O.A.S. Bldg: Aztec Fountain in Washington, D.C.
by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
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The Organization of American States (OAS), or, as it is known in the three other official languages, (OEA), is an international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its members are the thirty-five independent states of the Americas.
The Ninth International Conference of American States was held in Bogotá between March and May 1948 and led by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall, a meeting which led to a pledge by members to fight communism in the Americas. This was the event that saw the birth of the OAS as it stands today, with the signature by 21 American countries of the Charter of the Organization of American States on 30 April 1948 (in effect since December 1951). The meeting also adopted the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, the world's first general human rights instrument.
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Red stone by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Address: C & 18th Sts. NWBt Constitution Hall & Continental Hall Nearest Metro: Farragut West (Orange - Blue)
Smithsonian Art Inventories Catalog: Control number DC000155 (dcMem ID #960)
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