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Guyana hands over UNASUR’s Chairmanship to Paraguay

Nov 05, 2011 News

 

 

Guyana has formally handed over the Pro Tempore Chairmanship of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) to the Republic of Paraguay.
During a forum last Saturday at the Fifth Meeting of the Council of Heads of State and Government of UNASUR held in Asuncion, Paraguay, Prime Minister Sam Hinds represented President Bharrat Jagdeo at this event.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Pro Tempore Chairmanship of UNASUR rotates on a yearly basis in alphabetical order.
Guyana assumed the Chairmanship on November 26, 2010 at the Fourth Summit of the Council of Heads of State and Government held in Georgetown, Guyana.
During the period of Guyana’s Chairmanship, several advances were made, the Ministry said yesterday.
“The Constitutive Treaty which was signed in May 2008 entered into force on March 11, 2011 and the organization attained international legal status with the registration of the Treaty at the United Nations on May 3. Guyana in its capacity as Pro Tempore Chair has since made a formal application for Observer Status at the UN General Assembly.”
The eventual acceptance of UNASUR’s Observer status will place its future engagement with the UN on a firm and sustainable footing allowing for an enhanced profile of the body’s integration movement in the international community.
At the Georgetown Summit, the Heads of State and Government had also signed an additional protocol for member countries to show commitment to democracy as a demonstration of their pledge to the promotion, defence, and protection of democratic order and the rule of law and its institutions.  Guyana, Bolivia and Peru have since ratified that Protocol.
On May 9, Colombia’s former Foreign Minister, Maria Emma Mejia, was also formally installed as Secretary General of UNASUR by President Jagdeo, in his capacity as Pro Tempore Chair of UNASUR.
The Secretary General has since commenced operations at a temporary location provided by the Government of Ecuador in Quito, the Foreign Ministry disclosed yesterday.
“Considerable achievements have also been made in the various Councils and Working Groups of UNASUR in keeping with the mandates of the Council of Heads and in accordance with the objectives established in the Constitutive Treaty. Noteworthy among these were: the conclusion of the Headquarters Agreement for the Centre of Strategic Studies on May 27, 2011 and the inauguration of the South American Government Institute on Health (ISAGS) on July 25 in Rio de Janeiro.”
Peru will take over the Pro Tempore Chairmanship of UNASUR on the completion of Paraguay’s one year term.
UNASUR was established on May 23, 2008, when Constitutive Treaty was signed by the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela, during the third Summit of Heads of State in Brasilia, Brazil.
The body aims at promoting integration among South American countries.
Presidents of UNASUR nations will meet once every year, and the foreign ministers will meet once every six months.

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