Order of Entry of Permanent Observers

Below displays a chart of the Order of Entry Date and Resolution for each of the Permanent Observers to the Organization of American States.

Order of Entry and Resolution    Updated March 11, 2005     Country           Date Resolution 1 SPAIN February 2, 1972 CP/RES. 54 (62/72) 2 ISRAEL February 2, 1972 CP/RES. 56 (62/72) 3 NETHERLANDS March 15, 1972 CP/RES. 65 (66/72) 4 ITALY May 17, 1972 CP/RES. 70 (72/72) 5 FRANCE September 20, 1972 CP/RES. 75 (81/72) 6 GERMANY December 6, 1972 CP/RES. 80 (89/72) 7 BELGIUM December 20,  1972 CP/RES. 82  (89/72) 8 JAPAN December 12, 1973 CP/RES. 102 (114/73) 9 PORTUGAL March 26, 1975 CP/RES. 173 (155/75) 10 EGYPT March 16, 1977 CP/RES. 206 (279/77) 11 AUSTRIA April 5, 1978 CP/RES. 234 (320/78) 12 HOLY SEE July 1, 1978 AG/RES.334 (VIII-O/78) 13 SWITZERLAND September 13, 1978 CP/RES. 248 (340/78) 14 GREECE September 27, 1979 CP/RES. 288 (4031/79) 15 SAUDI ARABIA October 22, 1980 CP/RES. 314 (439/80) 16 KOREA June 3, 1981 CP/RES. 327 (457/81) 17 MOROCCO November 18, 1981 CP/RES. 348 (475/81) 18 CYPRUS April 17, 1985 CP/RES. 422 (610/85) 19 EQUATORIAL GUINEA March 4, 1987 CP/RES. 467 (688/87) 20 ALGERIA  June 10, 1987 CP/RES. 476 (698/87) 21 FINLAND  January 6, 1988 CP/RES. 491 (723/88) 22 PAKISTAN  January 6, 1988  CP/RES. 492 (723/88) 23 EUROPEAN UNION November 18, 1989  AG/RES.996 (XIX-O/89) 24 TUNISIA  September 12, 1990 CP/RES. 544 (829/90) 25 HUNGARY  September 12, 1990  CP/RES. 545 (829/90) 26 ROMANIA  October 31, 1990  CP/RES. 547 (836/90) 27 INDIA May 9, 1991 CP/RES. 562 (857/91) 28 POLAND  September 25, 1991  CP/RES. 566 (869/91) 29 ANGOLA  December 10, 1991  CP/RES. 570 (882/91) 30 RUSSIAN FEDERATION  April 1, 1992  CP/RES. 577 (896/92) 31 UKRAINE  May 9, 1994  CP/RES. 629 (987/94) 32 LEBANON  November 30, 1994  CP/RES. 640 (1011/94) 33 CROATIA  March 8, 1995  CP/RES. 645 (1022/95) 34 CZECH REPUBLIC  March 8, 1995 CP/RES. 646 (1022/95) 35 UNITED KINGDOM  September 6, 1995  CP/RES. 655 (1041/95) 36 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA  December 6, 1995 CP/RES. 660 (1054/95) 37 LATVIA  December 6, 1995 CP/RES. 661 (1054/95) 38 KAZAKHSTAN  February 22, 1996 CP/RES. 669 (1061/96) 39 SRI LANKA  February 22, 1996 CP/RES. 670 (1061/96) 40 SWEDEN  March 20, 1996  CP/RES. 677 (1065/96) 41 GHANA  October 9, 1996  CP/RES. 686 (1089/96) 42 BULGARIA  October 28, 1997  CP/RES. 710 (1141/97) 43 YEMEN  November 20, 1997  CP/RES. 712 (1142/97) 44 THAILAND  September 16, 1998  CP/RES. 729 (1169/98) 45 TURKEY  September 16, 1998  CP/RES. 730 (1169/98) 46 PHILIPPINES  August 26, 1999  CP/RES. 750 (1198/99) 47 IRELAND May 25, 2000 CP/RES. 771 (1239/00) 48 DENMARK October 11, 2000 CP/RES. 777 (1252/00) 49 NORWAY November 8, 2000 CP/RES. 778 (1255/00) 50 AZERBAIJAN April 5, 2001 CP/RES. 788 (1270/01) 51 ARMENIA November 28, 2001 CP/RES. 803 (1300/01) 52 ESTONIA February 13,  2002 CP/RES. 808 (1307/02) 53 GEORGIA April 24, 2002 CP/RES. 813 (1317/02) 54 SLOVAK REPUBLIC April 24, 2002 CP/RES. 814 (1317/02) 55 SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO September 25, 2002 CP/RES. 825 (1338/02) 56 QATAR October 16, 2002 CP/RES. 827 (1341/02) 57 SLOVENIA October 14, 2003 CP/RES. 850 (1386/03) 58 NIGERIA October 14, 2003 CP/RES. 851 (1386/03) 59 LUXEMBOURG February 4, 2004 CP/RES. 858 (1396/04) 60 CHINA May 26, 2004 CP/RES. 867 (1424/04) 61 ICELAND May 9, 2008 CP/RES. 936 (1650/08) CANADA and GUYANA were Permanent Observers from February 2, 1972, to January 8, 1990, and January 8, 1991 (CP/RES.53(62/72), (CP/RES.55(62/72), respectively, when they became Member States of the Organization. BELIZE was a Permanent Observer from November 13, 1989, to January 8, 1991 (AG/RES.964(XIX-O/89), when it became a Member State of the Organization.