The first Border Governors Conference convened in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico in 1980 to begin a formal process of opening lines of communication among the ten U.S. and Mexican border states. Generally, a conference is held each year, alternating locations between the United States and Mexico. Since 1980, the organization has enhanced joint border efforts addressing agriculture, border crossings, education, economic development, energy, environment, health, tourism, and border security issues.

Official recommendations focusing on the above issues are presented in the form of a Joint Declaration, which is signed by each of the ten participating Governors at each conference.

The XXII Border Governors Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 9-10, 2004.

Below is a List of Past Conferences:

I Border Governors Conference, Juárez, Chihuahua, June 26-27, 1980
II Border Governors Conference, El Paso, Texas, Oct. 5-6, 1981
III Border Governors Conference, Tijuana, Baja California, Sept. 19-20, 1982
IV Border Governors Conference, Tucson, Arizona, July 23-24, 1984
V Border Governors Conference, No conference
VI Border Governors Conference, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Dec.10-11, 1987
VII Border Governors Conference, Saltillo, Coahuila, Feb. 16-17, 1989
VIII Border Governors Conference, Austin, Texas, March 29-30,1990
IX Border Governors Conference, Hermosillo, Sonora, Feb. 21- 22,1991
X Border Governors Conference, San Diego, California, April 2-3, 1992
XI Border Governors Conference, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, April, 22-23, 1993
XII Border Governors Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, May 25-27, 1994
XIII Border Governors Conference, No conference, 1995
XIV Border Governors Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 31, 1996
XV Border Governors Conference, Saltillo, Coahuila, June 6, 1997
XVI Border Governors Conference, Brownsville, Texas, June 25-26, 1998
XVII Border Governors Conference, Tijuana, Baja California, Sept. 9-10, 1999
XVIII Border Governors Conference, Sacramento, California, June 1-2, 2000
XIX Border Governors Conference, Tampico, Tamaulipas, June 7-8, 2001
XX Border Governors Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, June 21-22, 2002
XXI Border Governors Conference, Cd. Chihuahua, Chihuahua, August 7-8, 2003

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