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Briefing and discussion session on the recent Regional Conference on Sustainable Development

Sustainable development and human settlements
13 March 2013|Event

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia supported by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) hosted a briefing and discussion session about the recent Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 and to Rio+20 held from 5 to 9 March 2013 in Bogotá and chaired by the Government of Colombia.

The briefing and discussion session was held on March 13 from 10-12am in Conference Room 6, North Lawn Building, at the UN Headquarters in New York.

The session included a report of the Government of Colombia of the recent regional Meeting, a report of the Caribbean Forum held on 5-6 March in Bogotá and an overview of the UN interagency background document “Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 and to Rio+20.

Documents of the meeting

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