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Permanent Observer States

The status of Permanent Observer to the Organization of American States was established by the General Assembly at its first regular session, held in San José, Costa Rica, in 1971 [AG/RES. 50 (I-O/71)]. Permanent observers participate in the Organization’s activities and contribute to its programs.

The OAS currently has 63 permanent observers:

Algeria Algeria

Estonia Estonia

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

Angola Angola

European Union European Union

Korea Korea

Republic of Serbia Republic of Serbia

Armenia Armenia

Finland Finland

Latvia Latvia

Slovakia Slovakia

Austria Austria

France France

Lebanon Lebanon

Slovenia Slovenia

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan

Georgia Georgia

Luxembourg Luxembourg

SpainSpain

Belgium Belgium

Germany Germany

Morocco Morocco

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Benin Benin

Ghana Ghana

The Netherlands The Netherlands

Sweden Sweden

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Greece Greece

Nigeria Nigeria

Switzerland Switzerland

Bulgaria Bulgaria

Holy See Holy See

Norway Norway

Thailand Thailand

China China

HungaryHungary

Pakistan Pakistan

Tunisia Tunisia

Croatia Croatia

Iceland Iceland

Philippines Philippines

Turkey Turkey

Cyprus Cyprus

India India

Poland Poland

Ukraine Ukraine

Czech Republic Czech Republic

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Portugal Portugal

United Kingdom United Kingdom

Denmark Denmark

Israel Israel

Qatar Qatar

Vanuatu Vanuatu

Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea

Italy Italy

Romania Romania

Yemen Yemen

Egypt Egypt

Japan Japan

Russian Federation Russian Federation

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