Organization of American States
Noun
Meaning
an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
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We would be deliberately violating the fundamental obligations we assumed in the Act of Bogota establishing the Organization of American States.
As part of their meeting the Government of Barbados pledged support to Chilean-diplomat José Miguel Insulza for the post of Secretary General to the Organization of American States (OAS).
Bourne 1986, pp. 283–284 Quirk 1993, pp. 724 725 Coltman 2003, p. 240. A number of Latin American states called for Cuba's re-admittance into the Organization of American States (OAS), with the U.S. finally conceding in 1975 on Henry Kissinger 's advice.
Accompanying them are officials from the Organization of American States (OAS) and a representative of the Guatemalan Embassy in Belize.
A decision by the court was sought by the Chinchilla administration after Nicaragua rejected a similar request from the Organization of American States.
Although the two leaders had a strong relationship, by 1960 US officials were becoming concerned by what they viewed as Canadian procrastination on vital issues, such as whether Canada should join the Organization of American States (OAS).