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Andean Parliament |
 Headquarters: Bogota - Colombia Homepage: http://www.parlamentoandino.org Established: 1979 Description: The Andean Parliament was created on October 25, 1979. The adoption in April 1997 of the Protocol Modifying its Charter and of the Additional Protocol on Direct and Universal Elections of the representatives made its consolidation as deliberative as possible. The Andean Parliament is the Andean Integration System’s Community deliberative body that represents the inhabitants of the Andean Community. Its representatives are chosen by the National Congresses and in the near future will be elected through direct, universal vote, as stipulated in the Additional Protocol to the Constitutive Treaty, signed in April 1997. The representatives of Ecuador and Peru are now being elected directly by the people of those countries. The functions of the Andean Parliament is to participate in the legislative process of putting forward draft provisions of common interest to the bodies of the system. It also promotes the harmonization of member country legislation and the growth of cooperative and coordinated relations with the parliaments of the Andean countries. |
