Terms & Conditions

By using this web site, User agrees to the Conditions and Disclaimer set out below:

The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (“GS/OAS”) maintains this web site for information purposes only. Users may download, copy and reprint information from the site for non-commercial purposes so long as the GS/OAS is cited as the source of the originating material, however, they may not resell, redistribute, or create derivative works absent the express written permission of GS/OAS.

Unless otherwise indicated, the materials published on this web site, including opinions expressed therein, are the responsibility of the individual authors/compilers and not those of the Organization of American States (“OAS”), GS/OAS, and the OAS Member States or its member countries.

This site contains links to web sites not under GS/OAS control. The GS/OAS provides those links as a convenience for users of its site and is not responsible for their contents. The presence of a link does not imply endorsement or approval of its contents by the OAS, GS/OAS, its personnel, or the OAS Member States.

All information on this web site is “as is”. The OAS makes no warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the material on this web site and GS/OAS, its personnel, and OAS are is not liable, jointly, severally, or in any other way, for any expense or damages of any kind incurred as a consequence of its use, including expense or damages arising from communication failure and/or computer malfunctions associated with use of the site. Moreover, GS/OAS, its personnel, and OAS are not liable for any actions taken in reliance on or otherwise based upon the information on this web site.

As a condition of use of this web site, the User agrees to indemnify GS/OAS, OAS, and OAS organs from and against any and all actions, law suits, damages and expenses, including court costs and legal fees, arising out of User’s use of this web site and the information herein contained.

If User is dissatisfied with the information on this web site, User’s sole and exclusive remedy is to cease using it.

User acknowledges that all Forums and discussion groups are public and not private communications. Users of the online forums pages contained on this site may not engage in any illegal or defamatory practices and are bound by the agreements described therein. The OAS reserves the right to remove at any time and without notice material sent to such forums. In using or otherwise participating in those Forums (including chat rooms and discussion groups), User agrees:

  1. not to defame, abuse, harass, stalk, threaten or otherwise violate the legal rights of others;
  2. not to publish, distribute or disseminate any defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent or unlawful material or information;
  3. not to upload or attach files that contain viruses, corrupted files, software that may damage the operation of another’s hardware, and material protected by intellectual property laws without first obtaining the permission of the intellectual property rights holder;
  4. not delete any author attributions, legal notices, or labels in any file uploaded;
  5. not falsify the origin or source of software in uploaded material;
  6. not advertise or sell any goods or services or conduct or forward surveys, contests or chain letters, or download any file that User knows or reasonably should know cannot be legally distributed by such method.

GS/OAS at its sole discretion, may, without notice and for any reason whatsoever:

  1. remove any and all content of the Forums, regardless of its origin, and
  2. deny any user access to this web site.

Use of this web site will result in the storage of certain information about User on GS/OAS’ server, including, but not limited to, internet protocol (IP), navigation through the site, items purchased, credit card information submitted by User, software used, and time spent, user’s address, and user’s name if provided.  The primary purpose of this information is to help GS/OAS make the site more responsive to Users and particularly those who are repeat Users.   GS/OAS, its personnel, and OAS assume no responsibility for the security of that information. Users who elect the option of registering on the site will have a “cookie” created on their hard drive to facilitate user management of subscriptions and the user’s online profile.

Nothing in these Conditions and Disclaimer constitutes a waiver of the privileges and immunities of OAS, GS/OAS, or its personnel.