The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) unamimously adopted a resolution endorsing Ecuador's right to grant asylum to Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange.
Foreign ministers of the 12 nations met in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and agreed seven key points, highlighting the right of any sovereign country to grant asylum, the "inviolability of embassies" and the importance of protecting human rights.
Addressing the media after the session, Ecuadorian foreign minister Ricardo Patino urged UK to use international law and dialogue, not force, in order to resolve the situation. Acknowledging that UK was a stronger military power than Ecuador, he stressed that Ecuador was only acting within international law.
“Reason does not call for force,” Patino stated. “The force may be as different and as distant as a small country and a country which has atomic bombs. But here, reason is with us."
