Recognizing that the bases and actions for a project on the creation of a South American zone of peace and cooperation, formulated at the first meeting of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Andean Community, MERCOSUR and Chile, held in La Paz on 17 July 2001, constitute an appropriate set of guidelines for building the zone of peace and cooperation on firm foundations, supported by the consensus of the whole region and based, among various other measures, on the fostering of trust, cooperation and ongoing consultation in the areas of security and defence, coordinated action in the relevant international forums, and transparency and a gradual limitation of arms purchases under the system established in the Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions,See CD/1591. the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms and other arrangements established in the regional and international conventions related to this important topic,
认识到2001年7月17日在拉巴斯举行的第一届安第斯共同体、南锥体共同市场和智利外交部长会议拟订的建立南美洲和平合作区计划的基础和行动，构成一套适当的方针，以便在整个区域协商一致的稳固基础上建立这个和平合作区，这个和平合作区除了其他各种措施外，应致力在安全和防卫领域促进信任、合作和持续协商，在相关的国际论坛内协调行动，并按照《美洲国家采购常规武器透明度公约》、见CD/1591。 《联合国常规武器登记册》和有关此一重要主题的区域和国际公约所规定的其他办法所建立的制度，在军备采购方面，行事透明和逐步加以限制，