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In the Organization and Work Plan adopted at the First Meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the regional agreement held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago de Chile from 5 to 7 May 2015, the countries reached several agreements in preparation for the Second Meeting of the Committee.…
Both countries renewed their commitment with the regional process aimed at deepening the implementation of these concepts.…
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.…
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.…
The Ministry of the Environment of Peru organized the workshop “Developments in the negotiating process of the regional instrument on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean” on 13 March 2015 in Lima, Peru.…
Two representatives of the public and four alternates were elected on the basis of the proposals received from the public on the modalities of the election of such representatives.…
The Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment, John H. Knox, presented his report to the twenty-eighth session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland on 9 March.…
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.…
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.…
The Ministers and Heads of Delegation attending the twentieth session of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) held in Lima, Peru, from 1 to 12 December 2014 adopted the Lima Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising.…
In the framework of the Open Government Partnership Regional Meeting for the Americas held in San José, Costa Rica on 18 and 19 November, ECLAC, the Governments of Costa Rica and Chile and the Access Initiative organized the side event "Strengthening environmental democracy through international processes."…
The Vice Minister of Women of the Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations of Peru, Ana María Alejandra Mendieta, reported on the developments of the regional process on Principle 10 at the 51 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women of Latin America and the Caribbean held in Santiago between 17 and 19 November 2014.…
In an open letter addressed to the State Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change urging for a human rights-based approach to climate change, 28 United Nations Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts called for the respect of access rights in climate policy.…
By means of an official statement sent to ECLAC on 22 September 2014, the Plurinational State of Bolivia made official its participation in the Declaration on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
ECLAC, in its capacity of Technical Secretariat of the Declaration on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean, together with representatives of the governments of Chile and Costa Rica and civil society organizations from the region, took part in the Fifth Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention and the Second Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kiev Protocol held in Maastricht (Netherlands) between 29 June and 4 July 2014.…
In the first ever United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) held in Nairobi (Kenya) between 23 and 27 June 2014, delegates and representatives from 163 Member States of the United Nations adopted resolution UNEP/EA.1/L.13 on the “Implementation of Principle 10 in the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development”.…
The 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean invited the Technical Secretariat of the Declaration to present the process on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The presentation offered a general overview of the process and referred to the links between gender and Principle 10.…
Delegates from ECLAC's member States and associate members, gathered in Lima, Peru, between 5 and 9 May 2014, approved Resolution 686 (XXXV) on the Application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…
The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on human rights and the environment (A/HRC/25/L.31) in its twenty-fifth session. It its resolution, the Council notes with appreciation the reports of the Independent Expert on the issue of human rights obligations relating to the enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment.…
The Ministers of Environment and Heads of Delegation to the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico from 12 to 14 March 2014 invited countries of the region to further develop actions on the implementation of the rights of access to information, public participation and access to environmental justice set forth in Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration.…
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