Colombia and Honduras joined the Declaration of the Declaration on the implementation of Principle 10

The second meeting of designated Focal Points 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 was held in Guadalajara, Mexico, on April 16-17, 2013.

At the meeting, Colombia and Honduras joined the Declaration and Plan of Action adopted until 2014. This Plan includes the procedures for public participation in the process, the functions of the Board and the Technical Secretariat in charge of ECLAC and create two working groups to progress towards a regional instrument: i) working group on capacity building and cooperation, and ii) working group on access rights and regional instrument.