MISSION
COPA fosters dialogue on issues related to inter-American cooperation and hemispheric integration, in particular respecting the projects and mechanisms stemming from the Summits of the Heads of State and Government of the Americas . COPA contributes to the strengthening of parliamentary democracy and to the building of a community of the Americas founded on the respect for dignity and human rights, peace, democracy, solidarity between peoples, social justice and gender equity.
Its objectives are, among others:
- to represent, to the executive authorities of the Americas , the interests and aspirations of the populations of the hemisphere with regard to the issues and impacts of the hemispheric integration process;
- to develop and strengthen parliamentary means of action in the context of the hemispheric integration process and of globalization;
- to create a new synergy between the legislative leaders of the different parliamentary assemblies, regional Parliaments and interparliamentary organizations of the Americas.