BÖLGESEL ÖRGÜTLER

According to Cartagena Agreement, also known as the Andean Pact, the main purpose is to promote the balanced and harmonious development of themember states. Accelerating the growth of the Andean countries and creation of jobs, facilitating participation in the regional integration process with the aim of gradually creating a Latin American common market, helping to reduce the external vulnerability of the member countries and improve their position in the international economic context, strengthening subregional solidarity and reducing the differences in development that exist among the member states, defining social policies oriented toward improving the quality of life of different subregional groups and improving their access to the benefits of development are other purposes in the same direction.

The correct choice is D.

In 1994, the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, initially proposed the idea of forming a “Eurasian Union” in his speech at Moscow State University. Since then numerous treaties were signed to establish the trading bloc. It was created based on the Treaty of Establishment of the Eurasian Economic Community, signed by the presidents of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan in Astana city of Kazakhstan on October 10, 2000. In January 2006 Uzbekistan joined the Eurasec; however , two years later, in 2008, it suspended its presence in Eurasec’s governing bodies.

In May 2002 Moldova and Ukraine gained observer status at the Community, and in April 2003 the same status was granted to Armenia.

The correct choice is E.

In the case of EurAsEC, the unanimity vote is required in the Interstate Council which led a couple of deficiencies in the Eurasion Customs Union.

The correct choice is C.

Canada and U.S. signed a set of agreements which ended up with signing of Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement in 1988. Following the agreement, Mexico was mobilized and declared that it would start negotiating for a regional cooperation which caused the beginning of NAFTA talks.

Thereby, NAFTA with its additional accords on labor and environment, was signed in 1993 and came into force by the 1st January, 1994.

The correct choice is D.

Venezuela was suspended indefinitely in 2016 for violations of the rules of democracy.

The correct choice is B.