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Organization of American States

Organization of American States
General information
NameOrganization of American States
title=Organization of American States
Organisation des États
Américains

Organização dos Estados
Americanos

Organización de los Estados
Americanos

MottoDemocracy for peace, security, and development
Administrative centerHeadquarters
Official languages4
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English
Spanish
Portuguese
French
Member States35
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Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
US
Uruguay
Venezuela
DemonymAmerican
Government
General AssemblyJosé Miguel Insulza
Charter30 April 1948
Geography
Total Area16430000 sq mi (42553700 km2)
Demography
Population Est.910720588
Density (pop.)21.2/km2 (55/sq mi)
Economy
Other information
Websitehttp://www.oas.org/

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The Organization of American States (OAS, or, as it is known in the three other official languages, OEA) is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the American Continent.


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