EU / LAC Lima Summit
Brussels, 16 May 2008 (ITUC OnLine): On the occasion of the Summit of Heads of States of the EU and Latin America and
the Caribbean (EU-LAC) countries in Lima, the international trade union movement has called for the declaration of the
IV Trade Union EU-LAC Summit to be taken into account when drawing up the conclusions. The IV Trade Union EU-LAC Summit
was organised by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Trade Union Confederation of the Workers of the
Americas (TUCA) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) on 16 April in Lima with the participation of
many national trade union confederations from the EU-LAC regions.
In the Declaration, the European, Latin American and Caribbean trade unions pledge their full commitment to sub-regional
integration processes and call for MERCOSUR, the Andean Community, the Central American Integration System (SICA) and
the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM/CARICOM) to develop solid and democratic institutions which accurately represent the
views held by the citizens of their member countries.
To read the full declaration:
English: http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/CLIMADeclarationFInal-EN.pdf
French: http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/pdf_CLIMADeclarationFInal-FR.pdf
Spanish: http://www.ituc-csi.org/IMG/pdf/DeclaracionLima-final-esp.pdf
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