Declaration on the Convergence of Integration Processes in South America
First Meeting of Heads of State of the South American Community of Nations
Brasilia, September 30

In accordance with the Cuzco Presidential Declaration of 8 December 2004, and considering that South American integration is and must be integration of the peoples for the establishment of an integrated South American space, the Presidents of the South American Community of Nations hereby decide:

1. To promote convergence of the Economic Complementation Agreements among the countries of South America.

2. To request the ALADI, MERCOSUR, CAN and CARICOM Secretariats to prepare, in cooperation with Chile, Guyana, and Suriname, no later than the first semester of 2006, studies on the convergence of economic complementation agreements among the countries of South America. These studies should contemplate the objective of the gradual establishment of a South American free trade zone as well as the complementation of the economies of the South American countries and the promotion of their growth and development, taking into consideration the reduction of existing asymmetries and in the case of member states of ALADI preserving the advances achieved in Resolution 59 of ALADI’s Council of Ministers.