Editing Colombia (section)

=== Foreign affairs ===
{{Main|Foreign relations of Colombia}}
{{See also|List of diplomatic missions of Colombia}}
[[File:VII Cumbre de la Alianza del Pacífico, Santiago de Cali.jpg|thumb|The VII Summit of the [[Pacific Alliance]]: Former President of Colombia, [[Juan Manuel Santos]] is second from the left.]]

The foreign affairs of Colombia are headed by the President, as head of state, and managed by the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].<ref name="The foreign affairs">{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/ministry/the_ministry |title=The Ministry of Foreign Affairs |publisher=cancilleria.gov.co |access-date=15 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227222556/http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/ministry/the_ministry |archive-date=27 February 2014 }}</ref> Colombia has diplomatic missions in all continents.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/colombian-embassies-and-consulates-abroad|title=Colombian Embassies and Consulates abroad|date=9 November 2015|publisher=cancilleria.gov.co|access-date=19 June 2016|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922113608/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/en/colombian-embassies-and-consulates-abroad|url-status=live}}</ref>

Colombia was one of the four founding members of the [[Pacific Alliance]], which is a political, economic and co-operative integration mechanism that promotes the free circulation of goods, services, capital and persons between the members, as well as a common stock exchange and joint embassies in several countries.<ref name="The Pacific Alliance">{{cite web|url=https://alianzapacifico.net/en/what-is-the-pacific-alliance/#what-is-the-pacific-alliance|title=The Pacific Alliance and its Objectives|publisher=alianzapacifico.net|access-date=19 June 2016|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211035108/https://alianzapacifico.net/en/what-is-the-pacific-alliance/#what-is-the-pacific-alliance|url-status=live}}</ref> Colombia is also a member of the United Nations, the [[World Trade Organization]], the [[Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development]], the [[Organization of American States]], the [[Organization of Ibero-American States]], and the [[Andean Community of Nations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/multilateral|title=Organismos multilaterales|publisher=cancilleria.gov.co|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922064436/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/multilateral|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/consensus |title=Mecanismos de Concertación e Integración Regionales |publisher=cancilleria.gov.co |access-date=23 April 2017 |archive-date=22 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922020840/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/consensus |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regional |title=Organismos regionales |publisher=cancilleria.gov.co |access-date=23 April 2017 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205134936/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/regional |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/multilateral/inter-governmental|title=Organismos Intergubernamentales|publisher=cancilleria.gov.co|access-date=23 April 2017|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922015849/https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/international/multilateral/inter-governmental|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oecd.org/latin-america/countries/colombia/ A mutually beneficial relationship] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216004726/http://www.oecd.org/latin-america/countries/colombia/ |date=16 February 2021 }}. oecd.org (25 May 2018).</ref>

Colombia is a global partner of [[NATO]]<ref>[http://nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_143936.htm?selectedLocale=en Relations with Colombia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521075718/http://nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_143936.htm?selectedLocale=en |date=21 May 2017 }}. nato.int (19 May 2017).</ref> and a [[major non-NATO ally]] of the [[United States]].<ref name=":1" />