Organization of American States (OAS)

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Committee Description

OAS Members

The Organization of American States seeks to promote security and peace in addition to social and economic development. This committee includes nations in North, South, and Central America. The four pillars of the group are development, security, human rights, and democracy, and are intertwined by cooperation, political dialogue, and legal instruments that supply the OAS with the capabilities to maximize each member nation’s potential.

Members:

Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba (excluded from formal participation since 1962), Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela

Observers:

Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, EC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Switzerland