Joint Declaration of the Presidents of the Andean Community (CAN)

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE ANDEAN COUNCIL OF PRESIDENTS

DECLARATION OF BOGOTÁ

We, the Presidents of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Evo Morales Ayma; the Republic of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón; the Republic of Ecuador, Rafael Correa Delgado; and the Republic of Peru, Ollanta Humala Tasso, gathered in the city of Bogotá, D.C., at the Special Meeting of the Andean Council of Presidents,  have agreed to:

1. Reiterate our commitment to strengthen the Andean Community, in recognition of its historic institutional heritage.

2. Comply fully with Community legislation, particularly provisions regarding freedom of passage in land transport.

3. Reaffirm our decision to carry out the reengineering of the Andean Integration System, with a view toward equipping the Andean Community to confront the challenges that exist on the international scene today. 

4. Request the acting Andean Community Secretary General to identify jointly with the General Secretariat of Mercosur and the General Secretariat of Unasur, common and complementary elements and differences, with a view toward the future convergence of the three processes.   

5. Hold annual meetings of the Andean Council of Presidents in order to follow-up on the Andean integration process.

6. Work on defining a common position to be adopted at the Rio + 20 Summit Conference.

7. Boost regional energy integration in order to take advantage of the region’s potential in this field.

Signed in Bogotá, D.C. on the eighth (8) of November of two thousand eleven (2011)