ANDEAN COMMUNITY DECLARATION

The Andean Council of Foreign Ministers in an enlarged meeting with the Andean Community Commission, in La Paz, on May 28, 2007,

Considering:

1. That the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) has announced that it will ban international official football matches in stadiums located at over 2,500 meters above sea level; and

2) That FIFA’s ban will be detrimental to the four Andean Community countries: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru,

Agrees

1) To reject FIFA’s decision and to request its immediate reconsideration;

2) To ask their respective national football associations to take immediate steps to secure FIFA’s rectification;

3) To officially request all Latin American countries to show their solidarity with the Andean countries and to ask FIFA to immediately correct that measure; and

4) To take all necessary action to ensure that FIFA reconsiders its decision. 

Signed in La Paz on May 28, 2007