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The 'General Assembly' is the supreme decision-making body of the Organization of American States (OAS).
The General Assembly came into being as a part of the restructuring of the OAS that took place following adoption of the Protocol of Buenos Aires (signed 27 February 1967; in force as of 12 March 1970), which contained extensive amendments to the Organization's Charter.
Prior to these changes, the OAS's top body was the Inter-American Conference, which in turn was the successor to the International Conference of American States.
The Charter requires that the General Assembly convene once every year in a regular session.
In special circumstances, and with the approval of two-thirds of the member states, the Permanent Council can convene special sessions.
The Organization's member states take turns hosting the General Assembly on a rotating basis.
The states are represented at its sessions by their chosen delegates: generally, their ministers of foreign affairs, or their appointed deputies.
Each state has one vote, and most matters
– except for those for which the Charter or the General Assembly's own rules of procedure specifically require a two-thirds majority –
are settled by a simple majority vote.
The General Assembly's powers include setting the OAS's general course and policies by means of resolutions and declarations;
approving its budget and determining the contributions payable by the member states; approving the reports and previous year's actions of the OAS's specialized agencies; and electing members to serve on those agencies.

Annual Meeting	Location	Date
1st	San José, Costa Rica	April 14 - 23, 1971
2nd	Washington, D.C., USA	April 11 - 21, 1972
3rd	Washington, D.C., USA	April 4 - 15, 1973
4th	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	April 19 - May 1, 1974
5th	Washington, D.C., USA	May 8 - 19, 1975
6th	Santiago, Chile	June 4 - 18, 1976
7th	St. George's, Grenada	June 14 - 22, 1977
8th	Washington, D.C., USA	June 21 - July 1, 1978
9th	La Paz, Bolivia	October 22 - 31, 1979
10th	Washington, D.C., USA	November 19 - 26, 1980
11th	Castries, Saint Lucia	December 2 - 11, 1981
12th	Washington, D.C., USA	December 15 - 21, 1982
13th	Washington, D.C., USA	November 14 - 18, 1983
14th	Brasília, Brazil	November 12 - 17, 1984
15th	Cartagena, Colombia	December 5 - 9, 1985
16th	Guatemala City, Guatemala	November 11 - 15, 1986
17th	Washington, D.C., USA	November 9 - 14, 1987
18th	San Salvador, El Salvador	November 14 - 19, 1988
19th	Washington, D.C., USA	November 13 - 18, 1989
20th	Asunción, Paraguay	June 4 - 8, 1990
21st	Santiago, Chile	June 3 - 8, 1991
22nd	Nassau, Bahamas	May 18 - 23, 1992
23rd	Managua, Nicaragua	June 7 -11, 1993
24th	Belém do Pará, Brazil	June 6 - 10, 1994
25th	Montrouis, Haiti	June 5 - 9, 1995
26th	Panama City, Panama	June 3 - 7, 1996
27th	Lima, Peru	June 1 - 5, 1997
28th	Caracas, Venezuela	June 1 - 3, 1998
29th	Guatemala City, Guatemala	June 6 - 8, 1999
30th	Windsor, Ontario, Canada	June 4 - 6, 2000
31st	San José, Costa Rica	June 3 - 5, 2001
32nd	Bridgetown, Barbados	June 2 - 4, 2002
33rd	Santiago, Chile	June 8 - 10, 2003
34th	Quito, Ecuador	June 6 - 8, 2004
35th	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA	June 5 - 7, 2005
36th	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	June 4 - 6, 2006
37th	Panama City, Panama (Planned)	June 3 - 5,2007

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