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GU(U)AM (Cyrillic: ГУ(У)АМ) is a regional organization of five CIS states: Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Moldova. The grouping was created as a way of countering the influence of Russia in the area, and it has received backing and encouragement from the United States. Though at one point it was generally considered to have stagnated, recent developments has caused speculation on the possible revival of the organization. Download high resolution version (1356x928, 37 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1356x928, 37 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The Cyrillic alphabet (or azbuka, from the old name of the first letters) is an alphabet used to write six natural Slavic languages (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, and Ukrainian) and many other languages of the former Soviet Union, Asia and Eastern Europe. ... The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (in Russian: Содружество Независимых Государств (СНГ) - Sodruzhestvo Nezavisimykh Gosudarstv) is a confederation or alliance consisting of 11 former Soviet Republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. ...

History

Cooperation between Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova started with the GUAM consultative forum, established on October 10, 1997, in Strasbourg and named after the initial letters of each of those countries. In April 1999, Uzbekistan also joined, changing the name of the grouping to GUUAM. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Alsace Département Bas-Rhin (67) Mayor Fabienne Keller (UMP) (since 2001) Area 78. ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

A summit in Yalta in 6-7 June, 2001, was accompanied by the signing of GUUAM's charter, which formalized the organization. Yalta is a town in the Crimea in southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea, that was the site of the Yalta Conference. ...

In 2002, Uzbekistan however announced that it planned to withdraw from the organization, and following this announcement started to ignore GUUAM summits and meetings. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the following years the grouping was generally considered to have stagnated: Among other things, the 2004 meeting in Yalta was only attended by two of the five leaders while the GUUAM official website (see below) still shows the old Georgian flag. Yalta is a town in the Crimea in southern Ukraine, on the north coast of the Black Sea, that was the site of the Yalta Conference. ... Flag ratio: 100:147 The official flag of Georgia is the five-cross flag, restored to official use on January 14, 2004 after a break of some 500 years. ...

However the recent series of "color revolutions" in Georgia and Ukraine, as well as a perceived pro-Western and anti-Russian shift in the political agenda of the Moldovan governing party, followed by increased cooperation and coordination between these three countries, has led many to speculate on the possible revival of GUUAM. [1] Color revolutions or Flower revolutions are the names given collectively to a series of related movements that developed in post-communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe and are possibly spreading elsewhere including some places in the middle east. ...

The last summit of GUUAM happened in Chişinău, Moldova, on April 22, 2005. The president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov failed to attend, as did the president of Poland who had been invited as an observer. The president of Romania, Traian Basescu, and of Lithuania, Valdas Adamkus, both participated as observers, as were the US Department of State special representative for Eurasian conflicts, Steven Mann, and the OSCE Secretary General Jan Kubis. The Russian ambassador in Chişinău criticized the fact that Russia was not invited to attend. [2] Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, said after the summit: "Our organization is emerging as a powerful force, participating in resolving problems in the Caspian-Black Sea region" while the president of Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko, said that a new page had been written in the history of organization. [3] Chişinău. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ... Islam Karimov Islam Abduganievich Karimov (in modern Uzbek: Islom Karimov) (born January 30, 1938) has been the President of Uzbekistan since 1991. ... Traian Băsescu (born November 4, 1951) is a Romanian politician. ... Related Link List of Presidents of Lithuania Categories: Stub | 1926 births | Lithuanian politicians ... The United States Department of State, often referred to as the State Department, is the Cabinet-level foreign affairs agency of the United States government, equivalent to foreign ministries in other countries. ... African-Eurasian aspect of Earth Eurasia is the landmass composed of the continents of Europe and Asia. ... The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is an international organization for security. ... Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev (Azerbaijani: Ä°lham HeydÉ™r oÄŸlu Əliyev) (born December 24, 1961) is the president of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party (since 2003). ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Viktor Andriyovych Yushchenko (Ukrainian: Віктор Андрійович Ющенко) (born 23 February 1954) is the president of Ukraine. ...

On May 5, 2005, Uzbekistan finally gave an official notice of withdrawal from the organization to the Moldovan presidency. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Organizational structure

GUUAM is organized as follows:

• An annual meeting occurs between the Presidents of GUUAM member states in Yalta. This is considered the supreme body of the organization.
• The executive body is the Council of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the GUUAM states.
• The working body is the Committee of National Coordinators (CNC) consisting of one coordinator from each GUUAM member state.
• The Information Office of the GUUAM is in Kyiv
• There are eight working groups, for the following topics: power engineering; transport; trade and economics; information science and telecommunications; culture; science and education; tourism; the struggle against terrorism, organized crime and dissemination of drugs.

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Issues

One of the issues associated with GUUAM is competition between two proposed transporation corridors to better link Europe with Asia. Russia, Azerbaijan, and Iran have already been through rounds of negotiation on their plan, the North-South Transporation Corridor; neighbouring countries (with the understandable exception of Armenia) have expressed enthusiasm as well. This corridor would travel along the border between Russia and the Baltic states of the European Union, then continue south through Ukraine, The USA would prefer the critical transportation corridor bypass both Russia and Iran. The plan proposed to GUUAM by the United States crosses both the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ... Baltic states and the Baltic Sea The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a term which nowadays refers to three countries in Northern Europe: Estonia Latvia Lithuania Prior to World War II, Finland was sometimes considered, particularly by the Soviet Union, a fourth Baltic state. ... Map of the Black Sea. ... Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ...

See Also

• Shanghai Cooperation Organization

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)(Chinese: 上海合作组织, pinyin: shànghǎi hézuò zǔzhī, 上合组织; Russian: Шанхайская организация сотрудничества, ШОС) is an intergovernmental organization which was founded on June 14, 2001 by leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, the Peoples Republic of China, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. ...

External links

• http://www.guuam.org.ua/cgi-bin/valmenu_guuam.sh?1p02.html
• Official Website
• GUUAM page at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan