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Inputs of issues to consider in the regional instrument

At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012, the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development was signed. In this Declaration, signatory countries committed, with the support of ECLAC as technical secretariat, to advance the implementation of a regional agreement for the full implementation of the rights of access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters. Between 2012 and 2014, four meetings of the focal points of the signatory countries and fourteen meetings of working groups were held. In November 2014, the countries launched the negotiation phase of the regional agreement and established a Negotiating Committee with a view to concluding the negotiations by December 2017.

In order to develop a proposal for issues to be considered in the regional instrument to be submitted for consideration by the Fourth Meeting of Focal Points designated by the governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration of Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean, Working groups and access rights instrument and regional capacity building and cooperation agreed to ask the delegates and representatives of the public comments, suggestions and inputs.

As agreed, and to initiate discussions about, ECLAC prepared a proposal of issues to consider in the regional instrument.

It also prepared the following presentations:

- Presentation on the document issues to consider in the regional instrument developed by ECLAC.

- Presentation on capacity building mechanisms and cooperation in multilateral environmental agreements.

The deadline for input was Monday July 7, 2014.

The input received are available below in the language received (Spanish, Portuguese and / or English).

To contact the Technical Secretariat of the Statement please write to email: principio10.lac@cepal.org

 

SIGNATARY COUNTRIES OF THE DECLARATION
Countries Input
Argentina    
BraZil    
Chile    
Colombia       
Costa Rica    
Ecuador    
El Salvador    
Guatemala    
Honduras    
Jamaica    
Mexico         
Panama    
Paraguay    
Peru    
Dominican Republic    
Saint Vincent and  The Grenadines    
Trinidad and Tobago    
Uruguay    

 

NO SIGNATARY COUNTRIES
Country Input
   

 

PUBLIC
Name Input
Environmental Law Academy, Andrés Bello University-Chile    
AIDA    
Article 19    
Brazil - several org.    
Carla Aceves and Mariano Beret    
Casa de la Paz    
Castries Fishermens' Co-operative Society Ltd.    
CeDePesca    
CINTEC    
Communication and Environmental Education and Ecological Culture    
Ernesto Villegas    
Eyolquy Ríos López    
Foundation DECIDE    
Foundation EcoAndina    
Foundation UNIDA    
Access Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean (TAI)    
Environmental Observatory of Bogotá    
Uruguayan Network of Environmental NGos    
Dominican Rep. - several org.      
Saint Lucia National Trust    
Sébastien Duyck    
Caldas-Colombia University