Charter of the Organization of American States

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constituent instrument of an international organization founding treaty international treaty multilateral treaty

The Charter of the Organization of American States is the foundational treaty that establishes the OAS’s structure, purposes, and principles for political, economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the countries of the Americas.

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Label	Occurrences
Charter of the Organization of American States canonical	29
OAS Charter	15
Organization of American States Charter	3
Carta de la Organización de los Estados Americanos	2
OAS Charter framework	1
OAS Charter objectives on integral development	1
OAS founding charter	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T45832 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Charter of the Organization of American States
Context triple: [Organization of American States, foundingDocument, Charter of the Organization of American States]

A. Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty that established the UN, defining its purposes, principles, structure, and the framework for international peace and security.
B. Organization of American States
The Organization of American States is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political cooperation, democracy, human rights, and security among countries in the Americas.
C. Headquarters Agreement between the United Nations and the United States
The Headquarters Agreement between the United Nations and the United States is the treaty that establishes the legal status, privileges, and obligations governing the UN’s presence and operations at its main headquarters in New York City.
D. American Declaration of Independence
The American Declaration of Independence is the 1776 document in which the thirteen American colonies formally asserted their separation from Great Britain and articulated foundational principles of individual rights and self-government.
E. United States Constitution
The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States that established the national framework of government, separated powers among branches, and protects fundamental rights through its articles and amendments.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Charter of the Organization of American States
Target entity description: The Charter of the Organization of American States is the foundational treaty that establishes the OAS’s structure, purposes, and principles for political, economic, social, and cultural cooperation among the countries of the Americas.

A. Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty that established the UN, defining its purposes, principles, structure, and the framework for international peace and security.
B. Cairo Declaration
The Cairo Declaration was a World War II Allied statement issued in 1943 that outlined the terms for Japan’s surrender and pledged the return of territories seized by Japan to China and other countries.
C. Organization of American States
The Organization of American States is a regional intergovernmental organization that promotes political cooperation, democracy, human rights, and security among countries in the Americas.
D. Declaration by United Nations
The Declaration by United Nations was a 1942 wartime alliance agreement in which the Allied powers pledged to cooperate against the Axis and laid the groundwork for the postwar United Nations organization.
E. Headquarters Agreement between the United Nations and the United States
The Headquarters Agreement between the United Nations and the United States is the treaty that establishes the legal status, privileges, and obligations governing the UN’s presence and operations at its main headquarters in New York City.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constituent instrument of an international organization ⓘ founding treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ
adoptedAt	Ninth International Conference of American States ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	OAS founding charter ⓘ linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States
amendedBy	Protocol of Buenos Aires ⓘ Protocol of Cartagena de Indias ⓘ linked to: Protocol of Buenos Aires Protocol of Managua ⓘ Protocol of Washington ⓘ
appliesTo	member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1951-12-13 ⓘ
defines	principles of the Organization of American States ⓘ purposes of the Organization of American States ⓘ structure of the Organization of American States ⓘ
depositary	General Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the Organization of American States
establishes	Organization of American States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus	binding on member states of the Organization of American States ⓘ
officialName	Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ
organizationFounded	Organization of American States ⓘ
principle	collective security ⓘ non-intervention in the internal affairs of states ⓘ peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ promotion of representative democracy ⓘ respect for human rights ⓘ
providesFor	General Assembly of the Organization of American States ⓘ General Secretariat of the Organization of American States ⓘ linked to: Secretariat of the Organization of American States Inter-American Council for Integral Development ⓘ Permanent Council of the Organization of American States ⓘ
purpose	to achieve an order of peace and justice in the Americas ⓘ to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of American states ⓘ to promote solidarity among American states ⓘ to strengthen collaboration among American states ⓘ
region	Americas ⓘ
shortName	OAS Charter ⓘ linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States
signedIn	Bogotá ⓘ
signedInCountry	Colombia ⓘ
signedOn	1948-04-30 ⓘ
subjectMatter	cultural cooperation in the Americas ⓘ economic cooperation in the Americas ⓘ political cooperation in the Americas ⓘ social cooperation in the Americas ⓘ

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Referenced by (52)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Organization of American States → foundingDocument → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Charter of the Organization of American States → officialName → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Charter of the Organization of American States → shortName → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Charter of the Organization of American States → alsoKnownAs → OAS founding charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → legalFramework → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Committee against Terrorism → legalBasis → OAS Charter framework ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Secretary General of the Organization of American States → legalBasis → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

General Assembly of the Organization of American States → legalBasis → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

General Assembly of the Organization of American States → establishedBy → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → legalBasis → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Permanent Council of the Organization of American States → establishedBy → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Pan American Union → describedBySource → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Secretariat of the Organization of American States → follows → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Council for Integral Development → legalBasis → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Buenos Aires → amends → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Ninth International Conference of American States → mainOutcome → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Washington → amends → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Washington → relatedInstrument → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Managua → affectsDocument → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American human rights system → basedOn → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

CICTE → legalBasis → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

OAS General Assembly resolutions → basedOn → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

OAS General Assembly resolutions → relatedTo → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Statute of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights → basedOn → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man → adoptedAtSameConferenceAs → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs → associatedWith → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Committee on Hemispheric Security → legalBasis → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Democratic Charter → linkedTo → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Democratic Charter → buildsOn → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Executive Secretariat for Integral Development → legalBasis → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Treaties of the Organization of American States → follows → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

American Treaty on Pacific Settlement → relatedTo → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Washington to the Charter of the Organization of American States → amends → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of Washington to the Charter of the Organization of American States → relatedInstrument → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Protocol of San Salvador → preambleReferences → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Organization of American States → foundingDocument → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

subject linked to: OAS

Sixth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS → legalBasis → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American system → legalFrameworkIncludes → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Democratic Charter → relatedTo → OAS Charter ⓘ

subject linked to: IDC

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Santiago Commitment to Democracy and the Renewal of the Inter-American System → follows → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

OAS electoral observation missions → legalBasis → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

OAS member state missions → governedBy → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

SEDI → alignedWith → OAS Charter objectives on integral development ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance → relatedTo → Organization of American States Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Convention on Support Obligations → relatedTo → Organization of American States Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Convention against Terrorism → relatedTo → OAS Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Inter-American Convention on the Nationality of Natural Persons → relatedTo → Organization of American States Charter ⓘ

linked to: Charter of the Organization of American States

Pact of Bogotá → relatedTo → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

Inter-American Juridical Committee → formedBy → Charter of the Organization of American States ⓘ

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