Leonel Briozzo, Under-Secretary for Public Health of Uruguay
First session of the regional conference on Population and Develpment
12 August 2013|Event
By virtue of resolution 670 (XXXIV) of 2012, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean decided to convert the ECLAC Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development into the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and ratified all mandates expressed in Agreement 1 adopted by the Ad Hoc Committee at its last meeting that took place in Quito from 4 to 6 July 2012.
The Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development was established under the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Population and Development in accordance with the provisions of resolution 536 (XXV) of ECLAC. Its main responsibility was to follow up and review all population and development related issues at the regional level. Eventually, it started acquiring additional responsibilities such as following-up the implementation of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing in the region, and looking at the issues related to international migration as well as indigenous peoples and afro-descendants. As a result of the increasing responsibilities, the ordinary sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee in 2010 and 2012 were carried out independently from the thirty-third and thirty-fourth sessions of the Commission respectively.
The Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean assumes all the roles of the Ad Hoc Committee and will act on the basis and in full respect of the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action (ICPD-PoA). The Conference will hold ordinary sessions every two years, while its Presiding Officers will meet at least once between ordinary sessions. The Regional Conference also recognizes the importance of the participation of civil society in its ordinary sessions.
12 Aug 2013
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Special session hosted by the Government of Uruguay, entitled “The challenge of reducing maternal mortality”, coordinated by Leonel Briozzo, UnderSecretary for Public Health of Uruguay (see attached programme)
16:00 to 17:30- Carina Vance, Minister of Health of EcuadorAlejandrina Germán, Minister of Women’s Affairs of the Dominican RepublicAna Labandera, Executive Director of Health Initiatives
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Opening session
18:00 to 19:30- Welcome remarks by Luis Almagro, Minister of Foreign Affairs of UruguayRemarks by Enrique V. Iglesias, Secretary General of the Ibero-American Secretariat (SEGIB)Remarks by Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)Remarks by José Alberto Mujica Cordano, President of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay
13 Aug 2013
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Election of Officers Adoption of the agenda and organization of work
09:00 to 10:00- Ana María Larrea, Assistant Secretary-General of Planning for Well-being, National Secretariat of Planning and Development (SENPLADES) of Ecuador, in her capacity of former Chair of the CommitteeReport of the Chair of the Presiding Officers of the ECLAC Ad Hoc Committee on Population and DevelopmentPaulo Saad, Chief of the Area of Population and Development of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLACReport by the secretariatPaulo Saad, Chief of the Area of Population and Development of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLACReport by the secretariat PresentationPaulo Saad, Chief of the Area of Population and Development of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLACReport
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Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development
10:30 to 11:45- Dirk Jaspers_Faijer, Chief of CELADE-Population Division of ECLACPresentation of the document “Implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: review of the 2009-2013 period and lessons learned. Summary and overview”Dirk Jaspers_Faijer, Chief of CELADE-Population Division of ECLACImplementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: review of the 2009-2013 period and lessons learned. Summary and overview. PresentationDirk Jaspers_Faijer, Chief of CELADE-Population Division of ECLACInglish Presentation.Statement by Esteban Caballero, Deputy Director of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)Presentation of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)Statement by Esteban Caballero, Deputy Director of the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)Report on the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)Diane Quarless, Chief of the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the CaribbeanReport on the Caribbean Forum on Population, Migration and Development,Report on the conclusions of the meeting of the civil society networks partnership towards Cairo+20
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Statements by delegations on national experiences regarding population and development and the outlook beyond 2014
14:30 to 18:00- Costa RicaPanamáParaguayRepública DominicanaSuriname
14 Aug 2013
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Proposed regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014
09:00 to 09:45- Dirk Jaspers_Faijer, Chief of CELADE-Population Division of ECLACPresentation of the document “Proposed regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014”,Dirk Jaspers_Faijer, Chief of CELADE-Population Division of ECLACReport “Proposed regional agenda on population and development for Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014”,Dirk Jaspers_Faijer, Chief of CELADE-Population Division of ECLACReport 2014Marcela Suazo, Director of the UNFPA Regional Office for Latin America and the CaribbeanStatement
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Priority areas in the framework of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development beyond 2014. Panel 1: Rights, needs and demands of children, adolescents and youth
09:45 to 11:00- Leonardo Garnier, Minister of Education of Costa RicaMariela Castro, Director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX) of CubaNayeli Yoval, Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Youth Towards Cairo+20Matías Rodrígez, Director of the National Youth Institute of Uruguay
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High-level panel: Integrating the proposed regional agenda on population and development beyond 2014 in the post-2015 development agenda
11:30 to 13:00- Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Minister of Foreign Affairs of BrazilLeslie Ramsammy, Minister of Agriculture of GuyanaMarcela Suazo, Director of the UNFPA Regional Office for Latin America and the CaribbeanAlicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
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Panel 2: Ageing, social protection and socioeconomic challenges
14:30 to 15:45- Daniel Olesker, Minister of Social Development of UruguayJuan Carlos Alfonso, Director of the Centre of Studies on Population and Development of the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) of CubaCarlos García, Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United NationsPatricia Chemor Ruiz, Secretary-General of the National Council for Population of Mexico
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Panel 3: Gender equality
16:15 to 17:45- Beatriz Ramírez, Director of the National Women’s Institute (INMUJERES) of UruguayAlejandrina Germán, Minister for Women’s Affairs of the Dominican RepublicEleonora Menicucci, Minister of the Secretariat on Policies for Women of BrazilMarkelda Montenegro de Herrera, Director of the National Women’s Institute of PanamaAna Cristina González, Articulación Feminista Marcosur
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Panel 4: Gaps in universal access to sexual and reproductive health services
17:45 to 19:15- Susana Muñiz, Minister of Public Health of UruguayFernando Ruiz, Vice-Minister of Health and Social Protection of ColombiaCarina Vance, Minister of Health of EcuadorMarie Guirlaine Raymond Charite, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health and Population of HaitiPresentación en EspañolMarie Guirlaine Raymond Charite, Director General of the Ministry of Public Health and Population of HaitiInglish PresentationMaría Isabel Matamala, Academic Coordinator of the Henry Dunant Latin America Foundation and researcher with the Observatory for Gender Equity in Health of the University of Chile
15 Aug 2013
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Special session hosted by the Government of Uruguay, entitled “Comprehensive approach and institutional status of policies on population and development”, coordinated by Leonel Briozzo, Under-Secretary for Public Health of Uruguay (see attached programme)
09:00 to 09:30- Ana María Larrea, Assistant Secretary-General of Planning for Well-being, National Secretariat of Planning and Development (SENPLADES) of EcuadorPatricia Chemor Ruiz, Secretaria General del Consejo Nacional de Población (CONAPO) de México"La experiencia ecuatoriana”Ana María Santestevan, Coordinadora de la Comisión Sectorial de Población de la Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto del Uruguay"La experiencia ecuatoriana”
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Panel 5: International migration and protection of the rights of migrants
09:45 to 11:00- Nelson Loustaunau, Under-Secretary for Labour and Social Security of UruguayFrancisco Javier Pérez Walker, Ambassador and Director General of Consular Affairs and Immigration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of ChileJuan José García, Vice-Minister of Foreign Relations for Salvadorans Abroad of El Salvador
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Panel 6: Territorial inequality, spatial mobility and environmental vulnerability
11:30 to 12:45- Raquel Lejtreger, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Housing Territorial Planning and Environment of UruguayAna María Larrea, Assistant Secretary-General of Planning for Well-being, National Secretariat of Planning and Development (SENPLADES) of EcuadorAna Hazel Esrich, Secretary General of the Central American Social Integration Secretariat (SISCA)Ricardo Paes de Barros, President of the National Commission of Population and Development and Under-Secretary for Strategic Actions of the Secretariat of Strategic Affairs of Brazil
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Panel 7: Indigenous peoples: pluriculturalism and rights
14:15 to 15:45- Myrna Cunningham, Chair of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous IssuesIsabel Ortega, Vice-Minister for Rural Indigenous Justice of the Plurinational State of BoliviaLourdes Xitumul, Director of the Indigenous Peoples Health Care Unit of the Ministry of Health of GuatemalaTarcila Rivera, President of Chirapaq and Coordinator of the Network of Indigenous Women of the Americas (ECMIA)
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Panel 8: Afro-descendants: rights and combating racial discrimination
15:45 to 17:00- Edgardo Ortuño, Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of UruguaySergia Galván, Executive Director of Colectiva Mujer y Salud, member of the Network of Afro-Latin American, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women, Dominican RepublicModesto Ruiz, Member of Parliament of the Bolivarian Republic of VenezuelaMônica Alves de Oliveira, Programme Director of the Affirmative Action Policies Department of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality of BrazilPresentación en EspañolMônica Alves de Oliveira, Programme Director of the Affirmative Action Policies Department of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality of BrazilPresentación en Português
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Inter-agency round table: the regional population and development agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean beyond 2014
17:30 to 18:30- Egidio Crotti, Representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and Resident Coordinator a.i. of the United Nations System in UruguayCarmen Barroso, Regional Director of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (Western Hemisphere Region)Rogelio Fernández, Vice-President of the Latin American Population Association (ALAP) and representative of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)Alejo Ramírez, Secretary General of the Ibero-American Youth Organization (OIJ)César Núñez, Regional Director of the Regional Support Team for Latin America of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)Moni Pizani, Regional Director for Latin America of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women)John Wilmoth, Director of the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
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Consideration and adoption of agreements by the Conference
18:30 to 19:00