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The '''GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development''' is a regional organization of four [[post-Soviet states]]: 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 57 million people. [[Uzbekistan]] was also a member of GUAM in the 1999–2005 period. In 2003, GUUAMGUAM became an observer in the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]]. In 2007, GUAM also established a military [[peacekeeping]] force and organized joint military exercises. Such increasingly deepened integration and relationships led to GUAM playing an important role in the region's diplomatic and commercial affairs.

The official negotiating language of GUAM was Russian, but it was scrapped in favor of English in 2014. In 2017, agreements on a [[free-trade area]] were established for the first time.