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First United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) adopts resolution on Principle 10 and recognizes regional process in Latin America and the Caribbean

26 Jun 2014 | Briefing note

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”.…

Presentation on Principle 10 at the 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

19 May 2014 | Briefing note

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.…

Human Rights Council adopts resolution on human rights and the environment

24 Mar 2014 | Briefing note

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.…

Declaration of the 19th Forum of Ministers of the Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean highlights opportunities for cooperation offered by the Principle 10 regional process

14 Mar 2014 | Briefing note

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.…

Signatories approved a regional vision on access rights in environmental matters

31 Oct 2013 | Briefing note

At the end of the third Meeting of the Focal Points designated by the Governments of the signatory countries of the Declaration on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, held in Lima, Peru, on October 30- 31, 2013, the Lima Vision for a Regional Instrument on Access Rights Relating to the Environment was agreed upon.…

Side Event on the Declaration of Principle 10 at the meeting of the Governing Council of the United Nations Program for Environment (UNEP)

21 Feb 2013 | Briefing note

In the framework of the meeting of the UNEP Governing Council, held in February 2013 in Nairobi, a side event was organized by the Government of Chile and the Access Initiative which presented the Declaration on the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Latin America and the Caribbean valued initiatives for the regional implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in CELAC and EU-CELAC Summits

30 Jan 2013 | Briefing note

The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean gathered at the first summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Santiago, Chile, on January 27-28, 2013 and adopted the Santiago Declaration, which states: "Appreciate initiatives for regional implementation of the 10th Principle of the 1992 Rio Declaration, regarding the rights of access to information, participation and environmental justice, as a significant contribution to the participation of organized community committed to Sustainable Development".…

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