General Assembly of the Organization of American States

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38th regular session – Medellín, 2008.

The General Assembly is the supreme decision-making body of the Organization of American States (OAS).

The General Assembly came into being as a part of the restructuring of the OAS that took place following adoption of the Protocol of Buenos Aires (signed 27 February 1967; in force as of 12 March 1970), which contained extensive amendments to the Organization's Charter. Prior to these changes, the OAS's top body was the Inter-American Conference, which in turn was the successor to the International Conference of American States.

The Charter requires that the General Assembly convene once every year in a regular session. In special circumstances, and with the approval of two-thirds of the member states, the Permanent Council can convene special sessions.

The Organization's member states take turns hosting the General Assembly on a rotating basis. The states are represented at its sessions by their chosen delegates: generally, their ministers of foreign affairs, or their appointed deputies. Each state has one vote, and most matters – except for those for which the Charter or the General Assembly's own rules of procedure specifically require a two-thirds majority – are settled by a simple majority vote.

The General Assembly's powers include setting the OAS's general course and policies by means of resolutions and declarations; approving its budget and determining the contributions payable by the member states; approving the reports and previous year's actions of the OAS's specialized agencies; and electing members to serve on those agencies.

Regular sessions

Rank Host city Host country Date
1st San José Template:Country 14–23 April 1971
2nd Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 11–21 April 1972
3rd Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 4–15 April 1973
4th Atlanta Template:Flagu 19 April – 1 May 1974
5th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 8–19 May 1975
6th Santiago Template:Country 4–18 June 1976
7th St. George's Template:Country 14–22 June 1977
8th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 21 June – 1 July 1978
9th La Paz Template:Country 22–31 October 1979
10th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 19–26 November 1980
11th Castries Template:Country 2–11 December 1981
12th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 15–21 December 1982
13th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 14–18 November 1983
14th Brasília Template:Country 12–17 November 1984
15th Cartagena Template:Country 5–9 December 1985
16th Guatemala City Template:Country 11–15 November 1986
17th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 9–14 November 1987
18th San Salvador Template:Country 14–19 November 1988
19th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 13–18 November 1989
20th Asunción Template:Country 4–8 June 1990
21st Santiago Template:Country 3–8 June 1991
22nd Nassau Template:Country 18–23 May 1992
23rd Managua Template:Country 7–11 June 1993
24th Belém Template:Country 6–10 June 1994
25th Montrouis Template:Country 5–9 June 1995
26th Panama City Template:Country 3–7 June 1996
27th Lima Template:Country 1–5 June 1997
28th Caracas Template:Country 1–3 June 1998
29th Guatemala City Template:Country 6–8 June 1999
30th Windsor, Ontario Template:Country 4–6 June 2000
31st San José Template:Country 3–5 June 2001
32nd Bridgetown Template:Country 2–4 June 2002
33rd Santiago Template:Country 8–10 June 2003
34th Quito Template:Country 6–8 June 2004
35th Fort Lauderdale Template:Flagu 5–7 June 2005
36th Santo Domingo Template:Country 4–6 June 2006
37th Panama City Template:Country 3–5 June 2007
38th Medellín Template:Country 1–3 June 2008
39th San Pedro Sula Template:Country 2–3 June 2009[1]
40th Lima Template:Country 6–8 June 2010
41st San Salvador Template:Country 5–7 June 2011
42nd Cochabamba Template:Country 3–5 June 2012[2]
43rd La Antigua Template:Country 4–6 June 2013[3]
44th Asunción Template:Country 3–5 June 2014[4]
45th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 15–16 June 2015[5]
46th Santo Domingo Template:Country 13–15 June 2016[6]
47th Cancún Template:Country 18–21 June 2017[7]
48th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 4–5 June 2018[8]
49th Medellín Template:Country 26–28 June 2019[9]
50th Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 20–21 October 2020[10]
51st Guatemala City (Virtual) Template:Country 10–12 November 2021[11]
52nd Lima Template:Country 5–7 October 2022[12]
53rd Washington, D.C. Template:Flagu 21–23 June 2023[13]
54th Asunción Template:Flagu 26–28 June 2024[14]
55th St. John's Template:Flagu 25–27 June 2025[15]

See also

References

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External links

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  2. ↑ http://www.oas.org/en/42ga/
  3. ↑ http://www.oas.org/en/43ga/
  4. ↑ http://www.oas.org/en/44ga/
  5. ↑ http://www.oas.org/en/45ga/
  6. ↑ http://www.oas.org/en/46ga/
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