General Assembly of the Organization of American States

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XXXVIII Regular Meeting – 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	citation	CitationClass=web }} The 39th General Assembly of the Organization of American States(OAS) will be held the week following a 7.3 Mw 2009 Honduras earthquake </ref>
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<ref>http://www.oas.org/en/42ga/</ref>
43rd	La Antigua	Template:Country	4–6 June 2013<ref>http://www.oas.org/en/43ga/</ref>
44th	Asunción	Template:Country	3–5 June 2014<ref>http://www.oas.org/en/44ga/</ref>
45th	Washington, D.C.	Template:Flagu	15–16 June 2015<ref>http://www.oas.org/en/45ga/</ref>
46th	Santo Domingo	Template:Country	13–15 June 2016<ref>http://www.oas.org/en/46ga/</ref>
47th	Cancún	Template:Country	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
48th	Washington, D.C.	Template:Flagu	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
49th	Medellín	Template:Country	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
50th	Washington, D.C.	Template:Flagu	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
51st	Guatemala City (Virtual)	Template:Country	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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53rd	Washington, D.C.	Template:Flagu	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Summit of the Americas

External links

• Regular Meetings of the General Assembly

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