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DEMOCRACY
AND HUMAN RIGHTS |
| The Andean Community Member Countries
have demonstrated their democratic vocation ever since the
founding of the integration process in 1969, as can be
seen in its supreme law, the Cartagena Agreement, which is
grounded in "the principles of equality, justice, peace,
solidarity and democracy." The Additional Protocol to the
Cartagena Agreement, the "Andean Community Commitment to
Democracy" stipulates that "the full effectiveness of the
democratic institutions and the rule of law" are an
essential precondition for political cooperation and
integration and indicates the procedures to be followed in
the event that the democratic order is disrupted in any of
the Member Countries. |
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SECURITY
AND PEACE |
| Security and Confidence-Building is an
issue that is grounded in "The Lima Commitment: Andean
Charter for Peace and Security and Limitation and Control
of the Expenditure on Foreign Defense". The agreements
reached at that time are aimed at defining a Common Andean
Policy on External Security; characterizing a Peace Zone
in the Andean Community; limiting military spending in
order to use those funds for social investment purposes;
and intensifying cooperation to fight terrorism and
illegal arms trafficking, among other matters. |
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DRUG
CONTROL EFFORT |
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The Andean Community Member Countries have committed
themselves to take the necessary measures to come to
grips with the world drug problem, bearing in mind
the principles of shared responsibility, non-conditionality,
and prioritization of alternative development, which
require the comprehensive and balanced management of
both the control of the supply and the reduction of
the demand. |
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MIGRATIONS |
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The Andean countries have decided to join efforts to
ensure that their inhabitants are able to move
freely through the subregion, whether for purposes
of tourism, work or a change in customary residence.
The approval, in June 2001, of Decision 503, which
recognizes the possession of a national
identification document as the only requirement for
travel through the subregion as tourists, by
nationals and foreign residents of the Member
Countries, was an important step toward the
attainment of this objective. |
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