History

The grassroots of the OAM can be traced back to the Foreign Policy White Paper, authored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Most Glorious People's Republic of A1, which recommended that the micronation of A1 establish its own intermicronational organisation. Although this recommendation was put on hold, it was finally realised in October 2009.

It was at this time that Sir. Philip Fish, Chairman of A1, saw the need for a new type of intermicronational organisation, one that had never existed. It was an organisation based on its members being, and remaining, sufficiently active for the organisation to achieve its aims, whatever they turned out to be. In his words, he had seen:

"...too many good organisation go under, simply because there was no active member base to keep it going"

On October 30, 2009, the OAM was established.

In its first few weeks, the OAM gained over 15 member nations from all across the world, and concluding debate on eight resolutions during this period of time.

At the beginning of 2010, the OAM website was remade to the one you see here today, and the forums were moved from their old location.

In March 2010, Sir. Philip Fish, the then Secretary-General, announced that he would not be running at the next OAM election, owing to major internal upheavels in A1 which required much attention. Sir. Mark Meehan of Nemkhavia was victorious in these elections, becoming the second Secretary-General of the organisation.