrol)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- Group of Seven/Group of Eight
- Group of Ten
- Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
- Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)
- Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC)
- Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
- International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO/INTERPOL)
- International Energy Agency (IEA)
- International Organization for Migration (IOM/OIM)
- International Organization of The Francophonie (OIF)
- Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (LAES/SELA)
- Latin American Integration Association (LAIA/ALADI)
- Mano River Union
- Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
- Nordic Council
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO/OTAN)
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/OCDE)
- Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
- Organization of American States (OAS/OEA)
- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
- Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
- Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC)
- Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
- Pacific Community
- Pacific Islands Forum
- Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
- Permanent Interstate Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS)
- Regional and Subregional Development Banks
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
- Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL)
- The Commonwealth
- The European Union (EU)
- United Nations (UN)
- United Nations: Related Organization
- United Nations: Specialized Agencies
- West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA)
- Western European Union (WEU)
- World Customs Organization (WCO)/ Customs Co-Oprtion Council (CCC)
- World Trade Organization (WTO)