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Organization of American States (OAS) Organization of 35 member states of the Americas that promotes peaceful settlements to disputes, regional cooperation in the limitation of weapons, and economic and cultural development. The successor to the Pan-American Union, the OAS emerged out of a conference in Colombia in 1948. It is an affiliate of the United Nations (UN). Its headquarters are in Washington D.C.

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