SA 2023 roadmap to advance regional integration is under review

Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hugh Todd, is currently attending the fourth Foreign Ministers’ Meeting 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 review the Roadmap for the Integration of South America, which was approved by the Presidents of South America in October 2023 to shape a flexible South American dialogue to advance regional integration and promote cooperation .
The roadmap includes 17 priority areas of cooperation, including climate change, fighting transnational organized 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 , healthcare and food security.
The meeting will be chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, His Excellency Luis Gilberto Murillo, as Pro Tempore President of the Brazilian Consensus.