Council of South American Defense

The South American Defense Council 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 mutual and coordinated assistance in areas of natural disasters, among others.

Its statutes provide for a session once a year. Its resolutions are adopted by consensus.

Its permanent headquarters would be the city of Buenos Aires as a focal point of military logistics, but the sessions will take place in Chile for handling political issues.

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