Council of South American Defense

The Council of South American Defense (Spanish: Consejo de Defensa Suramericano, Portuguese: Conselho de Defesa Sul-Americano, Dutch: Zuid-Amerikaanse Defensie Raad) is a mechanism that aims to promote the exchange of safety among the countries that make up the Union of South American Nations, such as military exchanges, experiences in peacekeeping missions, military exercises, confidence-building measures, and mutual and co-ordinated assistance in areas of natural disasters.[1][2][3]

Its statutes provide for a session once a year, and its resolutions are adopted by consensus.[4]

The Presidency has the responsibility to co-ordinate all activities under the umbrella of the Council. The Presidency is exercised by the Pro Tempore President of UNASUR. Also, the Council has an advising body called the Center of Strategic Defence Studies.[5]

The Defence Council is not a conventional military alliance like NATO, but it involves some regional military coordination.

  1. ^ Unasur discute Consejo de Defensa Suramericano[permanent dead link‍], Agência EFE, 8 de fevereiro de 2010
  2. ^ Quatro cúpulas de presidentes latino-americanos reúnem-se esta semana na Bahia Archived 2012-07-24 at archive.today, 14 de dezembro de 2008 às 14h 46min, Agência Brasil
  3. ^ Chefes de Estado sul-americanos se encontram hoje, em Brasília, para uma reunião de cúpula extraordinária da União de Nações Sul-americanas (Unasul). Mas o encontro gera polêmica antes mesmo de começar Archived 2008-10-12 at the Wayback Machine, Agência Brasil, 27 de julho de 2009
  4. ^ Agencia Púlsar - Unasur formaliza el Consejo de Defensa Sudamericano Archived 2009-03-12 at the Wayback Machine, 2009
  5. ^ "UNASUR / Todos Somos UNASUR". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2015-03-11.