The “Comité de Sanidad Vegetal del Cono Sur” (COSAVE) is a regional organization for coordination and consultation on phytosanitary matters of an intergovernmental nature constituted on the basis of Article IX of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC, 1997).

COSAVE was created by a Constitutive Agreement signed in Montevideo, Uruguay, on March 9, 1989 by the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay through its Ministers of Agriculture. Subsequently, in 2013, Peru and Bolivia joined the Committee, thus configuring its current membership. At present, COSAVE does not have a permanent headquarters, but operates in the member country that holds the Presidency of the organization, which rotates every two years.

MISSION

Be the regional organization that enhances the capacities of its member countries to maintain and improve their phytosanitary situation towards sustainable development, facilitating international trade and contributing to the protection of the environment, for the benefit of the forestry-agricultural sector and society as a whole.