Bearing in mind the Charter signed at the summit meeting in Yalta, Ukraine, on 5 June 1998, which entered into force on 1 May 1999, thus transforming the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization into a regional economic organization with an international legal identity, as well as the declarations adopted by the heads of State or Government of its member States at the summit meetings held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 November 1999 and 25 June 2002,
铭记1998年6月5日在乌克兰雅尔塔首脑会议上签署的宪章于1999年5月1日生效，从而使黑海经济合作组织转变为一个具有国际法人资格的区域经济组织，以及各成员国国家元首或政府首脑在1999年11月17日和2002年6月25日在土耳其伊斯坦布尔召开的首脑会议上通过的各项宣言，