Today, December 7, the United Nations General Assembly approved Resolution A/77/439, which grants the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) the status of Permanent Observer enabling it to participate in the sessions and proceedings of the General Assembly.
This resolution was presented and promoted by Bolivia and co-sponsored by the other Member Countries of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela). It recognizes and values ACTO as the only formally constituted intergovernmental organization whose mission is to promote sustainable development through cooperation in the regional dimension of the Amazon. It also recognizes the Organization’s impeccable history of more than 20 years in the formulation and execution of programs and projects, within the framework of its Amazonian Strategic Cooperation Agenda.
The status of Permanent Observer will enable ACTO to interact more with other public and private actors in the regional and extra-regional context, as well as to follow-up on key issues of the international agenda for sustainable development.
