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The head of state assumed this task from the hands of his predecessor, Sebastián Piñera, president of Chile. Prosur is an organization to promote alliances and articulated work among South American countries.
This Saturday, Iván Duque received from his Chilean counterpart, Sebastián Piñera, the pre tempore presidency of Prosur, an organization to strengthen the union of South American countries. The event took place in Chile, where he also attended the Climate Ambition Summit and with which he pledged that Colombia will reduce greenhouse gases by 51% by 2030.
Pasture: For the first time, Colombia will assume the pro tempore presidencies of the Pacific Alliance and Prosur.
“Today we assume the presidency pre tempore to strengthen this tool and not only will the constituted work tables be maintained, but we also welcome the fact that today the heads of state in the declaration that comes out in Santiago de Chile have also put in functioning of the coordination table on environmental matters ”, he said in relation to the aforementioned summit.
The work tables in which Prosur has put the effort are defense, fight against transnational crime, energy, infrastructure, attention to natural disasters, integration and coronavirus.
He also announced a new table with the first ladies and social managers of the member countries of the organization to work for malnutrition and promote food security. Also, there is another line in which he announced that he will work and it is everything related to the economic reactivation of the region in 2021.
“I think it is very important that in the year 2021 the Prosur Business Forum is born, that we can invite leaders of micro, small, medium and large companies so that the experiences of safe reactivation are reaffirmed and contribute concrete ideas that allow us to quickly restore the business fabric and recover lost jobs, “he said.
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Finally, he announced that, on the issue related to the coronavirus, he will install a dialogue table between the ministers of health so that they “deliberate on the most effective mechanisms for the universalization of vaccines and also especially the risks associated with this process.”
“We have a path outlined for Prosur to be strengthened, next year when we deliver the presidency we will have a projected organization, with strength, as has been the legacy that I receive from you (Piñera),” concluded the first president as a promise. In 2021, Duque will hand over the direction of Prosur to Mario Abdo, President of Paraguay.
