Caracas, Venezuela. October  17 to 19, 2012 . Sede de la Secretaría Permanente, ubicada en la Av. Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, Piso 5, Sala Simón Bolívar, Urbanización Campo Alegre..

The sessions of the XXXVIII Regular Meeting of the Latin American Council of SELA were held in Caracas, Venezuela, in the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat, on Av. Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, Fifth Floor, Simón Bolívar Conference Room, Campo Alegre. 

The Preparatory Stage took place on 17 and 18 October and the Ministerial Stage on 18 October after 15:00 and 19 October 2012.DECISIONS AND DECLARATION 

• DECISION N° 531
  AUDIT REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT AT 31 DECEMBER 2011 

• DECISION N° 532
  SELA-SMEs PROGRAMME 

• DECISION N° 533
  DESIGNATION OF A MEMBER OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL OF SELA 

• DECISION N° 534
  ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR THE YEAR 2013 

• DECISION N° 535
  WORK PROGRAMME OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT FOR THE YEAR 2013 

• DECISION N° 536
  APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS FOR 2012 

• DECISION N° 537
  ADOPTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EVALUATION METHODOLOGY FOR THE WORK PROGRAMME OF SELA 

• DECISION N° 538
  MEETINGS OF COOPERATION DIRECTORS FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 

• DECISION N° 539
  FOLLOW-UP TO DECISION N° 527 “SUPPORT OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARIAT OF SELA AND ITS WORK PROGRAMME TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMMUNITY OF LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN STATES (CELAC)” 

• DECISION Nº 540
  ELECTION OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY 

• DECLARATION
  “ENDING THE ECONOMIC, COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL BLOCKADE IMPOSED BY THE UNITED STATES AGAINST CUBA”