The Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, Santiago Cafiero; the Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed; the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and other senior authorities will participate in the inaugural session of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Developmentwhich will take place from April 25 to 28 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The attendance at the meeting of more than 1,000 people between representatives of governments, international institutions, the United Nations System, the private sector, academia and civil society has already been confirmed. At the meeting, which will feature more than 40 parallel events, attendees will meet to review the progress and challenges of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region.
The intergovernmental meeting will be inaugurated on Wednesday, April 26 at 8:30 am Santiago de Chile time (GMT-4) by Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, the country that will hold the presidency of ECLAC for the 2022-2024 biennium; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations; Paula Narváez, Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, in her capacity as Vice President of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
On the same Wednesday 26 at 09:30 am in Chile, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will present the sixth report on regional progress and challenges of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development entitled Latin America and the Caribbean in the middle of the road to 2030: advances and proposals for acceleration. The document, prepared by the Secretariat (exercised by ECLAC), examines the evolution and current state of progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 6, 7, 9, 11 and 17, as well as the projection of their fulfillment in 2030.
Previously, on Tuesday, April 25, there will be a meeting of the civil society participation mechanism in the Sustainable Development Agenda and in the Forum, as well as a meeting of the Regional Collaboration Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean.
The regional Forum -which has been held annually since 2017- seeks to provide those responsible for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the countries with a space conducive to learning among peers through a series of interactive sessions in which, by discussing common experiences and goals, good practices are identified that allow the member countries of the Forum to offer recommendations and present them to the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, a global mechanism for monitoring the 2030 Agenda that meets every July in New York under the auspices of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
The sixth meeting contemplates interventions by the representatives of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in two sessions entitled “Accelerating the recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels” ; and “Strategies to advance the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean”.
In addition, five dialogue tables have been organized in which the member countries of the Forum and other actors will be able to publicize and share their experiences and challenges in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the following areas: Clean water and sanitation (SDG 6); Affordable and clean energy (SDG 7); Industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9); Sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11); and Partnerships to achieve the Goals (SDG 17).
Finally, on Friday, April 28, there will be a high-level round table entitled “Road to the SDG Summit. Transformative initiatives: creating opportunities to strengthen the commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its full implementation at all levels”, in which personalities and authorities from the region will discuss transformative initiatives to face global challenges and create opportunities to strengthen the commitment to the 2030 Agenda and accelerate its full implementation, with a view to the Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals (to be held on September 19 and 20, 2023 within the framework of the high-level segment of the UN General Assembly).
The complete program of the sixth meeting of the Forum is available on the special website of the meeting: https://foroalc2030.cepal.org/2023/es
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That: Sixth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
When: Tuesday 25 to Friday 28 April 2023.
Who is it:
Inauguration, Wednesday April 26, 2023, 08:30 am from Chile (GMT -4):
- Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina.
- Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations.
- Paula Narváez, Vice President of ECOSOC and Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations.
- José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Where: Virtual connection through various platforms:
