History of the Organization of the American States (OAS)

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The United States and the OAS
From Democracy Backgrounder, a publication of the Interhemispheric Resource Center, 6 September 1995. Review of Stephen J. Schnably, The Santiago Commitment as a Call to Democracy in the United States: Evaluating the OAS Role in Haiti, Peru, and Guatemala. Inter-American Law Review, Spring-Summer 1994.
Panama hosts XXVI OAS General Assembly
Central America Update, 1-15 June 1996. Agenda included a controversial rebuke of U.S. policy toward Cuba. Part of the consensus document called for the creation of an OAS commission to help ease the transfer of the Panama Canal to Panamanan hands.
OAS meets on its fiftieth anniversary
Weekly News Update on the Americas, 7 June 1998. The 28th General Assembly of representatives of 35 countries belonging to the Organization of American States meet in Caracas, Venezuela, on its 50th anniversary.
Open letter to the Organization of Americas States. 30th Anniversary of the American Convention on Human Rights and 20th Anniversary of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights
Media Advisory, International Secretariat of Amnesty International, 22 November 1999. AI calls on OAS members to put in practice their promises for an end to human rights violations in the region.