Representatives from the Principality of Monaco and the South American country of Bolivia came together at the United Nations headquarters in New York last month to sign a joint agreement formally establishing diplomatic relations between the two nations.
On Friday 26th July, the Plurinational State of Bolivia became the 160th state to have forged official diplomatic ties with the Principality of Monaco following a meeting between Isabelle Picco, Monaco’s Permanent Representative at the United Nation, and Diego Pary Rodriguez, her Bolivian counterpart.
Bolivia is a landlocked country in South America that has a hugely diverse population of just over 12 million people. Spanish is the common tongue, but the country also recognises 36 other official languages. It boasts the largest proportion of indigenous people on the continent and adopted its official name as the Plurinational State of Bolivia in 2009 in an effort to better recognise the diversity of its population.
At the signing of the agreement between the Principality and Bolivia, which was hosted by the United Nations headquarters in New York, Picco and Pary Rodriguez spoke about the commonalities between Monaco and Bolivia, notably touching on the “importance of culture and multilingualism in mutually understanding and respecting differences”.
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The meeting took place against the backdrop of ongoing negotiations on the Pact for the Future, a non-binding agreement that UN member countries are expected to adopt at the Summit of the Future in New York next month.
The pact is intended to help the world better prepare for current and future challenges. It will provide an opportunity for a wide range of stakeholders to make commitments and present initiatives that could help restore trust and revitalize global governance.
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