Regional preparatory process for Latin America and the Caribbean

In continuation, please find the conclusions of the meeting agreed to by the countries, a report of the meeting with a list of participants, as well as interventions, presentations, background and working documents from the meeting.

Documents of the meeting

• Preliminary Programme
• Order of the Day
• Provisional Agenda of the Meeting of the member countries of the Rio de Janeiro Platform for Action on the Road to Johannesburg 2002: Latin America and the Caribbean in preparation for Rio de Janeiro 2012
• Annotated Provisional Agenda
• Conclusions of the Meeting
• Meeting Report
• Latin America and the Caribbean on the Road to Rio+20

Interventions & Proposals by Delegations

Plenary Session

• Speech by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Women
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Children and youth [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Indigenous Peoples
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: NGOs [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Local Authorities [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Workers and Trade Unions
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Business and industry
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Scientific and Technological Community [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Farmers [available in Spanish only]
• Speech by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General elect and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Natios (FAO) [available in Spanish only]  
• Intervention by Representative of UN-Women [available in Spanish only]  

Session: Progress made to date and remaining gaps in the implementation of Agenda 21

• Presentation by Joseluis Samaniego, Director, Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division, ECLAC [available in Spanish only]
• Presentation by Niky Fabiancic, Deputy Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by María Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Assets Coordination of Ecuador [available in Spanish only]
• Presentation by María Fernanda Espinosa, Minister of Assets Coordination of Ecuador  [available in Spanish only]
• Statement by Jose Rafael Altomonte, Vice Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources of Dominican Republic  [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of the Republic of Peru [available in Spanish only]
• Presentation of the Regional Cross-sectoral Consultation on the Environment-Foreign Affairs, Central American Commission on Environment and Development (CCAD)/Central American Integration System (SICA): Towards Rio+20 [available in Spanish only]
• Note by the secretariat on the proposal of the delegations of Colombia and Guatemala entitled “Rio+20: Sustainable development objectives”
• Proposal by the Plurinational State of Bolivia for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) [available in Spanish only]
• Valparaíso Statement:Latin American Organisation of Intermediate Governments (OLAGI)  [available in Spanish only]  

Session: A green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication

• Presentation by Lucas Assunção, Head, Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Graciela Muslera, Minister of Housing, Land Management and Environment of Uruguay [available in Spanish only]
• Proposal by Cuba with regard to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of UN-Habitat [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of FAO [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of WHO/PAHO [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Women [available in Spanish only] 
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Indigenous Peoples [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: NGOs [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Workers and Trade Unions [available in Spanish only] 
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Business and industry
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Scientific and Technological Community [available in Spanish only]

Plenary Session: Global institutional framework for sustainable development

• Presentation by René Castro Salazar, Minister of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications of Costa Rica [available in Spanish only]
• Presentation by Anayansi Rodríguez Camejo, Head of Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Groups (1) [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Groups (2) [available in Spanish only]

Closing Session

• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Women [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Children and youth [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Indigenous Peoples [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: NGOs [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Local Authorities [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Workers and Trade Unions [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Business and industry
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Scientific and Technological Community [available in Spanish only]
• Intervention by Representative of Major Group: Farmers [available in Spanish only]

Working Documents

• Inter-agency document entitled “Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines”. 
• Summary of the inter-agency paper entitled “Sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean 20 years on from the Earth Summit: progress, gaps and strategic guidelines”

Background Documents

• Millennium Development Goals: advances in environmentally sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean
• The Transition to a Green Economy: Benefits, Challenges and Risks from a Sustainable Development Perspective, Division for Sustainable Development of the Secretariat/United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)/United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• The Green Economy: Trade and Sustainable Development Implications, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication. A Synthesis for Policy Makers, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Report of the Secretary-General on the progress to date and remaining gaps in the implementation of the outcomes of the major summits in the area of sustainable development, as well as an analysis of the themes of the Conference
• Report of the Secretary-General on the objective and themes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
• Report of the Meeting of Government-Designated Experts of Latin America and the Caribbean Preparatory to Rio+20: A Green Economy in the Context of Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication and the Institutional Framework for Sustainable Development 
• Sustainable Development Governance towards Rio+20: Framing the Debate, Jan-Gustav Strandenaes
• ECLAC’s Submission to the compilation document to serve as basis for the preparation of the zero draft of the outcome document of Rio+20