Press Releases 2006
CAN Secretary General calls the results of the
Andean Conference on Employment “impressive”

Lima, December 18, 2006
 
CAN clears the way for negotiation with the EU
by completing the rules for liberalizing services

Lima, December 14, 2006
 
CAN Secretary underscores approval of new
 integration model by South American Presidents

Lima, December 11, 2006
 
Chile starts participating in the CAN
and the first understandings are reached

Lima, December 11, 2006
 

Create Joint Commission to define the scope of Chile’s participation in the CAN, as an Associate Member
Santiago, Chile, November 24, 2006

 

CAN countries confirm will to strengthen Andean integration
Lima, November 17, 2006
 
CAN approves new regulatory framework
for the exploitation of the Andean satellite segment

Lima, November 17, 2006
 
CAN approves Community legislation that will make it possible to improve Community statistics
Lima, November 16, 2006
 
Andean Presidents thank Bush, in joint letter, for his support on ATPDEA extension
Lima, November 7, 2006
 
Reactivation of the CAN-Russian dialogue and cooperation mechanism is proposed
Lima, November 3, 2006
 
CAN and Mexico establish Dialogue and Cooperation Mechanism
Lima, November 3, 2006
 
Ministers agree to boost full application of Community
social security and labor migration legislation in the CAN

Lima, October 31, 2006
 
CAN Secretary General thanks the U.S. Government
for its support in extending the ATPDEA for the Andean countries

Lima, October 27, 2006
 
EU to give green light to negotiation with the CAN before the year is out
Lima, October 19, 2006
 
CAN and Venezuela agree to complete work on regulations to govern their trade relations within 30 days’ time
Lima, October 17, 2006
 
Andean countries step up efforts to give uniform tariff treatment to EU products
Lima, October 12, 2006
 
CAN reinforces actions in preparation for the forthcoming negotiation with the EU
Lima, October 4, 2006
 
Andean Foreign and Trade Ministers approve
Chile’s entry into the CAN as an Associate Member

Lima, September 20, 2006
 
Ministers adopt important decisions for the CAN’s external projection during the United Nations General Assembly
Lima, September 20, 2006
 

CAN and China work toward reactivating
the political consultation and coordination mechanism

Lima, September 19, 2006
 

Deepening Andean integration is Colombian State policy
Lima, August 28, 2006
 
Willingness expressed to join efforts
for a better CAN – Chile external presence

Lima, August 23, 2006
 
CAN and Venezuela agree to keep trade advantages
fully and reciprocally effective

Lima, August 9, 2006
 
CAN Secretary General points up invitation to Chile to become an Associate Member
Lima. August 8, 2006
 
Andean countries formalize invitation to Chile to become an Associate Member of the CAN
Bogotá, August 7, 2006
 
Colombian national Alfredo Fuentes temporarily assumes position of CAN Secretary General
Lima, August 2, 2006
 
Wagner resigns as Secretary General of the CAN
to assume position of Minister of Defense of Peru

Lima, July 27, 2006
 
CAN renders tribute to President Toledo for his contributions to and support for Andean integration
Lima, July 25, 2006
 
CAN resumes activities to deepen integration
and moves ahead with tasks on the agenda with the EU

Lima, July 19, 2006
 
Wagner meets with APEC Executive Director
Lima, July 18, 2006
 
Wagner hails the words of Benita Ferrero-Waldner
and is pleased with the results obtained between the CAN and EU

Lima, July 14, 2006
 
Europe’s civil society urges the incorporation of the social dimension in the CAN-EU Association Agreement
Lima, July 14, 2006
 
CAN – EU meeting in Brussels ends on a successful note
Lima, July 13, 2006
 
Work and arrangements advance on CAN-EU Association Agreement
Lima, July 7, 2006
 
Environmental action plan for the CAN presented in Spain
Lima, July 5, 2006
 
Wagner calls on Peru’s Andean Parliament Members
to participate more strongly in the integration process

Lima, June 23, 2006
 
Principal agreements of the Special Meeting of the Andean Council of Presidents held in Quito on June 13, 2006
Lima, June 13, 2006
 
Andean Foreign Ministers amend number of Judges
in the CAN Court of Justice following Venezuela’s withdrawal

Quito, June 12, 2006
 
Wagner affirms that integration should resolve the problem of social exclusion
Lima, June 1, 2006
 
Secretary General reaffirms CAN’s validity and continued existence
Lima, May 26, 2006
 
CAN Secretary General proposes concrete actions
to ensure association agreement with EU and overcome crisis

Bogotá, May 18, 2006
 

EU and CAN decide to start process leading to an Association Agreement
Lima, May 12, 2006
 

Wagner travels to Vienna Summit to continue boosting
 association agreement and solutions to the CAN’s crisis

Lima, May 9, 2006
 
Exporters from the five Andean countries ask for the preservation of the CAN’s unity
Lima, May 9, 2006
 
Andean Business Council speaks out about the CAN crisis
Lima, April 27, 2006
 
CAN General Secretariat receives official
communication of Venezuela’s withdrawal

Lima, April 22, 2006
 
World Tourism Organization and Andean Community
sign Memorandum of Understanding

Lima / Madrid, April 19, 2006
 
Press Release issued by Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Lima, April 7, 2006
 
Advances in Andean Biodiversity Strategy to be demonstrated to the 188 Signatory Countries of the Convention on Biological Diversity
Lima, March 24, 2006
 
Andean Presidents wish to launch the negotiation of an Association and Free Trade Agreement with Europe
Santiago, Chile, March 11, 2006
 
Secretary General of the CAN met with President elect Bachelet
Lima, March 10, 2006
 
CAN, Mercosur, and ALADI Secretariats advance efforts
to build the South American Community of Nations

Lima, March 2, 2006
 
Secretary General of the Andean Community reiterates
commitment to the drug control effort

Lima, February 14, 2006
 
President Evo Morales supports Andean unity
La Paz, February 9, 2006
 
Wagner asks Presidents Uribe, Palacios and Bush
not to harm Bolivia’s soybeans in their FTA negotiations

Lima, February 8, 2006
 
Andean countries propose to Pascal Lamy that an effective link be ensured between trade and development
Lima, February 1, 2006
 
Andean countries agree to define a special common tariff for the EU
Lima, February 1, 2006
 
Peru fully incorporated into the Andean free trade area
Lima, January 10, 2006
 

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