SA 2023 roadmap to advance regional integration being evaluated

Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Hugh Todd

Guyana’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister Hugh Todd is presently attending the IV Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Brasilia Consensus held on the sidelines of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
The meeting will evaluate the Roadmap for the Integration of South America which was approved by the Presidents of South America in October 2023 to give shape to a flexible South American dialogue to advance regional integration and promote cooperation.
The roadmap sets out 17 priority areas of cooperation including climate change, combating transnational organised crime, trade and investment, digital connectivity, cross-border cooperation, defence, social development, education and culture, energy development, financing, gender disaster risk management, infrastructure and transport, productive integration, migration, health and food security.
The meeting is presided over by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, His Excellency Luis Gilberto Murillo as Pro Tempore President of the Brazilian Consensus.