GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development information
Regional organization of four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova
"GUAM" redirects here. For the Pacific island territory, see Guam.
GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
Georgian: დემოკრატიისა და ეკონომიკური განვითარების ორგანიზაცია სუამი, romanized:demok'rat'iisa da ek'onomik'uri ganvitarebis organizatsia suami
Ukrainian: ГУАМ Організація за демократію та економічний розвиток, romanized: HUAM Orhanizatsiia za demokratiiu ta ekonomichnyi rozvytok
Azerbaijani: GUAM Demokratiya və İqtisadi İnkişaf naminə Təşkilat
Romanian: GUAM Organizația pentru Democrație și Dezvoltare Economică
Logo
GUAM members in blue; former member in red
Headquarters
Kyiv, Ukraine
Official language
Russian (1997−2014) English (2014−)
Member states
Georgia
Ukraine
Azerbaijan
Moldova
Establishment
• GUAM consultative forum
10 October 1997
• Uzbekistan membership, GUUAM established
1999
• Charter signed
June 2001
• Uzbekistan withdrew, GUAM reestablished
May 2005
Area
• Total
810,506 km2 (312,938 sq mi)
Population
• 2020 estimate
57,975,000[1]
• Density
71.5/km2 (185.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
2020 estimate
• Total
$765 billion[1]
• Per capita
$13,200
GDP (nominal)
2020 estimate
• Total
$223 billion[1]
• Per capita
$3,800
Website guam-organization.org/en/
The GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development is a regional organization of four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.
Conceived in 1997 to harmonize and integrate commercial, diplomatic and democratic relations among its member states, the GUAM treaty charter was signed in 2001 and today covers a population of over 57 million people. Uzbekistan was also a member of GUAM in the 1999–2005 period. In 2003, GUAM became an observer in the UN General Assembly. In 2007, GUAM also established a military peacekeeping force and organized joint military exercises. Such increasingly deepened integration and relationships led to GUAM playing an important role in the region's diplomatic and commercial affairs.
The agreement on a Free Trade Area was signed in 2002. In 2017, additional agreements on a free-trade area were announced, but as of 2022 reportedly the FTA has not been ratified and has not entered into force.[2] The WTO was notified only in 2017 and the Agreement is designated as "Plurilateral" and "In Force". According to the WTO database, the GUAM FTA agreement was signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2003.[3] International Trade Centre says there is no free trade area in operation with distinct rules from an Agreement on Creation of CIS Free Trade Area, was signed on 15 April 1994 by 12 CIS countries.[4]
The database of agreements of the International Trade Centre does not indicate that a GUAM FTA agreement has been concluded, but it does indicate that the 1994 Agreement on CIS FTA is in force for Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova.[5][6][7][8] and the 1999 Agreement on CIS FTA version is listed as the current text of the FTA agreement.[9]
The official negotiating language of GUAM was Russian, but it was scrapped in favor of English in 2014.
^ abc"Report for Selected Countries and Subjects: October 2022". International Monetary Fund. Archived from the original on 7 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
^"GUAM 2.0: Can Free Trade Revive the Forgotten Regional Bloc?". 3 October 2022.
^"WTO | Regional trade agreements".
^"Market Access Map".
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^"FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA, BELARUS, GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, KAZAKHSTAN, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, UKRAINE, UZBEKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN AND THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC" (PDF). findrulesoforigin.org. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
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