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ECLAC delivered course on environmental protection expenditures in Costa Rica

7 Jan 2016 | Briefing note

Organized jointly by the Ministries of Finance and of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, the World Bank (Waves Project) and ECLAC, the workshop "Environmental Protection Expenditures of the General Government" took place from 27 to 29 January 2016 in San José (Costa Rica).…

United Nations Special Rapporteurs underscore access rights in Human Rights Council interactive dialogue

17 Sep 2015 | Briefing note

In the interactive dialogue on toxic wastes and safe drinking water and sanitation of the Human Rights Council held in Geneva on 16 and 17 September 2015, the Special Rapporteurs on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes, Mr. Başkut Tuncak (Turkey), and on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation, Mr. Léo Heller (Brazil), highlighted the importance of the rights of access to information, participation and justice in environmental matters for their respective mandates.…

Antigua and Barbuda joins the regional process on Principle 10

7 May 2015 | Briefing note

During the first meeting of the negotiating committee of the regional agreement on access to information, public participation and access to justice in environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Santiago, Chile, on 5-7 May 2015, Antigua and Barbuda signed on to the Declaration.…

Colombia holds the "Principle 10 Forum: An intersectoral dialogue"

18 Mar 2015 | Briefing note

On 18 March, the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia organized the "Principle 10 Forum: An intersectoral dialogue" with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. At the event, it presented the developments of the process on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration in Latin America and the Caribbean at the national level to the environmental sector and civil society.…

Trinidad and Tobago signs on to the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development

9 Mar 2015 | Briefing note

Trinidad and Tobago became the twelfth country in Latin America and the Caribbean to adhere to the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. The announcement was made during the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: follow-up to the United Nations development agenda beyond 2015 and to Rio+20, which took place on March 7-9, 2013 in Bogota, Colombia.…

III CELAC Summit highlights the importance of the application of Principle 10

29 Jan 2015 | Briefing note

The Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), gathered in Belén, Costa Rica, on 28 and 29 January 2015, stressed the importance of access rights in the promotion of sustainable development and underscored the developments of the process on the application of Principle 10 of the 1992 Rio Declaration.…

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