The Organization of American States (OAS, or, as it is known in the three other official languages, OEA) is an international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas.

The goal of the OAS member nations in creating the OAS was “to achieve an order of peace and
justice, to promote their solidarity, strengthen their collaboration, and defend their sovereignty, their territorial integrity, and their independence.”