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In April 2006, three GUAM nations supported Ukraine's proposal to condemn the [[Holodomor]], the 1930s famine in Ukraine which killed millions of people, as a [[genocide]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2371016 |title= CIS Split at Ministerial Conference |date=25 April 2006 |work=Eurasia Daily Monitor |access-date=18 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417002350/http://www.jamestown.org/edm/article.php?article_id=2371016 <!--Bot retrieved archive--> |archive-date=17 April 2007}}</ref>

In May 2006, Ukraine and Azerbaijan announced plans to further increase the GUAM member relations by renaming the organization ''GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development'' and establishing its headquarters in the Ukrainian capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.azi.md/news?ID=39318 |title=Foreign Ministers of Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova Discussed the Upcoming Guam Summit |date= 19 May 2006 |work=InfoMarket |publisher=Moldova Azi |access-date=18 April 2007 |archive-date=3 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080203110821/http://www.azi.md/news?ID=39318 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The other members said this was a remarkable step and development. The summit participants were also expected to adopt GUAM by—laws, a declaration and a communique. Also in May 2006 the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced plans to establish GUAM [[peacekeeping]] forces.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://today.az/news/politics/26721.html |title= Ukraine suggests setting up GUAM peacekeeping unit |date=31 May 2006 |work=Today.az |access-date=18 April 2007}}</ref> The following year, GUAM nations agreed to form a 500-personnel joint peacekeeping force to battle [[separatism]].

In June 2007, presidents of Lithuania, Poland and Romania joined the leaders of GUAM member states at the GUAM summit in [[Baku]], Azerbaijan. Also participating at the summit were the Vice-President of [[Bulgaria]], the Vice-Speaker of the Estonian parliament, the Minister of Economy of Latvia, and the high—level representatives of the United States, Japan, the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]] (OSCE), the [[Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation]] (BSEC), [[UNESCO]], and heads of diplomatic missions accredited in Azerbaijan.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.azembassy.com/new/news.php?id=445 |title=Embassy of Azerbaijan in the U.S.: Baku hosts GUAM Second Summit |access-date=24 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192815/http://www.azembassy.com/new/news.php?id=445 |archive-date=27 September 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>