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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Goodwill_Ambassadors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Goodwill Ambassadors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Goodwill_Ambassadors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Defense_component" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Defense_component"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Defense component</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Defense_component-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CPLP_Mobility" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CPLP_Mobility"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span><i>CPLP Mobility</i></span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CPLP_Mobility-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CPLP_Youth_Forum" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CPLP_Youth_Forum"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>CPLP Youth Forum</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CPLP_Youth_Forum-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Parliamentary_Assembly" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Parliamentary_Assembly"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Parliamentary Assembly</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Parliamentary_Assembly-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Network_of_Women_Parliamentarians" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Network_of_Women_Parliamentarians"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Network of Women Parliamentarians</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Network_of_Women_Parliamentarians-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operating_agencies" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operating_agencies"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Operating agencies</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Operating_agencies-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Operating agencies subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Operating_agencies-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony_(UNILAB)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony_(UNILAB)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony_(UNILAB)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-UCCLA" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UCCLA"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>UCCLA</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UCCLA-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Association_of_Portuguese_Language_Universities_(AULP)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Association_of_Portuguese_Language_Universities_(AULP)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Association of Portuguese Language Universities (AULP)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Association_of_Portuguese_Language_Universities_(AULP)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_Portuguese_Language_Institute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Portuguese_Language_Institute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>International Portuguese Language Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Portuguese_Language_Institute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Union_of_Portuguese_Speaking_Lawyers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Union_of_Portuguese_Speaking_Lawyers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Union of Portuguese Speaking Lawyers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Union_of_Portuguese_Speaking_Lawyers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-TV_CPLP" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#TV_CPLP"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>TV CPLP</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-TV_CPLP-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Membership" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Membership"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Membership</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Membership-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Membership subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Membership-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Member_states" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Member_states"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Member states</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Member_states-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Macau_candidacy" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Macau_candidacy"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.1</span> <span>Macau candidacy</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Macau_candidacy-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Equatorial_Guinea_accession" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Equatorial_Guinea_accession"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1.2</span> <span>Equatorial Guinea accession</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Equatorial_Guinea_accession-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Associate_observers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Associate_observers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Associate observers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Associate_observers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Consultative_observers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Consultative_observers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Consultative observers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Consultative_observers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Scope" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Scope"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Scope</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Scope-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Scope subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Scope-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Political_cooperation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Political_cooperation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Political cooperation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Political_cooperation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Lusophone_Citizenship" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Lusophone_Citizenship"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Lusophone Citizenship</span> </div> 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Minister_Meetings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Minister Meetings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Minister_Meetings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-CPLP_Games" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#CPLP_Games"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>CPLP Games</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-CPLP_Games-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_Portuguese_Language_Institute_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Portuguese_Language_Institute_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>International Portuguese Language Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Portuguese_Language_Institute_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPLP" title="CPLP – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="CPLP" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%82%D8%A9_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="مجموعة البلدان الناطقة بالبرتغالية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مجموعة البلدان الناطقة بالبرتغالية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunid%C3%A1_de_Pa%C3%ADses_de_Llingua_Portuguesa" title="Comunidá de Países de Llingua Portuguesa – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Comunidá de Países de Llingua Portuguesa" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B4%D3%99%D1%80_%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%88%D0%BC%D3%99%D2%BB%D0%B5" title="Португал телле илдәр берләшмәһе – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Португал телле илдәр берләшмәһе" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%9E%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BD" title="Садружнасць партугаламоўных краін – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Садружнасць партугаламоўных краін" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D1%89%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5_%D0%B4%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8" title="Общност на португалоезичните държави – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Общност на португалоезичните държави" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmeinschaft_vo_de_Portugiesischsprechadn_L%C3%A4nda" title="Gmeinschaft vo de Portugiesischsprechadn Lända – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Gmeinschaft vo de Portugiesischsprechadn Lända" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zajednica_dr%C5%BEava_portugalskog_govornog_podru%C4%8Dja" title="Zajednica država portugalskog govornog područja – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Zajednica država portugalskog govornog područja" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunitat_de_Pa%C3%AFsos_de_Llengua_Portuguesa" title="Comunitat de Països de Llengua Portuguesa – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comunitat de Països de Llengua Portuguesa" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spole%C4%8Denstv%C3%AD_portugalsky_mluv%C3%ADc%C3%ADch_zem%C3%AD" title="Společenství portugalsky mluvících zemí – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Společenství portugalsky mluvících zemí" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammenslutningen_af_portugisisksprogede_lande" title="Sammenslutningen af portugisisksprogede lande – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Sammenslutningen af portugisisksprogede lande" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeinschaft_der_Portugiesischsprachigen_L%C3%A4nder" title="Gemeinschaft der Portugiesischsprachigen Länder – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gemeinschaft der Portugiesischsprachigen Länder" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugalikeelsete_Riikide_%C3%9Chendus" title="Portugalikeelsete Riikide Ühendus – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Portugalikeelsete Riikide Ühendus" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidad_de_Pa%C3%ADses_de_Lengua_Portuguesa" title="Comunidad de Países de Lengua Portuguesa – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Comunidad de Países de Lengua Portuguesa" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komunumo_de_portugallingvaj_landoj" title="Komunumo de portugallingvaj landoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Komunumo de portugallingvaj landoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugesezko_Herrialdeen_Komunitatea" title="Portugesezko Herrialdeen Komunitatea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Portugesezko Herrialdeen Komunitatea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%87_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86" title="جامعه کشورهای پرتغالی‌زبان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جامعه کشورهای پرتغالی‌زبان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communaut%C3%A9_des_pays_de_langue_portugaise" title="Communauté des pays de langue portugaise – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Communauté des pays de langue portugaise" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa" title="Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%AC%EB%A5%B4%ED%88%AC%EA%B0%88%EC%96%B4_%EC%82%AC%EC%9A%A9%EA%B5%AD_%EA%B3%B5%EB%8F%99%EC%B2%B4" title="포르투갈어 사용국 공동체 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="포르투갈어 사용국 공동체" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8A%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%A6%D5%B8%D6%82_%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%AE%D5%A1%D5%AF%D6%81%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6" title="Պորտուգալալեզու երկրների համագործակցություն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Պորտուգալալեզու երկրների համագործակցություն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zajednica_dr%C5%BEava_portugalskog_govornog_podru%C4%8Dja" title="Zajednica država portugalskog govornog područja – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Zajednica država portugalskog govornog područja" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komunitas_Negara-Negara_Berbahasa_Portugis" title="Komunitas Negara-Negara Berbahasa Portugis – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Komunitas Negara-Negara Berbahasa Portugis" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunit%C3%A0_dei_Paesi_di_lingua_portoghese" title="Comunità dei Paesi di lingua portoghese – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Comunità dei Paesi di lingua portoghese" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%94%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%93%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%92%D7%96%D7%99%D7%AA" title="קהילת המדינות הדוברות פורטוגזית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קהילת המדינות הדוברות פורטוגזית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%A3%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A5%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A7%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%90" title="პორტუგალიურენოვანი ქვეყნების თანამეგობრობა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="პორტუგალიურენოვანი ქვეყნების თანამეგობრობა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lad mw-list-item"><a href="https://lad.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komunita_de_Payises_de_Lingua_Portugeza" title="Komunita de Payises de Lingua Portugeza – Ladino" lang="lad" hreflang="lad" data-title="Komunita de Payises de Lingua Portugeza" data-language-autonym="Ladino" data-language-local-name="Ladino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladino</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communitas_civitatum_Lusitane_loquentium" title="Communitas civitatum Lusitane loquentium – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Communitas civitatum Lusitane loquentium" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portug%C4%81%C4%BCu_valodas_valstu_sadraudz%C4%ABba" title="Portugāļu valodas valstu sadraudzība – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Portugāļu valodas valstu sadraudzība" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communaut%C3%A9it_vun_de_portugiseschsproochege_L%C3%A4nner" title="Communautéit vun de portugiseschsproochege Länner – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Communautéit vun de portugiseschsproochege Länner" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal%C5%B3_kalbos_%C5%A1ali%C5%B3_bendrija" title="Portugalų kalbos šalių bendrija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Portugalų kalbos šalių bendrija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portug%C3%A1l_Nyelv%C5%B1_Orsz%C3%A1gok_K%C3%B6z%C3%B6ss%C3%A9ge" title="Portugál Nyelvű Országok Közössége – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Portugál Nyelvű Országok Közössége" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86" title="پرتغالی‌زوون کشورون انجمن – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="پرتغالی‌زوون کشورون انجمن" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mwl mw-list-item"><a href="https://mwl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quemunidade_de_ls_Pa%C3%ADzes_de_L%C3%A9ngua_Pertuesa" title="Quemunidade de ls Paízes de Léngua Pertuesa – Mirandese" lang="mwl" hreflang="mwl" data-title="Quemunidade de ls Paízes de Léngua Pertuesa" data-language-autonym="Mirandés" data-language-local-name="Mirandese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Mirandés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D1%85%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%B9_%D0%A3%D0%BB%D1%81%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD_%D0%9D%D3%A9%D1%85%D3%A9%D1%80%D0%BB%D3%A9%D0%BB" title="Португал хэлтэй Улсуудын Хамтын Нөхөрлөл – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Португал хэлтэй Улсуудын Хамтын Нөхөрлөл" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemeenschap_van_Portugeessprekende_Landen" title="Gemeenschap van Portugeessprekende Landen – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gemeenschap van Portugeessprekende Landen" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E8%AA%9E%E8%AB%B8%E5%9B%BD%E5%85%B1%E5%90%8C%E4%BD%93" title="ポルトガル語諸国共同体 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ポルトガル語諸国共同体" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemianskap_faan_Portugiiskspreegen_Lunen" title="Gemianskap faan Portugiiskspreegen Lunen – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Gemianskap faan Portugiiskspreegen Lunen" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samveldet_av_portugisiskspr%C3%A5klige_land" title="Samveldet av portugisiskspråklige land – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Samveldet av portugisiskspråklige land" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samveldet_av_portugisiskspr%C3%A5klege_land" title="Samveldet av portugisiskspråklege land – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Samveldet av portugisiskspråklege land" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunautat_dels_Pa%C3%AFses_de_Lenga_Portuguesa" title="Comunautat dels Païses de Lenga Portuguesa – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Comunautat dels Païses de Lenga Portuguesa" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wsp%C3%B3lnota_Pa%C5%84stw_Portugalskoj%C4%99zycznych" title="Wspólnota Państw Portugalskojęzycznych – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wspólnota Państw Portugalskojęzycznych" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa" title="Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comunitatea_%C8%9A%C4%83rilor_de_Limb%C4%83_Portughez%C4%83" title="Comunitatea Țărilor de Limbă Portugheză – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comunitatea Țărilor de Limbă Portugheză" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8F%D0%B7%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Содружество португалоязычных стран – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Содружество португалоязычных стран" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Community of Portuguese Language Countries" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skupnost_dr%C5%BEav_portugalskega_jezika" title="Skupnost držav portugalskega jezika – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Skupnost držav portugalskega jezika" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Лузофонија – Serbian" lang="sr" 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.ib-country-fn-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .ib-country-fn-num{margin-left:1em}</style><table class="infobox ib-country vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above adr"><div class="ib-country-names"><span title="Portuguese-language text"><i lang="pt">Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa</i></span><br /><div class="ib-country-name-style fn org country-name"><b>Community of Portuguese Language Countries</b></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div style="padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Community of Portuguese Language Countries"><img alt="Flag of Community of Portuguese Language Countries" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/200px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" 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.geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&params=38_42.65_N_9_8.05_W_type:city"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°42.65′N</span> <span class="longitude">9°8.05′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.71083°N 9.13417°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.71083; -9.13417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official language</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Membership</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background: transparent; text-align: left; font-weight: normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Members" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">9 member states</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/23px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Timor-Leste" title="Timor-Leste">Timor-Leste</a> </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background: transparent; text-align: left; font-weight: normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Observers" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">33 observers</a></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, 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margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/G7%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="G7+">G7+</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Ibero-American_Summit" title="Ibero-American Summit">Ibero-American Summit</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Ibero-American_States" title="Organization of Ibero-American States">Ibero-American Organization</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Leaders</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretary_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Executive Secretary</a></span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Timor-Leste" title="Timor-Leste"><img alt="Timor-Leste" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Zacarias_da_Costa" title="Zacarias da Costa">Zacarias da Costa</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• <span class="nowrap">Director-General</span> </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe"><img alt="São Tomé and Príncipe" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Armindo Brito Fernandes</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• President of the Parliamentary Assembly </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau"><img alt="Guinea-Bissau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Cipriano_Cassam%C3%A1" title="Cipriano Cassamá">Cipriano Cassamá</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Establishment</th><td class="infobox-data">17 July 1996</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area</th></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">10,743,526 km<sup>2</sup> (4,148,099 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population</th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-country-fake-li">• Estimate</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">287 million</span> (2021)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-country-website"><b>Website</b><br /><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cplp.org/">cplp.org</a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Community of Portuguese Language Countries</b> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa</i>; <abbr title="abbreviated">abbr.</abbr> : CPLP), also known as the <b>Lusophone Community</b> (Portuguese: <i lang="pt">Comunidade Lusófona</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/International_organization" title="International organization">international organization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Political_organisation" title="Political organisation">political association</a> of <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a> nations across five <a href="/wiki/Continents" class="mw-redirect" title="Continents">continents</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a> is an official language. The CPLP operates as a privileged, multilateral forum for the mutual cooperation of the governments, economies, <a href="/wiki/Non-governmental_organization" title="Non-governmental organization">non-governmental organizations</a>, and peoples of the <i><a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusofonia</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID46_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID46-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The CPLP consists of <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#members" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">9 member states</a> and <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Observers" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">33 associate observers</a>, located in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_America" title="South America">South America</a>, <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>, totaling 38 countries and 4 organizations. </p><p>The CPLP was founded in 1996, in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>, nearly two decades after the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/Decolonization" title="Decolonization">decolonization</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>. Following the independence of <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> in 2002 and the application by <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> in 2014, both of those countries became members of the CPLP. <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Special_Administrative_Region_(China)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Administrative Region (China)">Special Administrative Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>), <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a> (an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_community_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Autonomous community (Spain)">Autonomous Community</a> of <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a> are formally interested in full membership and <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Officially_interested_countries_and_territories" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">another 17 countries across the world</a> are formally interested in associate observer status. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_(nova_sede_da_CPLP).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_%28nova_sede_da_CPLP%29.jpg/220px-Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_%28nova_sede_da_CPLP%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_%28nova_sede_da_CPLP%29.jpg/330px-Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_%28nova_sede_da_CPLP%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_%28nova_sede_da_CPLP%29.jpg/440px-Palacio_Conde_de_Penafiel_%28nova_sede_da_CPLP%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3859" data-file-height="2410" /></a><figcaption>The seat of the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretary_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Executive Secretariat of the CPLP</a> is at <a href="/wiki/Penafiel_Palace" title="Penafiel Palace">Penafiel Palace</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, the capital of Portugal.</figcaption></figure> <p>The idea of a type of international community or political union of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a> countries had been proposed and studied numerous times in history. However, the idea for what would become the CPLP came about in 1983, during a <a href="/wiki/State_visit" title="State visit">state visit</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> by <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Gama" title="Jaime Gama">Jaime Gama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Portugal)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Portugal)">Foreign Minister of Portugal</a>, when he first proposed a biennial summit of heads of state and government of <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a> countries of the world and the idea of regular meetings between ministerial counterparts of the member states.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Community of Portuguese Language Countries was officially founded on 17 July 1996 at the <a href="/wiki/1st_CPLP_Summit" title="1st CPLP Summit">1st CPLP Heads of State & Government Summit</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>. </p><p>In 2005, during a meeting in <a href="/wiki/Luanda" title="Luanda">Luanda</a>, the ministers of culture of the member states declared the 5 May as the <a href="/wiki/Lusophone_Culture_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone Culture Day">Lusophone Culture Day</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dia_da_Cultura_Lus%C3%B3fona" class="extiw" title="pt:Dia da Cultura Lusófona">pt</a>]</span> (<i>Dia da Cultura Lusófona</i> in Portuguese).<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_Newscultura_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_Newscultura-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Through successive enlargements, the Union has grown from the seven founding states—<a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>—to the current nine, with the self-determination of <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> in 2002<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsTimor_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsTimor-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the accession of <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> in 2014<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3294_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the <a href="/wiki/10th_CPLP_Summit" title="10th CPLP Summit">10th CPLP Summit</a> in Dili, East Timor with the issuance of the Dili Declaration.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The community has grown beyond its mission in fostering cultural ties between the Portuguese language countries into facilitating trade and political cooperation between the <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a> countries of the world, with the CPLP is the fourth-largest producer of oil in the world and its citizens totalling more than 270 million people.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, in <a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a>, the nine-member states agreed to enlarge cooperation in matters of the seas, tourism, economy and more ambitious defense and cooperation mechanisms. More rights to the observer states were also approved, which Argentina planned to join. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Presidente_de_Portugal,_Marcelo_Rebelo_Sousa,_e_o_Primeiro-Ministro_de_Portugal,_Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa,_no_encerramento_da_confer%C3%AAncia_da_CPLP_(Jos%C3%A9_Cruz-Ag%C3%AAncia_Brasil).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Presidente_de_Portugal%2C_Marcelo_Rebelo_Sousa%2C_e_o_Primeiro-Ministro_de_Portugal%2C_Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa%2C_no_encerramento_da_confer%C3%AAncia_da_CPLP_%28Jos%C3%A9_Cruz-Ag%C3%AAncia_Brasil%29.png/220px-thumbnail.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Presidente_de_Portugal%2C_Marcelo_Rebelo_Sousa%2C_e_o_Primeiro-Ministro_de_Portugal%2C_Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa%2C_no_encerramento_da_confer%C3%AAncia_da_CPLP_%28Jos%C3%A9_Cruz-Ag%C3%AAncia_Brasil%29.png/330px-thumbnail.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Presidente_de_Portugal%2C_Marcelo_Rebelo_Sousa%2C_e_o_Primeiro-Ministro_de_Portugal%2C_Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa%2C_no_encerramento_da_confer%C3%AAncia_da_CPLP_%28Jos%C3%A9_Cruz-Ag%C3%AAncia_Brasil%29.png/440px-thumbnail.png 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Marcelo_Rebelo_de_Sousa" title="Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa">Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa</a> of Portugal speaking at the <a href="/wiki/11th_CPLP_Summit" title="11th CPLP Summit">11th CPLP Summit</a> while Portuguese Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio_Costa" title="António Costa">António Costa</a> looks on</figcaption></figure> <p>The CPLP's guidelines and priorities are established by a biannual Conference of Heads of State and Government (known as the <a href="/wiki/CPLP_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="CPLP Summit">CPLP Summits</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3667_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3667-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Organization's plan of action is approved by the Council of Foreign Ministers,<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID91_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID91-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which meets every year. Special summits can be requested at any time by 2/3 of the member states, usually for the purpose of pressing matters or incidents at the moment. There are also monthly meetings of the Permanent Steering Committee that follow specific initiatives and projects. </p><p>The headquarters of the CPLP is in <a href="/wiki/Penafiel_Palace" title="Penafiel Palace">Penafiel Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, Portugal, but the organization maintains dedicated bureaus in all of the foreign ministries of the CPLP member states. </p><p>The CPLP is financed by its member states.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID46_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID46-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mission">Mission</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Mission"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>CPLP is a multilateral forum created to deepen cultural, economic, and political cooperation among the <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a> (Portuguese-speaking) nations of the world.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID46_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID46-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The prime objectives of the CPLP are:<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID46_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID46-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Promotion and dissemination of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a></li> <li>Political and diplomatic cooperation between the <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">member states of the CPLP</a></li> <li>Cooperation in all areas, including education, health, science and technology, defense, agriculture, public administration, communications, justice, public safety, culture, sports and media</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Executive_Secretary">Executive Secretary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Executive Secretary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretary_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a></div> <p>The Executive Secretary of the CPLP (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Secretário Executivo da CPLP</i>) is the executive head and highest representative of the CPLP. The Executive Secretary is charged with leading the Executive Secretariat (<i>Secretariado Executivo</i>), the CPLP's executive branch responsible for creating and implementing the CPLP's agenda of projects and initiatives.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID116_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID116-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Executive Secretary, who must be a high-ranking <a href="/wiki/Diplomat" title="Diplomat">diplomat</a> or <a href="/wiki/Politician" title="Politician">politician</a> from one of the member states, is elected for a mandate of two years at the biennial CPLP Summit, and can be reelected once to a second term.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Executive Secretariat is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Penafiel_Palace" title="Penafiel Palace">Penafiel Palace</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th> <th width="25%">Background </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Marcolino_Moco" title="Marcolino Moco">Marcolino José Carlos Moco</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/70px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/105px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/140px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> </td> <td>July 1996 </td> <td>July 2000 </td> <td>3rd <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Angola" title="Prime Minister of Angola">Prime Minister of Angola</a> (1992–1996) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dulce_Maria_Pereira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dulce Maria Pereira (page does not exist)">Dulce Maria Pereira</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulce_Pereira" class="extiw" title="pt:Dulce Pereira">pt</a>]</span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:CPI_do_Assassinato_de_Jovens_-_CPIADJ_(27474378481)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/CPI_do_Assassinato_de_Jovens_-_CPIADJ_%2827474378481%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-CPI_do_Assassinato_de_Jovens_-_CPIADJ_%2827474378481%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="110" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/CPI_do_Assassinato_de_Jovens_-_CPIADJ_%2827474378481%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/225px-CPI_do_Assassinato_de_Jovens_-_CPIADJ_%2827474378481%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Cultural_Palmares" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundação Cultural Palmares">Fundação Cultural Palmares</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Cultural_Palmares" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Cultural Palmares">pt</a>]</span> (1996–2000) </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jo%C3%A3o_Augusto_de_M%C3%A9dicis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="João Augusto de Médicis (page does not exist)">João Augusto de Médicis</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Augusto_de_M%C3%A9dicis" class="extiw" title="de:João Augusto de Médicis">de</a>]</span> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/70px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/105px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/140px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </td> <td>August 2002 </td> <td>April 2004 </td> <td>Brazilian Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> (1984–1989)<br /> Brazilian Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a> (1991–1993)<br /> Brazilian Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (1994–1996)<br /> Brazilian Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> (1999–2002) </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_de_Matos_Monteiro_da_Fonseca" title="Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca">Luís de Matos Monteiro da Fonseca</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/70px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/105px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/140px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td>July 2004 </td> <td>July 2008 </td> <td>Cape Verdean Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/European_Community" class="mw-redirect" title="European Community">European Community</a> (1987–1991)<br />Cape Verdean Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> (1991–1994)<br />Cape Verdean Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> (1999–2001)<br />Cape Verdean Ambassador to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> (2001–2004) </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira" title="Domingos Simões Pereira">Domingos Simões Pereira</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg/140px-Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg/210px-Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg/280px-Domingos_Sim%C3%B5es_Pereira.jpg 2x" data-file-width="641" data-file-height="746" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> </td> <td>July 2008 </td> <td>July 2012 </td> <td>16th <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_government_of_Guinea-Bissau" class="mw-redirect" title="List of heads of government of Guinea-Bissau">Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau</a> (2014–2015)<br /> Guinea-Bissau Minister of Public Works (2004–2005) </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Murade_Isaac_Murargy" title="Murade Isaac Murargy">Murade Isaac Murargy</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Murade_Murargy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Murade_Murargy.jpg/140px-Murade_Murargy.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Murade_Murargy.jpg/210px-Murade_Murargy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Murade_Murargy.jpg/280px-Murade_Murargy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1320" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </td> <td>July 2012 </td> <td>January 2017 </td> <td>Secretary-General of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Mozambique" class="mw-redirect" title="President of Mozambique">Presidency of Mozambique</a> (1995–2005)<br />Mozambican Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> (1985–1995) </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira" title="Maria do Carmo Silveira">Maria do Carmo Trovoada Pires de Carvalho Silveira</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg/140px-Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg/210px-Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg/280px-Maria_do_Carmo_Silveira.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2671" data-file-height="2558" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Francisco_Ribeiro_Telles" title="Francisco Ribeiro Telles">Francisco Ribeiro Telles</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Francisco_Ribeiro_Telles_(com_Ministra_da_Cultura_Brasileira).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Francisco_Ribeiro_Telles_%28com_Ministra_da_Cultura_Brasileira%29.jpg/140px-Francisco_Ribeiro_Telles_%28com_Ministra_da_Cultura_Brasileira%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Francisco_Ribeiro_Telles_%28com_Ministra_da_Cultura_Brasileira%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="167" data-file-height="204" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> </td> <td>December 2018 </td> <td>July 2021 </td> <td>Portuguese Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> (2002–2006)<br /> Portuguese Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> (2007–2012)<br /> Portuguese Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> (2012–2016)<br />Portuguese Ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> (2016–2018) </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zacarias_da_Costa" title="Zacarias da Costa">Zacarias da Costa</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a 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Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Council_of_Ministers">Council of Ministers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Council of Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Council of Ministers is made up of the ministers of Foreign Affairs of the nine Member States. The powers of the Council of Ministers are: </p> <ul><li>Coordinate CPLP activities;</li> <li>Supervise the functioning and development of CPLP;</li> <li>Approve the CPLP budget;</li> <li>Make recommendations to the Conference of Heads of State and Government on matters of general policy, as well as the efficient and harmonious functioning and development of the CPLP;</li> <li>To recommend to the Conference of Heads of State the candidates for the positions of Executive Secretary and Deputy Executive Secretary;</li> <li>Convene conferences and other meetings with a view to promoting the objectives and programs of the CPLP; Carry out other tasks entrusted to it by the Conference of Heads of State and Government.</li></ul> <p>The Council of Ministers elects, from among its members, a President on a rotating basis and for a term of two years (usually, the Minister of the host country). The Council of Ministers ordinarily meets once a year and, extraordinarily, when requested by two-thirds of the member states. </p><p>The Council of Ministers reports to the Conference of Heads of State and Government, to which it must present its reports. Decisions by the Council of Ministers are taken by consensus. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Director_General">Director General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Director General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Executive Secretary is assisted in his duties by the Director General. The Statutes establish, since the Summit of Bissau in 2006, the existence of a Director General, and the position of Deputy Executive Secretary ceased with his appointment. </p><p>The Director General is recruited from among the nationals of the Member States, through public examination, for a period of three years, renewable for an equal period. The Director General is responsible, under the guidance of the Executive Secretary, for the day-to-day management, financial planning and execution, preparation, coordination and guidance of the meetings and projects activated by the Executive Secretariat. The current director general of CPLP is Armindo Brito Fernandes, from São Tomé and Príncipe, who took office on 10 February 2020. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th>Country </th> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Hélder Vaz Lopes </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/70px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/105px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/140px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a> </td> <td>January 2008 </td> <td>January 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgina_Mello" title="Georgina Mello">Georgina Benrós de Mello</a> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/70px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/105px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/140px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td>February 2014 </td> <td>February 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Armindo Brito Fernandes </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/70px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="47" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/105px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/140px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> </td> <td>February 2020 </td> <td><i>Present</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Goodwill_Ambassadors">Goodwill Ambassadors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Goodwill Ambassadors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the VI Summit of CPLP Heads of State and Government (Bissau, 2006) the first CPLP Goodwill Ambassadors were also appointed, who, according to the approved regulation, are appointed for a two-year term and must be personalities of merit. recognized and distinguished themselves in promoting the values defended by the CPLP. </p><p>The chosen personalities were three former Heads of State, Jorge Sampaio (Portugal), José Sarney (Brazil) and Joaquim Chissano (Mozambique). A prime minister and a minister, Fernando Van-Dunen (Angola) and Albertino Bragança (São Tomé and Príncipe); the musician Martinho da Vila (Brazil) and Gustavo Vaz da Conceição, president of the Angolan Basketball Federation and member of the Angola Olympic Committee. </p><p>At the XV Council of Ministers, on 22 July 2010, in Luanda, Ambassador Luís Fonseca, former CPLP Executive Secretary, was appointed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Defense_component">Defense component</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Defense component"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2016, CPLP revised its cooperation protocol in defense, affirming the organization in the promotion of peace and security.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2017 Exercício Felino <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">military exercise</a> taking place in <a href="/wiki/Academia_Militar_das_Agulhas_Negras" class="mw-redirect" title="Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras">Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras</a>, <a href="/wiki/Resende,_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Resende, Rio de Janeiro">Resende</a>, in the state of <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_(state)" title="Rio de Janeiro (state)">Rio de Janeiro</a>, Brazil, aims for the increased interoperability of the armed forces of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and East Timor. The first phase of the exercise, known as <i>Carta</i> (chart) took place in Cape Verde in 2016, in which the operation was planned and executed using computer networks as a war game. The Exercício Felino was established in the year 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CPLP_Mobility"><i>CPLP Mobility</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: CPLP Mobility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2021 Summit in Luanda saw the creation of the <i>CPLP Mobility</i>, a system that seeks to facilitate the entry and permanence of citizens of one country in another.<sup id="cite_ref-voa_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-voa-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CPLP_Youth_Forum">CPLP Youth Forum</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: CPLP Youth Forum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Special:EditPage/Community of Portuguese Language Countries">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Youth Forum of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (FJCPLP) is the Community instance responsible for the protection and promotion of the rights of youth internationally. Created in 1997, its objective is to bring together representative platforms of civil society youth organizations (Youth Councils) in the Member States to strengthen the protagonism and participation of youth in the development of their countries and the world. </p><p>For its intervention, the Conference instituted as anchor activities the CPLP Sports Games and the CPLP Young Creators Biennial, to be held interpolated each year. In addition to these activities, sectorial Action Plans for two years are instituted, which seek to meet the priorities identified for the period in question. As part of its action, the Conference establishes partnerships with national or international organizations for activities in areas of clear interest to members. Its current president is Bissau-Guinean Aissatu Forbs Djaló. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parliamentary_Assembly">Parliamentary Assembly</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Parliamentary Assembly"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Special:EditPage/Community of Portuguese Language Countries">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Parliamentary Assembly of Lusophony is the body that brings together the representations of all the Parliaments of the Member States, constituted on the basis of the respective electoral results of the legislative elections. </p><p>The Parliamentary Assembly, founded on the principle of one language - the Portuguese language - and common values, constitutes a space for strengthening ties of cooperation, solidarity and exchange between member Parliaments, with a view to contributing to the consolidation of peace, democracy and the rule of law in the respective countries. These are the pillars on which the objectives enshrined in the Statute and Regulations are based, instruments approved right at its first meeting. The rotating presidency of the CPLP Parliamentary Assembly was assumed in July 2021 by Guinea-Bissau, whose executive secretary is <a href="/wiki/Cipriano_Cassam%C3%A1" title="Cipriano Cassamá">Cipriano Cassamá</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Network_of_Women_Parliamentarians">Network of Women Parliamentarians</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Network of Women Parliamentarians"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Special:EditPage/Community of Portuguese Language Countries">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">September 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Network of Women Parliamentarians of the AP-CPLP (RM-AP-CPLP) is an organism of the Parliamentary Assembly considered a space for consultation and cooperation that watches over issues of gender equality and equity, with specific objectives and competences. This body is governed by its own Statute and integrates all the Deputies in effective functions in the Parliaments of the member countries of the CPLP. The President belongs to the country that holds the presidency of the AP-CPLP, being currently chaired by the Brazilian Rosângela Gomes. Among the competences attributed to the functioning of this Network, the defense and promotion of gender equality and equity in social, political and economic life in the CPLP universe are distinguished; encouraging the formation and training of women parliamentarians; support for the candidacy of Women for the exercise of leadership; encouraging the implementation of public policies and legislation aimed at combating the feminization of poverty, sexually transmitted infections and the education of young people; the encouragement of behavior that is against practices that are likely to cause physical harm; and also, the improvement of the participation of women parliamentarians in conflict prevention and electoral processes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operating_agencies">Operating agencies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Operating agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Community of Portuguese Language Countries relies on six operating agencies to carry out its mandate: <a href="/wiki/University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony" title="University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony">Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira</a>, União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas, Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa, Instituto Internacional da Língua Portuguesa, União dos Advogados de Língua Portuguesa and TV CPLP via Web. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony_(UNILAB)"><span id="University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony_.28UNILAB.29"></span>University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony (UNILAB)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The UNILAB is a public federal university located in <a href="/wiki/Reden%C3%A7%C3%A3o,_Cear%C3%A1" title="Redenção, Ceará">Redenção</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cear%C3%A1" title="Ceará">Ceará</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>. The major courses offered are preferentially the ones included in the mutual interest of all countries in the Community of Portuguese Language Countries. They are: <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sao_Tome_and_Principe" class="mw-redirect" title="Sao Tome and Principe">Sao Tome and Principe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>. Looking for international integration, 50% of the seats in the University are for international students from those countries. The UNILAB is a private postgraduate institution that trains managers and high-level trainers in areas that are a priority for development in <a href="/wiki/Lusophone_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone Africa">Lusophone Africa</a>, but also includes East Timor and Macau. Its political-pedagogical project is innovative, as are those of Unila and Uniam, aiming at international integration. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UCCLA">UCCLA</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: UCCLA"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Union of Luso-Afro-Americo-Asian Capital Cities (União das Cidades Capitais Luso-Afro-Américo-Asiáticas, UCCLA) is an international organization formed by cities in Lusophony. It was founded in Lisbon on 28 June 1985, at the Centro Cultural das Descobertas. On that date, the constitutive document was signed by the presidents of the municipalities of <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Nuno_Abecasis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nuno Abecasis (page does not exist)">Nuno Abecasis</a>), <a href="/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a> (<a href="/wiki/Francisca_Pereira" title="Francisca Pereira">Francisca Pereira</a>), <a href="/wiki/Maputo" title="Maputo">Maputo</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alberto_Massavanhane" title="Alberto Massavanhane">Alberto Massavanhane</a>), <a href="/wiki/Praia" title="Praia">Praia</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Felix_Gomes_Monteiro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Felix Gomes Monteiro (page does not exist)">Felix Gomes Monteiro</a>), <a href="/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Rio de Janeiro">Rio de Janeiro</a> - that ceased being the capital of Brazil in 1960 -(<a href="/w/index.php?title=Laura_de_Macedo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Laura de Macedo (page does not exist)">Laura de Macedo</a>), <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9" title="São Tomé">São Tomé</a> (Gaspar Ramos) and <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> (Carlos Algéos Ayres). Its current secretary general is the Portuguese politician <a href="/w/index.php?title=Vitor_Ramalho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vitor Ramalho (page does not exist)">Vitor Ramalho</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitor_Ramalho" class="extiw" title="pt:Vitor Ramalho">pt</a>]</span>. </p><p>Then came the remaining capital cities of Portuguese official expression and other non-capital cities, such as <a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a> – capital of Brazil since 1960 - (1986), <a href="/wiki/Cacheu" title="Cacheu">Cacheu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luanda" title="Luanda">Luanda</a> (1989), <a href="/wiki/Guimar%C3%A3es" title="Guimarães">Guimarães</a> (1990), <a href="/wiki/Taipa" title="Taipa">Taipa</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coloane" title="Coloane">Coloane</a> islands (1991), <a href="/wiki/Santo_Ant%C3%B3nio" title="Santo António">Santo António</a> (1993), <a href="/wiki/Ilha_de_Mo%C3%A7ambique" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilha de Moçambique">Ilha de Moçambique</a> (1994), <a href="/wiki/Salvador,_Bahia" title="Salvador, Bahia">Salvador</a> (1995), <a href="/wiki/Belo_Horizonte" title="Belo Horizonte">Belo Horizonte</a> (1998), <a href="/wiki/Bel%C3%A9m" title="Belém">Belém</a> (1999), <a href="/wiki/Bolama_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolama Region">Bolama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huambo" title="Huambo">Huambo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Porto_Alegre" title="Porto Alegre">Porto Alegre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mindelo" title="Mindelo">Mindelo</a> (2000), <a href="/wiki/Dili" title="Dili">Dili</a> (2002), <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Filipe,_Cape_Verde" title="São Filipe, Cape Verde">São Filipe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oecusse" title="Oecusse">Oecusse</a> (2004), <a href="/wiki/Angra_do_Hero%C3%ADsmo" title="Angra do Heroísmo">Angra do Heroísmo</a> (2013) and <a href="/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" title="Santiago de Compostela">Santiago de Compostela</a> (2016). The international intermunicipal association focuses on cooperation projects in the areas of companies, immigrants, culture, promotion of the Portuguese language and urban issues such as garbage, the road system, heritage conservation, public health and water supply. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_of_Portuguese_Language_Universities_(AULP)"><span id="Association_of_Portuguese_Language_Universities_.28AULP.29"></span>Association of Portuguese Language Universities (AULP)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Association of Portuguese Language Universities (AULP)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Founded in 1986 in Lisbon, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, the Association of Portuguese Language Universities (AULP) is an international NGO that promotes cooperation and information exchange between universities and higher institutes. With around 140 members from the eight Portuguese-speaking countries (<a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>, its mission is to facilitate communication between members for the benefit of collective development of teaching and the Portuguese language in the world. It aims to stimulate research and exchange between students and teachers and also proposes continuous reflection through the daily dissemination of news and the organization of conferences and events. The president of the AULP is usually the vice-rector of the university elected to preside over the organization, and it is currently headed by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Coimbra" title="University of Coimbra">University of Coimbra</a>, whose vice-rector is the Portuguese João Nuno Calvão da Silva. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_Portuguese_Language_Institute">International Portuguese Language Institute</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: International Portuguese Language Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/International_Portuguese_Language_Institute" title="International Portuguese Language Institute">International Portuguese Language Institute</a></div> <p>The International Portuguese Language Institute is the Community of Portuguese Language Countries's institute supporting the spread and popularity of the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a> in the world. The institute's headquarters is located in Praia, Cape Verde. Its history starts in 1989 when the countries of Portuguese language gathered in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Lu%C3%ADs_do_Maranh%C3%A3o" class="mw-redirect" title="São Luís do Maranhão">São Luís do Maranhão</a> in Brazil to create a base for a Portuguese language community. The Brazilian president, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sarney" title="José Sarney">José Sarney</a>, proposed the idea of an international institute to promote the language. Only 10 years later in a meeting in São Tomé and Príncipe, a small island-nation in the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Guinea" title="Gulf of Guinea">Gulf of Guinea</a>, the institute's objectives, implementation and location (Cape Verde) were set. </p><p>The IILP's fundamental objectives are "the promotion, the defence, the enrichment and the spread of the Portuguese language as a vehicle of culture, education, information and access to scientific and technologic knowledge and of official use in international forums". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Union_of_Portuguese_Speaking_Lawyers">Union of Portuguese Speaking Lawyers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Union of Portuguese Speaking Lawyers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Union of Portuguese Language Lawyers (UALP) was created in 2002 under the designation of “Association of Bar Associations and Lawyers of Portuguese Speaking Countries", thus formalizing the alliance that existed between the lawyers of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea- Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor. The designation of UALP was adopted in 2005. Currently, the UALP represents more than a million lawyers. </p><p>The UALP's main vectors of action are centered on cooperation in terms of training, internships, the way of practicing law and the relevant legislation applicable to lawyers, as well as the sharing of experiences in the scope of management, organization of events and forms of contact and participation of lawyers registered with the respective Orders and Associations. Its current president is the Angolan lawyer Luís Paulo Monteiro. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="TV_CPLP">TV CPLP</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: TV CPLP"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>TV CPLP is a proposal for a television channel made within the Community of Portuguese Language Countries to be broadcast internationally. Its costs will be borne by UNESCO and the Portuguese Government. All programs will be broadcast in Portuguese, in their different ways of speaking and all accents. At CPLP, the proposal was discussed at the Workshop on the Television Content Sharing Platform, between Public Televisions of Portuguese Speaking Countries and CPLP TV, in Lisbon on 16 October 2007, as well as at the Round Table for a Television Content Sharing Platform between Public Television Operators from Portuguese-speaking Countries and TV CPLP, in Lisbon from March 5 to 7, 2007. </p><p>It will be created by the following Portuguese-speaking TV channels and will be broadcast by the 8 founding countries and also to other countries. </p><p>As a Lusophone Content Exchange Platform, the proposal was presented in Brazil as a project by the Instituto Cultural Brasil Plus (ICBrPLus) called "TV CPLP Via Web" by a commission of the Federal Senate of Brazil and approved by Ordinance No. 416 of the Secretariat Executive of the Ministry of Culture. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CPLP_-_Mapa.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CPLP_-_Mapa.png/500px-CPLP_-_Mapa.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="257" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CPLP_-_Mapa.png/750px-CPLP_-_Mapa.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/CPLP_-_Mapa.png/1000px-CPLP_-_Mapa.png 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1314" /></a><figcaption><div style="position:relative; margin:0 auto; padding:0; text-align:initial; width:-moz-fit-content;width:-webkit-fit-content;width:fit-content;"> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Members" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">CPLP Member States</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#03C03C; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Observers" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">CPLP Associate Observers</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FFD700; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#Officially_interested_countries_and_territories" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Officially-Interested Countries & Territories</a></div> </div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Member_states">Member states</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Member states"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_(35572524896)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_%2835572524896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_%2835572524896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_%2835572524896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_%2835572524896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_%2835572524896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-29_06_2017_-_Abertura_da_15%C2%AA_Confer%C3%AAncia_dos_Ministros_da_Justi%C3%A7a_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_-_CPLP_%2835572524896%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2071" data-file-height="1432" /></a><figcaption>President <a href="/wiki/Michel_Temer" title="Michel Temer">Michel Temer</a> of Brazil speaking at the 15th Meeting of Ministers of Justice</figcaption></figure> <p>There are nine full member states of the CPLP. Seven were founding members of the CPLP: <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>, and <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>; <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a> joined in 2002, after achieving independence, and <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> joined in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3294_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Macau_candidacy">Macau candidacy</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Macau candidacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> was the last <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese colony">Portuguese colony</a> to be decolonized, and returned to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> in 1999 after more than four centuries under Portuguese control. It still retains traces of Lusophone culture and Portuguese is one of the official languages of the territory. Despite that, the majority of the population in Macau do not speak and understand Portuguese; rather, Cantonese is the main language. In 2006, during the II Ministerial meeting between China and Portuguese Speaking Countries, the CPLP Executive Secretary and Deputy ambassador Tadeu Soares invited the Chief Executive of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Macau" title="Government of Macau">Government of the Macau Special Administrative Region</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Ho" title="Edmund Ho">Edmund Ho</a>, to request the Associate Observer status for <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Government of Macau has not yet formalized this request. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Equatorial_Guinea_accession">Equatorial Guinea accession</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Equatorial Guinea accession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the CPLP was formed, <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> asked for observer status. Equatorial Guinea (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Guiné Equatorial</i>) was a Portuguese colony from the 15th to 18th centuries and has some territories where <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Creole" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Creole">Portuguese-based creole languages</a> are spoken and cultural connections with <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> are felt. In the 21st century, the country has cooperated with Portuguese-speaking African countries and Brazil at an educational level.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> At the CPLP summit of July 2004, in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a>, the member states agreed to change the statutes of the community to accept states as associate observers. Equatorial Guinea then engaged in discussion for full membership.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 2010, Equatorial Guinea asked to be admitted as full member. At its eighth summit in <a href="/wiki/Luanda" title="Luanda">Luanda</a> in July 2010, the CPLP decided to open formal negotiations with Equatorial Guinea about full membership in the CPLP.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID1635_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID1635-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At its 10th summit in <a href="/wiki/Dili" title="Dili">Dili</a> in July 2014, <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> was admitted as CPLP member.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3294_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Associate_observers">Associate observers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Associate observers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_(6214161921)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_%286214161921%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_%286214161921%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_%286214161921%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_%286214161921%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_%286214161921%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-I_F%C3%B3rum_da_Sociedade_Civil_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_%286214161921%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1805" data-file-height="915" /></a><figcaption>I Forum of <a href="/wiki/Civil_society" title="Civil society">Civil Society</a> of the CPLP; 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>In July 2006, during the <a href="/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a> summit, <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> were admitted as Associate Observers<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID50_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID50-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with 17 International associations and organizations considered as Consultative Observers. On 23 July 2014, <a href="/wiki/Equatorial_Guinea" title="Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a> was admitted as a CPLP member.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3294_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, which was discovered by Portuguese explorers and maintains strong connections with <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, is an Associate Observer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2008, <a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a>, with historical connections to Portuguese colonisation in <a href="/wiki/Casamance" title="Casamance">Casamance</a>, was admitted as Associate Observer.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID50_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID50-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 2014, during the <a href="/wiki/Dili" title="Dili">Dili</a> summit, the Heads of State and Government approved a resolution that grants <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a> the status of Associate Observers.<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3294_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3294-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan has had historical contacts with the Portuguese language in the 16th and 17th century, and today has connections to the Lusophone world through <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Brazilians" title="Japanese Brazilians">Japanese Brazilians</a> in Brazil and Japan. Namibia has had extensive contact with the Lusophone world due to its location just south of Angola. </p><p>Three European nations, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia, were admitted as observers along with Uruguay at the 2016 summit. Uruguay has historical ties to Brazil and Portugal and has some speakers of <a href="/wiki/Uruguayan_Portuguese" title="Uruguayan Portuguese">Uruguayan Portuguese</a>, an Uruguayan variety of Portuguese. In January 2018 and prior to the 2018 summit, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> requested the observer status as an effort for the consolidation of bilateral relations with all of the Portuguese-speaking countries. In its request, the Italian government referred that due to the increasing number of associated observers in the community, CPLP is becoming a forum for countries in various geographical regions. Earlier in January, Andorra also formalized its candidacy for the same status.<sup id="cite_ref-Italia_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Italia-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Italy shares a legacy of Ancient Rome and Italy is the non-Lusophone nation with the greatest number of university chairs in the Portuguese language. Because of immigration and geographic proximity, Portuguese is one of the most spoken languages in Andorra.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2018 summit with all the heads of state present, with the exception of East Timor due to national policies issues, several observers joined the organization: <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, Argentina, <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, Italy and the <a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Ibero-American_States" title="Organization of Ibero-American States">Organization of Ibero-American States</a> joined as observers.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Uruguay, an observer nation since 2016, admitted in early 2018 a candidacy to become full member of the CPLP.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2021 summit in Luanda, Angola saw the admission of ten new state observers to the organization: <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire" class="mw-redirect" title="Côte d'Ivoire">Côte d'Ivoire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were joined by the organizational observers of the <a href="/wiki/G7%2B" class="mw-redirect" title="G7+">G7+</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ibero-American_Summit" title="Ibero-American Summit">Ibero-American Summit</a> and the European Public Law Organization.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Associate Observers of the CPLP </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Observer state</th> <th>Admitted </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></td> <td>July 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></td> <td>July 2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a></td> <td>July 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>July 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></td> <td>July 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></td> <td>July 2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></td> <td>November 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a></td> <td>November 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></td> <td>November 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/45px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></td> <td>November 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/33px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/43px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Andorra" title="Andorra">Andorra</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/45px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></td> <td>July 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Canada_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/23px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/35px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg/45px-Flag_of_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Ivory_Coast" title="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/23px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/35px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/45px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></td> <td>July 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/23px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/35px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/46px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="660" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Paraguay" title="Paraguay">Paraguay</a></td> <td>August 2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consultative_observers">Consultative observers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Consultative observers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The status of <i>consultative observer</i> is granted to organizations of civil society throughout the <a href="/wiki/Lusofonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusofonia">Lusofonia</a> and pan-Lusophone bodies, as well as Lusophone institutions based outside of the Lusofonia, which serve a <a href="/wiki/Consultative_status" title="Consultative status">consultative status</a> to the CPLP.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Country </th> <th>Consultative observers </th></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Fundação Agostinho Neto</li> <li>Fundação Eduardo dos Santos</li> <li>Liga Africana</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academia_Brasileira_de_Letras" title="Academia Brasileira de Letras">Academia Brasileira de Letras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Videobrasil" title="Videobrasil">Associação Cultural Videobrasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotary_International" title="Rotary International">Fundação Rotarianos São Paulo</a></li> <li>National Council of Health Secretaries of Brazilian States</li> <li>Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Get%C3%BAlio_Vargas" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundação Getúlio Vargas">Fundação Getúlio Vargas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Oswaldo_Cruz" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundação Oswaldo Cruz">Fundação Oswaldo Cruz</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Oswaldo_Cruz" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz">pt</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Roberto_Marinho&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fundação Roberto Marinho (page does not exist)">Fundação Roberto Marinho</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Roberto_Marinho" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Roberto Marinho">pt</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Historic_and_Geographic_Institute" title="Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute">Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Portuguese_Cabinet_of_Reading" title="Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading">Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_for_International_Integration_of_the_Afro-Brazilian_Lusophony" title="University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony">University for International Integration of the Afro-Brazilian Lusophony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Campinas" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Campinas">University of Campinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_University_of_Bahia" title="Federal University of Bahia">Federal University of Bahia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_University_of_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Federal University of Rio de Janeiro">Federal University of Rio de Janeiro</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Fundação Amílcar Cabral</li> <li>Fundação Carlos Albertino Veiga</li> <li>Fundação João Lopes</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Galicia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Galicia.svg/20px-Flag_of_Galicia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Galicia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Galicia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Galicia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Galicia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Galicia_(Spain)" title="Galicia (Spain)">Galicia</a> (Spain) </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galician_Academy_of_the_Portuguese_Language" title="Galician Academy of the Portuguese Language">Galician Academy of the Portuguese Language</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Galician_Council_of_Culture&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Galician Council of Culture (page does not exist)">Galician Council of Culture</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consello_da_Cultura_Galega" class="extiw" title="gl:Consello da Cultura Galega">gl</a>]</span></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Sociedade Alemã para os Países Africanos de Língua Portuguesa</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/45px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a> (China) </td> <td> <ul><li>Instituto Internacional de Macau</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Saint_Joseph" title="University of Saint Joseph">University of São José</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade</li> <li>Instituto Superior de Estudos de Defesa</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Lisbon Academy of Sciences">Lisbon Academy of Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assist%C3%AAncia_M%C3%A9dica_Internacional&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assistência Médica Internacional (page does not exist)">Assistência Médica Internacional</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assist%C3%AAncia_M%C3%A9dica_Internacional" class="extiw" title="pt:Assistência Médica Internacional">pt</a>]</span></li> <li>Associação Caboverdeana de Lisboa</li> <li>Associação Portuguesa de Transporte e Trabalho Aéreo</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Abra%C3%A7o&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Associação Abraço (page does not exist)">Associação Abraço</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Abra%C3%A7o" class="extiw" title="pt:Associação Abraço">pt</a>]</span></li> <li>Associação dos Ex-Deputados da Assembleia da República</li> <li>Associação Saúde em Português</li> <li>Plataforma Portuguesa das Organizações Não-Governamentais para o Desenvolvimento</li> <li>Centro de Conciliação e Mediação de Conflitos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Coimbra" title="University of Coimbra">University of Coimbra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Lisbon" title="University of Lisbon">University of Lisbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bial" title="Bial">Fundação Bial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Calouste_Gulbenkian" class="mw-redirect" title="Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian">Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champalimaud_Foundation" title="Champalimaud Foundation">Champalimaud Foundation</a></li> <li>Fundação D. Manuel II</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Luso-Americana&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fundação Luso-Americana (page does not exist)">Fundação Luso-Americana</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Luso-Americana" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Luso-Americana">pt</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Luso-Brasileira&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fundação Luso-Brasileira (page does not exist)">Fundação Luso-Brasileira</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Luso-Brasileira" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Luso-Brasileira">pt</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_M%C3%A1rio_Soares&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fundação Mário Soares (page does not exist)">Fundação Mário Soares</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_M%C3%A1rio_Soares" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Mário Soares">pt</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Oriente&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fundação Oriente (page does not exist)">Fundação Oriente</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Oriente" class="extiw" title="pt:Fundação Oriente">pt</a>]</span></li> <li>Fundação Portugal-África</li> <li>Ius Gentium Conimbrigae</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Instituto_de_Higiene_e_Medicina_Tropical&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (page does not exist)">Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_de_Higiene_e_Medicina_Tropical" class="extiw" title="pt:Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical">pt</a>]</span></li> <li>Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Nacional_de_Sa%C3%BAde_Dr._Ricardo_Jorge" title="Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge">Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge</a></li> <li>Instituto para a Promoção e Desenvolvimento da América Latina</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Superior_de_Agronomia" title="Instituto Superior de Agronomia">Instituto Superior de Agronomia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Superior_de_Ci%C3%AAncias_Sociais_e_Pol%C3%ADticas" title="Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas">Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas</a></li> <li>Médicos do Mundo Portugal</li> <li>Organização Paramédicos de Catástrofe Internacional</li> <li>Parceria Portuguesa para Água</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisbon_Geographic_Society" title="Lisbon Geographic Society">Lisbon Geographic Society</a></li> <li>Sociedade Portuguesa de Hipertensão</li> <li>Serviço de Utilização Comum dos Hospitais</li> <li>União das Misericórdias Portuguesas</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uni%C3%A3o_das_Mutualidades_Portuguesas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="União das Mutualidades Portuguesas (page does not exist)">União das Mutualidades Portuguesas</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%A3o_das_Mutualidades_Portuguesas" class="extiw" title="pt:União das Mutualidades Portuguesas">pt</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universidade_Lus%C3%B3fona" title="Universidade Lusófona">Universidade Lusófona</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Fundação Novo Futuro</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Instituto Pedro Pires de Estudos Cabo-Verdianos</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg/33px-Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg/44px-Flag_of_the_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="387" data-file-height="258" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Pan-Lusofonia</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Observatório da Língua Portuguesa</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uni%C3%A3o_das_Cidades_Capitais_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa (page does not exist)">União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uni%C3%A3o_das_Cidades_Capitais_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa" class="extiw" title="pt:União das Cidades Capitais de Língua Portuguesa">pt</a>]</span></li> <li>Confederação da Publicidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>Comunidade Médica de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ACOLOP" title="ACOLOP">Associação dos Comités Olímpicos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa</a></li> <li>Associação Lusófona de Energias Renováveis</li> <li>Associação de Portos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa</li> <li>Associação de Reguladores de Comunicações e Telecomunicações da CPLP</li> <li>Associação das Universidades de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>Associação de Supervisores de Seguros Lusófonos</li> <li>Círculo de Reflexão Lusófona</li> <li>Comunidade Sindical dos Países de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>Confederação Empresarial da CPLP</li> <li>Conselho Internacional dos Arquitetos de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>Fórum da Juventude da CPLP</li> <li>Fórum das Sociedades Nacionais da Cruz Vermelha de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>Plataforma de Entidades Reguladoras da Comunicação Social dos</li> <li>Países e Territórios de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>União dos Advogados de Língua Portuguesa</li> <li>União Internacional de Juízes de Língua Portuguesa</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Scope">Scope</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Scope"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg/220px-Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg/330px-Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg/440px-Jer%C3%B3nimos_April_2014-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6334" data-file-height="4531" /></a><figcaption>The tomb of <a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_de_Cam%C3%B5es" title="Luís de Camões">Luís de Camões</a> is a revered space in the <a href="/wiki/Lusofonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusofonia">Lusofonia</a>. Lusophone heads of state pay respects here on visits to Portugal.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Portuguese-speaking countries are home to 267 million people located across the globe but having a common language, a shared history, and some cultural similarities. The CPLP nations have a combined area of about 10,742,000 square kilometres (4,148,000 sq mi), which is more than twice as large as the European Union 4,475,757 square kilometres (1,728,099 sq mi), but with a little more than half of the population. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_cooperation">Political cooperation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Political cooperation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since its formation, the CPLP has helped to solve problems in São Tomé and Príncipe and in <a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a>, because of <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coups d'état</a> in those countries. The CPLP helped these two countries to take economic reforms (in the case of São Tomé) and democratic ones (in the case of Guinea-Bissau). </p><p>In the early 21st century, the leaders of the CPLP believed that peace in <a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a>, as well as East Timor's independence, favored the development of the CPLP and a strengthening of multilateral cooperation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Language">Language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_%281%29.jpg/220px-Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_%281%29.jpg/330px-Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_%281%29.jpg/440px-Minist%C3%A9rio_da_Cultura_-_VII_Reuni%C3%A3o_de_Ministros_da_Cultura_da_CPLP_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1575" /></a><figcaption>The 7th Meeting of Ministers of Culture at <a href="/wiki/Sintra_National_Palace" title="Sintra National Palace">Sintra Palace</a>; <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Riviera" title="Portuguese Riviera">Portuguese Riviera</a>, 2010.</figcaption></figure> <p>Since many children in rural areas of Lusophone Africa and East Timor are out-of-school youth, the education officials in these regions seek help from Portugal and Brazil to increase the education to spread Portuguese fluency (like establishing <a href="/wiki/Instituto_Cam%C3%B5es" title="Instituto Camões">Instituto Camões</a> language center branches in main cities and rural towns), as Portuguese is becoming one of the main languages in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Africa" title="Southern Africa">Southern Africa</a>, where it is also taught in <a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a>. </p><p>Angola has not yet signed the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Language_Orthographic_Agreement_of_1990" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese Language Orthographic Agreement of 1990">most recent accord on the orthography of the Portuguese language</a>, and has asked other <a href="/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries" title="Portuguese-speaking African countries">PALOP</a> countries to support it in discussions on various points of that accord with Portugal.<sup id="cite_ref-Angop_2012-01-28_22-41_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Angop_2012-01-28_22-41-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education">Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In many developing Portuguese-speaking nations, Portuguese is the language of government and commerce which means that Portuguese-speaking people from African nations can work and communicate with others in different parts of the world, especially in Portugal and Brazil, where the economies are stronger. Many leaders of Portuguese-speaking nations in Africa are fearful that language standards do not meet the fluency required and are therefore making it compulsory in schools so that a higher degree of fluency is achieved and young Africans will be able to speak a world language that will help them later in life. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lusophone_Citizenship">Lusophone Citizenship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Lusophone Citizenship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Easing citizens' cross-border movement between the member states was proposed at the 2017 CPLP Summit.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This proposal by Portugal and Cape Verde to Brazil was thought by some to conflict with Europe's <a href="/wiki/Schengen_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Schengen area">Schengen area</a>. However, this free movement is based on a different model: as residence permits, associated with the recognition of <a href="/wiki/Academic_degree" title="Academic degree">academic degrees</a> and professional qualification, and maintenance of social rights including pension systems. It would henceforth establish the Lusophone citizenship, the <i>cidadania lusófona</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Institutions">Institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CPLP_Summits">CPLP Summits</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: CPLP Summits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">Conference of Heads of State<br />& Government of the CPLP<br /><small><i>CPLP Summit</i></small></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg/250px-XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg/375px-XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg/500px-XII_Cimeira_da_CPLP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1812" data-file-height="678" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/12th_CPLP_Summit" title="12th CPLP Summit">12th CPLP Summit</a>; <a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a>, 2018.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Host country</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">Rotates every two years between <a href="/wiki/Member_states_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries#members" title="Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">CPLP member states</a><br /><i>Most recent</i>: <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a> 2021</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cplp.org/id-2595.aspx?PID=10422&M=NewsV2&Action=1&NewsId=3092">Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da CPLP</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_(30659569876).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_%2830659569876%29.jpg/220px-Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_%2830659569876%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_%2830659569876%29.jpg/330px-Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_%2830659569876%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_%2830659569876%29.jpg/440px-Fotos_produzidas_pelo_Senado_%2830659569876%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4256" data-file-height="2832" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/11th_CPLP_Summit" title="11th CPLP Summit">11th CPLP Summit</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a>, 2016.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg/220px-Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg/330px-Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg/440px-Reuni%C3%A3o_da_Comunidade_dos_Pa%C3%ADses_de_L%C3%ADngua_Portuguesa_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>22nd Meeting of the Council of Ministers</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Conference of Heads of State and Government of the CPLP</b> (<a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a>: <i lang="pt">Conferência de Chefes de Estado e de Governo da Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa</i>; CCEG), commonly known as the <b>CPLP Summit</b> (<i>Cimeira da CPLP</i>) is a biennial meeting of <a href="/wiki/Heads_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of state">heads of state</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heads_of_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Heads of government">heads of government</a> of the member states of the CPLP. It is considered one of the fundamental pillars of the CPLP's structure. </p> <dl><dt>Objectives</dt></dl> <p>The mission of the CPLP Summit is to:<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Define and focus the CPLP's strategy and general policy</li> <li>Adopt and implement the agenda agreed upon by member states</li> <li>To create institutions of the CPLP or delegate powers to the CPLP Council of Ministers</li> <li>Elect a rotating presidency of the CPLP</li> <li>Elect the <a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretary_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">CPLP Executive Secretary</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Conferences of Heads of State<br />and Government of the CPLP<sup id="cite_ref-CPLP_NewsID3667_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CPLP_NewsID3667-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Summit</th> <th>Host country</th> <th>Host city</th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1st_CPLP_Summit" title="1st CPLP Summit">I</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a></td> <td>1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_CPLP_Summit" title="2nd CPLP Summit">II</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Cape_Verde" title="Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praia" title="Praia">Praia</a></td> <td>1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_CPLP_Summit" title="3rd CPLP Summit">III</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Maputo" title="Maputo">Maputo</a></td> <td>2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_CPLP_Summit" title="4th CPLP Summit">IV</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia" title="Brasília">Brasília</a></td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_CPLP_Summit" title="5th CPLP Summit">V</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9" title="São Tomé">São Tomé</a></td> <td>2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_CPLP_Summit" title="6th CPLP Summit">VI</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a></td> <td>2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_CPLP_Summit" title="7th CPLP Summit">VII</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span>Portugal</td> <td>Lisbon</td> <td>2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_CPLP_Summit" title="8th CPLP Summit">VIII</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Angola" title="Angola">Angola</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Luanda" title="Luanda">Luanda</a></td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_CPLP_Summit" title="9th CPLP Summit">IX</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Mozambique</td> <td>Maputo</td> <td>2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_CPLP_Summit" title="10th CPLP Summit">X</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/23px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/35px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/46px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Timor-Leste" title="Timor-Leste">Timor-Leste</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dili" title="Dili">Dili</a></td> <td>2014 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_CPLP_Summit" title="11th CPLP Summit">XI</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span>Brazil</td> <td>Brasília</td> <td>2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_CPLP_Summit" title="12th CPLP Summit">XII</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/46px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Cape Verde</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ilha_do_Sal" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilha do Sal">Ilha do Sal</a></td> <td>2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_CPLP_Summit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="13th CPLP Summit (page does not exist)">XIII</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/23px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/35px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/45px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Angola</td> <td>Luanda</td> <td>2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_CPLP_Summit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th CPLP Summit (page does not exist)">XIV</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/23px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/35px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg/46px-Flag_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>São Tomé and Príncipe</td> <td>São Tomé</td> <td>2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minister_Meetings">Minister Meetings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Minister Meetings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg/220px-I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg/330px-I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg/440px-I_Forum_Economico_Global_da_CPLP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="915" data-file-height="285" /></a><figcaption>1st CPLP Global Economic Forum; 2014.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="CPLP_Games">CPLP Games</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: CPLP Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link 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class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comunidade_do_Escutismo_Lus%C3%B3fono" title="Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono">Comunidade do Escutismo Lusófono</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CPLP_Games" title="CPLP Games">CPLP Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geographic_distribution_of_the_Portuguese_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Geographic distribution of the Portuguese language">Geographic distribution of the Portuguese language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Instituto_Cam%C3%B5es" title="Instituto Camões">Instituto Camões</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Association_of_Portuguese-Speaking_Communications" title="International Association of Portuguese-Speaking Communications">International Association of Portuguese-Speaking Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusitanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusitanic">Lusitanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusofonia_Games" title="Lusofonia Games">Lusofonia Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusophone_music" title="Lusophone music">Lusophone music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language_in_Africa" title="Portuguese language in Africa">Portuguese language in Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language_in_Asia" title="Portuguese language in Asia">Portuguese language in Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese-speaking_African_countries" title="Portuguese-speaking African countries">Portuguese-speaking African countries (PALOP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Portuguese_is_an_official_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language">List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language</a></li> <li><a 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title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organization_of_Ibero-American_States" title="Organization of Ibero-American States">Organization of Ibero-American States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namibia" title="Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peru" title="Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Senegal" title="Senegal">Senegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slovakia" title="Slovakia">Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruguay" title="Uruguay">Uruguay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_CPLP.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/150px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/225px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Flag_CPLP.svg/300px-Flag_CPLP.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1052" data-file-height="701" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Organization</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Executive_Secretary_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Executive Secretary of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Executive Secretariat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Community_of_Portuguese_Language_Countries" title="Flag of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries">Flag of the CPLP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CPLP_Games" title="CPLP Games">CPLP Games</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#CPLP_Summits">CPLP Summits</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_CPLP_Summit" title="1st CPLP Summit">I – Lisbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_CPLP_Summit" title="2nd CPLP Summit">II – Praia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_CPLP_Summit" title="3rd CPLP Summit">III – Maputo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_CPLP_Summit" title="4th CPLP Summit">IV – Brasília</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_CPLP_Summit" title="5th CPLP Summit">V – São Tomé</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_CPLP_Summit" title="6th CPLP Summit">VI – Bissau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_CPLP_Summit" title="7th CPLP Summit">VII – Lisbon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_CPLP_Summit" title="8th CPLP Summit">VIII – Luanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_CPLP_Summit" title="9th CPLP Summit">IX – Maputo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_CPLP_Summit" title="10th CPLP Summit">X – Díli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_CPLP_Summit" title="11th CPLP Summit">XI – Brasília</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_CPLP_Summit" title="12th CPLP Summit">XII – Ilha do Sal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=13th_CPLP_Summit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="13th CPLP Summit (page does not exist)">XIII – Luanda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=14th_CPLP_Summit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="14th CPLP Summit (page does not exist)">XIV – São Tomé</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=15th_CPLP_Summit&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="15th CPLP Summit (page does not exist)">XIV – Bissau</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_literature" title="Portuguese literature">Portuguese literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusophone" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophone">Lusophone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lusophone_music" title="Lusophone music">Lusophone music</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ACOLOP" title="ACOLOP">ACOLOP</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lusophony_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="Lusophony Games">Lusophony Games</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_where_Portuguese_is_an_official_language" 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Authority">International Seabed Authority</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Customs_Organization" title="World Customs Organization">World Customs Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inter-Parliamentary_Union" title="Inter-Parliamentary Union">Inter-Parliamentary Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interpol" title="Interpol">Interpol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Development_Bank" title="New Development Bank">New Development Bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organisation_for_the_Prohibition_of_Chemical_Weapons" title="Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons">Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Bank_Group" title="World Bank Group">World Bank Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Trade_Organization" title="World Trade Organization">World Trade Organization</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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style="width:1%">By official languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_the_number_of_recognized_official_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries by the number of recognized official languages">Countries by the number of recognized official languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Arabic_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Arabic is an official language">Arabic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Chinese_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Chinese is an official language">Chinese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Afrikaans_or_Dutch_are_official_languages" title="List of countries and territories where Afrikaans or Dutch are official languages">Dutch/Afrikaans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_English_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where English is an official language">English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_French_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where French is an official language">French</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_German_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where German is an official language">German</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Hindustani_is_an_official_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and territories where Hindustani is an official language">Hindustani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Italian_is_an_official_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and territories where Italian is an official language">Italian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Malay_is_an_official_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and territories where Malay is an official language">Malay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Persian_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Persian is an official language">Persian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Portuguese_is_an_official_language" class="mw-redirect" title="List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language">Portuguese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Romanian_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language">Romanian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Russian_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Russian is an official language">Russian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Spanish_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Spanish is an official language">Spanish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_territories_where_Tamil_is_an_official_language" title="List of countries and territories where Tamil is an official language">Tamil</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym" title="Endonym and exonym">Endonyms and exonyms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_and_dependencies_and_their_capitals_in_native_languages" title="List of countries and dependencies and their capitals in native languages">Countries and capitals in native languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_names_in_various_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="List of country names in various languages">Country names in various languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_names_in_various_languages_(A%E2%80%93C)" title="List of country names in various languages (A–C)">A–C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_names_in_various_languages_(D%E2%80%93I)" title="List of country names in various languages (D–I)">D–I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_names_in_various_languages_(J%E2%80%93P)" title="List of country names in various languages (J–P)">J–P</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_names_in_various_languages_(Q%E2%80%93Z)" title="List of country names in various languages (Q–Z)">Q–Z</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Cambodia" title="Names of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_China" title="Names of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Germany" title="Names of Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Iceland" title="Names of Iceland">Iceland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_for_India" title="Names for India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Indonesia" title="Names of Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Japan" title="Names of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Korea" title="Names of Korea">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Kosovo" title="Names of Kosovo">Kosovo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Myanmar" title="Names of Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Singapore" title="Names of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Names of Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Names_of_Vietnam" title="Names of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_the_European_Union" title="Languages of the European Union">Languages of the European Union</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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