The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) today published a report on the "Situation of Venezuelan migrants and refugees in Bolivia." The report was prepared based on the visit to Bolivia by the team from the Office of the General Secretariat for the Crisis of Venezuelan Migrants and Refugees...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and Facebook are launching today a partnership to support the Micro Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs) of the region through online training sessions and policy roundtables. The program will help MSMEs face the challenges they are facing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic...

The Inter-American Network of High Authorities on Policies for Afro-descendant Populations (RIAFRO, for its initials in Spanish) warned of the disproportionate impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the virus that generates the COVID-19 disease, on the Afro-descendant population in the region...

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) launched a Portal of Consultations, Forums, and Repository about the world during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The objective of the Portal is to become an essential forum in which citizens, government officials, civil society and other groups can propose ideas and initiatives that can later become real projects...

The International Commission Against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES) of the Organization of American States (OAS) this week deployed an initial team of 30 multidisciplinary professionals to implement an audit and follow-up mechanism regarding the use of funds destined for the national emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Professionals were hired under OAS requirements and standards...

The Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) to the March 2 General and Regional Elections in Guyana, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, remains concerned that, after more than six weeks, an accurate and credible result that would allow a duly elected government to assume office has not been determined...

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) continues to follow with extreme attention the situation in Nicaragua and its different aspects....

The Organization of American States (OAS) today launched the "Practical Gide to Inclusive Rights-Focused Responses to COVID-19 in the Americas." The guide seeks to support OAS member states in responding to the pandemic, offering them a series of tools to consider responses that take into account the particular circumstances of groups in a situation of vulnerability...

The leaders of the organizations that make up the Joint Summit Working Group agreed on Friday, April 3, on the need to coordinate efforts to provide support in the areas of crisis preparedness, mitigation and recovery, in a videoconference called by the Chair of the Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG), the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS)...

The OAS has been a pioneer in the issue of arms and ammunition control. In 1997, member states approved the Inter-American Convention against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, Explosives, and other Related Materials, known as CIFTA. This was the first binding international instrument against illegal arms trafficking...

The OAS General Secretariat calls on member states to pay special attention to their indigenous populations during the health crisis caused by COVID-19.

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) expresses its condolences over the death of the Secretary General of Virtual Educa, José María Antón, which occurred in Madrid on March 21, as a consequence of COVID-19...

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) reports that, within the framework of the 54th Special Meeting of the General Assembly, set for March 20, and the situation related to the coronavirus, it has issued an invitation to the authorities from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the purpose of inspecting the Organization's facilities...

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) in the Dominican Republic, led by former President of Chile Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle and present in the country since January 7, recognizes the Dominican people for their perseverance and commitment to democracy, demonstrated in the special municipal elections of yesterday Sunday...

The OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Guyana, led by the former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding, is dismayed that in spite of the ruling of the High Court on March 11, the Guyana Elections Commission was not able to move ahead today, March 12, with the tabulation of the results for Region 4...

The Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS), former President of Chile Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, arrived in Santo Domingo to join the OAS team that has been present in the country since February 7...

The OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the General and Regional Elections in Guyana recognizes that the country’s courts are currently considering the way forward in determining the results of the 2020 elections...

The international observer missions from the Commonwealth, the Organization of American States, the European Union, and The Carter Center issue the following statement:

The OAS Electoral Observation Mission to the General and Regional Elections in Guyana condemns the acts of violence witnessed on the evening of March 5 at the office of the Returning Officer (RO) for Region 4. Such actions have no place in any electoral process...

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the online training school Structuralia signed an agreement to co-sponsor up to 2,240 scholarships for Master’s degrees and specializations in energy, construction, and infrastructure.