OAS
The Organization of American States (Spanish: Organización de los Estados Americanos, , French: Organisation des États Américains), or the OAS or OEA, is an inter-continental organization founded on 30 April 1948, for the purposes of regional solidarity and cooperation among its member states. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, the OAS’s members are the 35 independent states of the Americas.