1. General Information

1.1 Official program

The fifty‐second regular session of the General Assembly will be held on June 26 to 28, 2024, in Asunción, Paraguay.

The Official Program of activities of the General Assembly is available on the OAS Web page: www.oas.org (click on "General Assembly") or directly at www.oas.org/en/54ga.

 

1.2. Main topic of the General Assembly

The topic proposed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Peru and to be discussed by the Americas Foreign Ministers will be “Integration and security for the sustainable development of the region.”

 

1.3. Languages and work documents

The official languages for the work of the General Assembly are: Spanish, French, English, and Portuguese.

The work sessions of the General Assembly will offer interpreting services in these languages.

Furthermore, sound distribution of the inaugural and plenary sessions of the General Assembly will be made in the above‐mentioned languages.

Official documents in the four official languages of the General Assembly will be available on the OAS General Assembly webpage, and hardcopies will be made available in the International Media Center upon request.

Journalists are advised to bring laptops and earphones should they wish to hear audio of General Assembly meetings in one of the other official languages of the OAS by accessing the live Webcast. Handheld translation audio devices will not be made available to the media.

 

1.4. Headquarters of the General Assembly

The 54th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will take place on June 26 to 28, 2024, at the headquarters of the South American Football Federation (CONMEBOL) in Asunción, Paraguay.

 

1.5. OAS Member States

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba*
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
The Bahamas (Commonwealth of)
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

 

* On June 3, 2009, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Americas adopted resolution GA/RES. 2438 (XXXIX‐O/09), which resolves that the Resolution from 1962 through which the Government of Cuba was excluded from participating in the inter‐American system is without effect in the Organization of American States (OAS). The 2009 resolution declares that the participation of the Republic of Cuba in the OAS will be the result of a process of dialogue to begin at the request of the Government of the Republic of Cuba and in conformity with the practices, goals, and principles of the OAS.

 

 

 

2. Press accreditation and information prior to the event

2.1. Accreditation

Requests for accreditation will be accepted from May 20 until June 19. To receive accreditation, the applicant must fill out a form found on the webpage  https://cvent.me/xBwWxg.

Once the required information is received and processed, the applicant will receive an email concerning acceptance and approval of accreditation.

 

2.2. Requirements

Requests for accreditation must be made individually, only online and must be made through the OAS General Secretariat. Each request must include a digitalized (PDF) note no larger than 1Mb from the director of the media company requesting accreditation that must indicate the name and function of the press official to be accredited.

Furthermore, the applicant must include a recent passport-sized color photograph in JPEG format.

All media representatives are requested to provide all the information indicated on the form to obtain their credentials. At the time of registration, the applicant must enter a personal email.

 

2.3. Picking up your credentials

The presentation of credentials for the press will take place at Gran Bourbon Asunción Hotel, Salón Copa located at Don Atilano Cáceres, Luque 110917, Paraguay on the following days and times:

  • From Sunday, June 23 to Thursday, June 27 from 08:00 to 13:00 and 14:00 to 17:00 (local time)
  • On Friday, June 28 from 08:00 to 12:00 (local time)

For security and access reasons, the presentation of this confirmation letter is essential to be able to access the accreditation center indicated above.

During the activities of the General Assembly, in addition to the press credential issued by the OAS for the General Assembly, members of the press must carry their own identification card issued by the media they represent. These two cards (OAS Credential and Media Identification) must be carried at all times in a visible place.

The Official Program of activities of the General Assembly is available through the OAS website: www.oas.org or directly at the address www.oas.org/en/54ag.

Likewise, the Press Manual is available at www.oas.org/en/54ag/manualPrensa.asp with general information such as: Activities Agenda, Entry and Exit Requirements and more.

 

2.4. Requirements for entering and leaving the country

Awaiting information.

 

2.5. Security and technical inspection

Pending information.

 

2.6. Press conferences

  • All press conferences held during the General Assembly will take place in a room designated for the purpose.
  • Press conferences will have interpretation in Spanish and English.
  • At the end of the press conference, video, audio, photographs, and press releases will be made available.

 

2.7. Advisories and Press Communications

All official documents, advisories, press releases, photo galleries, and announcements will be published on the official website of the General Assembly www.oas.org/en/54ga and sent to the media representatives to the email address given on the press credential application. If you would like to receive the communications at some other email address, please write to [email protected].

To receive updates on events, announcements, photographs, and press releases from the General Assembly, follow @OAS_official on Twitter and/or #OEA_54AG and on Facebook at OASofficial.

 

 

3. Areas and services for the media

3.1. International Media Center

Journalists will have at their disposal the International Media Center located in the Sede de la Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), Avenida Sudamericana, Luque 110901, Paraguay, where the Assembly sessions will take place.

Journalists will have access to computers with an Internet connection, as well as electrical connections for their own equipment.

This center will offer the following services:

  • Wireless Internet (Wi-Fi).
  • Closed circuit television to monitor the transmission. The inaugural meeting and the plenaries will be broadcast live in the International Media Center. Sound will be original language from the plenary hall. To hear interpretation you will need to connect via webcast /en/media_center/webcast_schedule.asp
  • Electricity voltage in Paraguay is: 220 volts AC, 50 Hz.
  • The radio and television transmission center will have a video signal on the screen and original audio. There will be an audio box with 20 outputs in the original language.
  • To request high-definition video, contact Mr. Ernesto Cossich at [email protected].

 

3.2. Internet

The OAS, through its webpage (www.oas.org) and the official webpage of the General Assembly www.oas.org/en/54ga, will provide live webcast services of the meetings of the Foreign Ministers, the Opening Ceremony, the Plenary Sessions and the Press Conferences in the four official languages of the OAS. The videos will be available on the webpage /en/media_center/videos.asp.

 

3.3. Plenary Sessions and Press Conferences

If you wish to link the webcast to your website, please send an email to: [email protected] and/or contact Ernesto Cossich ([email protected]). Radio and television stations that wish to air the webcast signal are authorized to do so.

The OAS, at https://www.flickr.com/photos/oasoea/, will have galleries of high resolution photographs from the General Assembly that you may publish with due credit. Similarly, official documents, draft resolutions, reports, speeches, press releases and other documents will become immediately available on the Assembly’s Web page.

 

3.4. Photographers and cameramen/women

Photographers and cameramen/women will be allowed to take images of particular events to be announced in due time. Among them are the following:

  • Inaugural ceremony
  • First plenary session on each of the two days of the General Assembly
  • Closing ceremony
  • Closing ceremony press conference

 

3.5. Press “pools”

If necessary, press "pools" are groups of limited size of media representatives (photographers and camera operators) who will be granted access to those events in which space is limited in order to capture images. The makeup of these “pools” will be announced in due time.

 

3.6 Official photo

The location and timing of the official photo will be announced shortly.

 

3.7 Audio and Video

Paraguay TV will act as the host channel of the 54th General Assembly of the OAS, in charge of transmitting and distributing the signal to all interested media.

In the International Media Center, there will be an audio and video distribution center to obtain the signal of the sessions in the official languages ​​of the Organization (Spanish, French, English and Portuguese). Journalists are responsible for bringing the appropriate material to make the connections.

In the Press Room service is available for audio and video signal plenary sessions. Journalists are responsible for any needed cables and/or adapters.

 

 

 

4. Transportation

4.1 Hotels recommended for the press

For more information, click here.

 

 

 

5. Hotels

5.1. Hotels recommended to members of the press

Pending information

Infodesk

In each official hotel there will be an information stand where the participants can find additional details about transportation routes and schedules, the General Assembly headquarters, schedules for the registration process and late accreditation as well as general information about the city of Asunción.

 

 

 

6. Agenda

Pending information