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{{Infobox Geopolitical organization
| conventional_long_name = GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
| native_name = {{unbulleted list |{{lang-ka|დემოკრატიისა და ეკონომიკური განვითარების ორგანიზაცია სუამი|tr}} |{{
| linking_name = GUAM
| symbol_type = Logo
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| population_estimate_year = 2020
| population_density_km2 = 71.5
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The '''GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development''' is a regional organization of four [[post-Soviet states]]: [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]], [[Ukraine]], [[Azerbaijan]], and [[Moldova]].
Conceived in 1997 to harmonize and integrate commercial, diplomatic and democratic relations among its member states, the GUAM treaty charter was signed in 2001 and today covers a population of over
The agreement on a Free Trade Area was signed in 2002. In 2017, additional agreements on a [[free-trade area]] were announced, but as of 2022 reportedly the FTA has not been ratified and has not entered into force.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/guam-2-0-can-free-trade-revive-the-forgotten-regional-bloc/ | title=GUAM 2.0: Can Free Trade Revive the Forgotten Regional Bloc? | date=3 October 2022 }}</ref> The WTO was notified only in 2017 and the Agreement is designated as "Plurilateral" and "In Force". According to the WTO database, the GUAM FTA agreement was signed in 2002 and entered into force in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicShowMemberRTAIDCard.aspx?rtaid=620 | title=WTO | Regional trade agreements }}</ref> [[International Trade Centre]] says there is no free trade area in operation with distinct rules from an [[Commonwealth of Independent States Agreement on the Establishment of a Free Trade Area|Agreement on Creation of CIS Free Trade Area]], was signed on 15 April 1994 by 12 CIS countries.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.macmap.org/en/resources/cis | title=Market Access Map }}</ref>
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==Free
An Agreement on Establishment of Free Trade Area between the GUUAM Participating States was signed on 20 July 2002. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://guam-organization.org/en/protocol-on-rules-for-determining-the-country-of-origin-of-goods-to-the-agreement-on-establishment-of-free-trade-area-between-the-guuam-participating-states/ |title=Protocol on rules for determining the country of origin of goods to the Agreement on Establishment of Free Trade Area between the GUUAM Participating States |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619163502/https://guam-organization.org/en/protocol-on-rules-for-determining-the-country-of-origin-of-goods-to-the-agreement-on-establishment-of-free-trade-area-between-the-guuam-participating-states/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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At the 77th Session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly held in New York on 20 September 2022, the Foreign Ministers of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development (GUAM) members came together on the sidelines and held the 39th Cabinet meeting of GUAM. After the meeting, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova signed a protocol on the determination of the country of origin of the goods. In addition, it was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine that a free trade zone was established between the GUAM countries.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ankasam.org/free-zone-developed-in-the-shadow-of-the-russia-ukraine-war-economies-of-guam/?lang=en |title=Free Zone Developed in the Shadow of the Russia-Ukraine War: Economies of GUAM |date=October 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619165001/https://www.ankasam.org/free-zone-developed-in-the-shadow-of-the-russia-ukraine-war-economies-of-guam/?lang=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://guam-organization.org/en/protocol-on-rules-for-determining-the-country-of-origin-of-goods-to-the-agreement-on-establishment-of-free-trade-area-between-the-guuam-participating-states/ |title=Protocol on rules for determining the country of origin of goods to the Agreement on Establishment of Free Trade Area between the GUUAM Participating States |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619163502/https://guam-organization.org/en/protocol-on-rules-for-determining-the-country-of-origin-of-goods-to-the-agreement-on-establishment-of-free-trade-area-between-the-guuam-participating-states/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The Free Trade Area has not been ratified and has not entered into force. It is too soon to be sure whether GUAM member states will ratify the free trade area soon, or if the project will be placed on hiatus. There is also the question about to what extent an FTA could help financially GUAM countries compared to other projects, such as European Union membership or the Middle Corridor. GUAM is a regional bloc that has not demonstrated its usefulness to its member states compared to other organizations or projects that GUAM member states are part of.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/guam-2-0-can-free-trade-revive-the-forgotten-regional-bloc/ |title=GUAM 2.0: Can Free Trade Revive the Forgotten Regional Bloc? |date=3 October 2022 |access-date=19 June 2023 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619163458/https://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/guam-2-0-can-free-trade-revive-the-forgotten-regional-bloc/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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