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ITINERARY OF MEETINGS- IV REGULAR SUMMIT OF UNASUR

President Bharrat Jagdeo's Address- 4th Regular summit of UNASUR

ABOUT UNASUR

UNASUR is an inter-governmental union integrating two existing customs unions: Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations, as part of a continuing process of South American integration. It is modeled on the European Union.
The UNASUR Constitutive Treaty was signed on May 23, 2008, at the Third Summit of Heads of State, held in Brasília, Brazil. According to the Constitutive Treaty, the Union's headquarters will be located in Quito, Ecuador. The South American Parliament will be located in Cochabamba, Bolivia, while the headquarters of its Bank, the Bank of the South is located in Caracas, Venezuela.
On May 4, 2010, at an extraordinary heads of state summit held in Campana, north of Buenos Aires, former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner was unanimously elected the first Secretary-General of UNASUR for a two-year term, providing UNASUR with a defined political leadership on the global stage. This new office was conceived as a first step towards the establishment of a permanent bureaucratic body for the supranational union, eventually superseding Mercosur and CAN political bodies. Although the Secretariat headquarters were originally planned to be located at Quito, Ecuador, it was reported that it will probably start operating at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

UNASUR’s Objectives

UNASUR's main objective is to create in a participatory and consensual manner an open space for integration and unity in the cultural, social, economic, and political affairs of its people. It grants priority to political dialogue, social policies, education, energy, infrastructure, financing, and the environment among others. It also focuses on eliminating socioeconomic inequality, achieving social inclusion and citizen participation, strengthening democracy, and reducing asymmetries in the strengthening of each nation's sovereignty and independence.

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Venues - Meetings of the 4th Regular Summit

The IV Summit of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) and other related meetings are scheduled for November 23-26 in the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The itinerary is as follows:

23rd-24th -Council of Delegates Meetings

25th- Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs Meeting

26th - IV Regular Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the UNASUR.