UN General Assembly
1993

initiative presented by the Ibero-American Heads of State and Government in Salvador, Brazil, I call on States and international organizations to cooperate effectively with the Central American Integration System (SICA) so that it can promote and strengthen sustained subregional cooperation and attain its fundamental goal. The ability of we who inhabit the vast territories south of the Rio Bravo to communicate with each other and with Spain in the same language - a Nicaraguan poet once called them the countries that love Christ and speak Spanish - has created an Ibero-American community which today, in meetings of Heads of State and Government, and together with Brazil and Portugal, is determined to focus its strength on the future, guided by the desire to take full advantage of the similarities which bring us together to consolidate opportunities for cooperation and solidarity. This should be gratifying to the whole of the Ibero-American community, since our faith in the future is becoming increasingly obvious at each Summit. The first Summit, in Guadalajara, created the forum of Heads of State