The Ministers of the Southern Cone (1) that are part of the Peacekeeping Mission of United Nations in Haiti met today in Montevideo to analyze the institutional reconstruction of Haiti.

"We formed a monitoring committee to promote measures that are desirable, "said Luis Almagro to the press, the Foreign Minister of Uruguay, the only representative who has made ​​statements after this private meeting.

The Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman and Ministers of Defense Nelson Jobim of Brazil, Rubén Saavedra Soto of Bolivia, Andrés Allamand of Chile, Javier Ponce Cevallos of Ecuador, Cecilio Pérez Bordón from Paraguay and Luis Rosadilla of Uruguay have also attended this meeting.

The meeting focused on the analysis of institutional and political situation in Haiti and the political reconstruction process. The speakers also discussed of how the United Nations Mission Stabilization Mission in Haiti (Minustah) can cooperate in this process. The Uruguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs said that the duration of the presence of the Minustah in Haiti had not been discussed, but that Haiti in the current situation, is unable to ensure its own stability and the presence of the mission is absolutely necessary, adding that it will be necessary to plan its presence in time.

(1) Learn more about the Southern Cone :

Southern Cone is a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, south of the Tropic of Capricorn, it forms a large triangle, like a large peninsula. The Southern Cone countries all have a level of development considered high by the Organization of the United Nations. These countries also have the highest GDP in South America. Strictly speaking, the Southern Cone includes the Argentina, the Chile and the Uruguay in an extended way the Paraguay and the southern states of Brazil are added.

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