The Organization of American States is an international organization founded on 30 April 1948 to promote cooperation among its member states within the Americas.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States is the highest position within the Organization of American States.
The Summit of the Americas (SOA) are institutionalized gatherings of heads of state and government of the member states of the Western Hemisphere were leaders discuss common policy issues,affirm shared values an commit to concerted actions at the national and regional level to address continuing and new challenges faced by countries in the Americas.
Catalina "Cathi" Vásquez Villalpando is the 39th Treasurer of the United States who served from December 11,1989,to January 20,1993 under President George H. W. Bush and is the only U.S. Treasurer ever to be sent to prison. She had held minor positions under President Ronald Reagan and had chaired the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. In 1994,Villalpando was found guilty of obstruction of justice and tax evasion.
Leslie Sanchez is an American author,political pundit affiliated with the Republican Party,and founder/CEO of Impacto Group LLC,a Washington,D.C.-based market research and consulting firm.
Catherine Mary Russell is an American attorney and political adviser who is the executive director of UNICEF as of 2022. Russell previously served as Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office,United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues,and Chief of Staff to then-Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden.
Maria Otero was the first holder of the office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security,Democracy,and Human Rights from January 15,2012,through February 4,2013. She also served as the President's Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues.
Mari Carmen Aponte is an American attorney and diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Panama in the Biden administration since November 2022. She previously served as acting assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs on May 5,2016. She also served as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador from August 2010 until December 2011 and again from June 14,2012,until December 2015. Before that she was serving as a member of the board of directors of Oriental Group,a major financial and banking services enterprise in Puerto Rico. President Obama also nominated her as the United States' permanent representative to the Organization of American States,but the Senate had not acted upon that nomination upon adjournment in December 2014.
Ertharin Cousin is an American lawyer who served as the twelfth executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme from 2012 to 2017. Following the completion of her term,Cousin became Payne Distinguished Professor at Stanford University's Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies,distinguished fellow at the Center on Food Security and the Environment and the Center on Democracy,Development and the Rule of Law,accepted an appointment as a distinguished fellow with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs,and became a trustee on the UK based Power of Nutrition Board of Directors.
Barbara Hackman Franklin is an American government official,corporate director,and business executive. She served as the 29th U.S. Secretary of Commerce from 1992 to 1993 to President George H. W. Bush,during which she led a presidential mission to China.
Adam E. Namm was appointed the Executive Secretary of the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD) of the Organization of American States (OAS) on December 1,2016,following a 30-year career in the U.S. diplomatic service,including serving as U.S. Ambassador to Ecuador from 2012 to 2015.
The secretariat for multidimensional security of the Organization of American States is a part of the General Secretariat,which is headquartered in Washington,D.C.,United States. The Secretariat for Multidimensional Security has a mandate to promote cooperation between Organization's Member States,Inter-American and international organizations,as well as with entities such as the United Nations and its subsidiaries,in order to analyze,prevent,confront and respond to security threats.
Nestor Mendez is a Belizean diplomat and politician. He is currently the Assistant Secretary General of the Organization of American States.
Dolores Jiménez Hernández is a Mexican diplomat who currently serves as the ambassador of Mexico to Honduras.
Ronald Dwight Godard is an American retired diplomat who was a career Foreign Service Officer with the grade of Minister Counselor. He was given the temporary rank of Ambassador in July 1998.
Alina L. Romanowski is an American career diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Iraq since June 2022. She previously served as the United States Ambassador to Kuwait from February 2020 to April 2022.
The Inter-American Convention on the Prevention,Punishment,and Eradication of Violence against Women,better known as the Belém do ParáConvention,is an international human rights instrument adopted by the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) of the Organization of American States (OAS) at a conference held in Belém do Pará,Brazil,on 9 June 1994. It is the first legally binding international treaty that criminalises all forms of violence against women,especially sexual violence. On 26 October 2004,the Follow-Up Mechanism (MESECVI) agency was established to ensure the State parties' compliance with the Convention.
Francisco O. "Frank" Mora is an American academic who has served as the United States ambassador to the Organization of American States since January 2023.
