WASHINGTON, D.C., November 4, 2021 — The Organization of America States (OAS) will hold, in virtual format with Guatemala as the host country, the 51st Regular Session of its General Assembly between November 10 to 12 under the theme “Towards Renewal in the Americas,” the OAS announced on its website.
This meeting, to which all the foreign ministers of the Hemisphere are invited, is the highest political body of the OAS and its decisions will serve as a guide for the activities and priorities of the regional body during the coming year. The Assembly is in charge of defining the policies and mandates of the OAS, as well as the structure and functions of its organs.
The General Assembly has as its principal powers, in addition to such others as are assigned to it by the OAS Charter, to decide the general action and policies of the Organization, determine the structure and functions of its organs and consider any matter relating to friendly relations among the American states; establish measures for coordinating the activities of the organs, agencies, and entities of the Organization among themselves, and such activities with those of the other institutions of the inter-American system; strengthen and coordinate cooperation with the United Nations and its specialized agencies, and to approve the program-budget of the Organization and determine the quotas of the member states, among others. See complete article on the OAS website at https://www.oas.org/en/media_center/press_release.asp?sCodigo=AVI-137/21
