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1. Purpose
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| Article 03-Principle Objectives of Union | ||
| 3.1 | Principle objectives of Americas Union | |
| The following are the principle objectives by which the Union is intended to achieve: | ||
| 1. Peace and well being of its peoples | ||
| The Union's aim is to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples. | ||
| 2. Single common market and freedom to trade | ||
| The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom, security and justice without internal frontiers, and an internal market where competition is free and undistorted. | ||
| 3. Improvement of living standards and economic stability | ||
The Union shall work for the sustainable development of Americas based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment. It shall promote scientific and technological advance. |
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| It shall combat social exclusion and discrimination, and shall promote social justice and protection, equality between women and men, solidarity between generations and protection of the rights of the child. | ||
| It shall promote economic, social and territorial cohesion, and solidarity among Member States. | ||
| It shall respect its rich cultural and linguistic diversity, and shall ensure that Americas's cultural heritage is safeguarded and enhanced. | ||
| 4. Improvement of global issues | ||
| In its relations with the wider world, the Union shall uphold and promote its values and interests. It shall contribute to peace, security, the sustainable development of the Earth, solidarity and mutual respect among peoples, free and fair trade, eradication of poverty and the protection of human rights, in particular the rights of the child, as well as to the strict observance and the development of international law, including respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter. | ||
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