Member countries in the Americas

Canada, the United States, Mexico and Brazil signed the constitutive act in 2007. They represent varied situations: major market countries, countries of origin of major archaeological pieces, federal States with several levels of competence.

Their participation gave the Organization a continental footing from the outset.

In 2013, Argentina, Chile and Colombia joined the Organization. In 2014, Peru, Uruguay and Ecuador followed. These six States form the core of the South American presence at OIMAP.

Several of them have long been signatories of the 1970 UNESCO Convention and have initiated restitution agreements.

Cuba and Panama joined in 2015; Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in 2016. These accessions extend the Organization to Central America and the Caribbean, regions of transit for many flows.

These States have benefited from customs training programmes and support for inventorying their collections.

States are ordered by date of accession, according to the reference database. Assignment to the Americas region is administrative and corresponds to the New York office.

In the event of a discrepancy, the list in the online module prevails.

Each State has designated a national focal point, generally within its heritage directorate. The focal points meet each year in plenary session and at regional meetings organized in New York.

The directory of focal points is accessible to logged-in members.