At the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries on Sustainable Development, authorities and experts stressed the importance of this instrument, the first of its kind on a global level.
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional organization, presented today the second annual report on regional progress and challenges related to the 2030 Agenda, in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
Second meeting of the mechanism commenced at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with the participation of 26 countries and more than 500 delegates.
Representatives of citizen organizations held a meeting in the framework of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, taking place at ECLAC.
En el primer capítulo de la segunda temporada del programa “Horizontes CEPAL”, la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo abordó detalles de la próxima reunión del Foro de los países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible y del 37º Período de Sesiones de la Comisión.
All panels at the meeting will be broadcast live April 18-20. The invitation, on social networks, is to participate in the debates using hashtags #ForoALC2030 and #ForumLAC2030.
Colombia recibirá la Presidencia de este mecanismo, que busca definir la agenda digital para América Latina y el Caribe, y el plan de acción para que las TIC se conviertan en la base del desarrollo económico y social de la región.
The legal instrument was adopted by 24 countries this past March 4 in Costa Rica. It will be open for signature by all governments of the region as of September 27.
In its annual publication “Fiscal Panorama of Latin America 2018”, the organization analyzes fiscal policy in the region over the last three decades and the implementation challenges of the 2030 Agenda.
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization held an informational meeting today with representatives of the diplomatic corps from the Commission’s member countries.
"Achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls is the unfinished business of our time, and the greatest human rights challenge in our world", United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says in his message.
