QUITO, 9 Mar. The permanent headquarters of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), to be built in Ecuador, will be named after its first secretary general, former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, who died of a heart attack last October. Unasur foreign ministers meet next Friday, March 11, in the municipality of Equator, north of Quito, celebrating the birth of the regional body corporate and lay the foundation stone of the building will be completed in 2012, according to informed the Foreign Ministry of Ecuador in a statement.
The permanent seat of UNASUR will be "a modern architectural complex and quite functional lines to the needs of an international body," says the text. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will attend the ceremony of laying the first stone which also involved cultural and artistic delegations from member countries.
In the afternoon of Friday (night in Spain) will host the Special Meeting of Council of Ministers of UNASUR in Quito. Member countries have not yet decided who will be the replacement for Kirchner. Only Venezuela and Colombia have submitted their candidates but so far have set a date for the session in which elected the new secretary general. 
The permanent seat of UNASUR will be "a modern architectural complex and quite functional lines to the needs of an international body," says the text. Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will attend the ceremony of laying the first stone which also involved cultural and artistic delegations from member countries.
In the afternoon of Friday (night in Spain) will host the Special Meeting of Council of Ministers of UNASUR in Quito. Member countries have not yet decided who will be the replacement for Kirchner. Only Venezuela and Colombia have submitted their candidates but so far have set a date for the session in which elected the new secretary general.
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