13 March 2015 | Briefing note
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.
13 March 2015 | Briefing note
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.
9 March 2015 | Briefing note
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.
9 March 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.
29 January 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.
12 December 2014 | Briefing note
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.
1 de December de 2014 | Briefing note
En el marco de la preparación del programa Hábitat III y del convenio firmado entre la ciudad de Sao Paulo y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe, se realizó los días 27 y 28 de noviembre, en la sede de CEPAL en Santiago, la reunión “Agenda urbana para las metrópolis sudamericanas”.
18 November 2014 | Briefing note
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."
17 November 2014 | Briefing note
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.
24 de October de 2014 | Briefing note
Sede de CEPAL desde el 27 al 30 de Octubre
23 de October de 2014 | Briefing note
El quinto encuentro sobre análisis de políticas públicas con Modelos de Equilibrio General Computable (EGC) para América Latina y el Caribe se realizará los días 27 y 28 de Octubre de 2014 en Bogotá, Colombia. Esta conferencia es organizada por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), en colaboración con el Banco de la República de Colombia, Universidad del Rosario y la Universidad EAFIT.
20 October 2014 | Briefing note
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.
22 September 2014 | Briefing note
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.
17 de September de 2014 | Briefing note
Taller preparatorio para el V Foro internacional sobre energía para el desarrollo sostenible (SE4ALL) de la ONU
4 July 2014 | Briefing note
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.
26 June 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”.
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.
9 May 2014 | Briefing note
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.
30 April 2014 | Briefing note
The Financing for Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and Caribbean (ECLAC), through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), gives technical support to Curaçao for setting up a new development finance organization.
30 de April de 2014 | Briefing note
Expertos de los países de la región debaten sobre el estado del financiamiento para el desarrollo sostenible en dos reuniones consecutivas celebradas en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), en Santiago de Chile.