Dear Executive Secretaries of the sister UN Regional Economic Commissions,
Dear Selwin Hart, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (CAT)
Dear Thilmeeza Hussain, Director of the Regional Commissions New York Office,
Distinguished guests, colleagues, and participants,
Welcome to this side-event on how Critical Energy Transition Minerals can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions.
Today, we gather to address a defining challenge of our time: powering and enabling the…
1 Ago 2003, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:42
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Summary In the second half of the twentieth century some of the Latin American countries suggested a system of stratification for mining activity, which was never actually applied, based on criteria such as the volume of production, the amount of capital invested and the number of workers involved in mineral extraction. One result of this stratification, which divided the industry into small-, medium- and large-scale mining, was that governments at different times implemented plans and programs in various areas, without any integrated planning between them; some related to the promotion of…
20 Jun 2016, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:42
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Demand for metal mining, led by China, had positive consequences for Latin America and the Caribbean in terms of exports and fiscal revenue in the last decade; however, the region did not make progress on a policy of industrialization: the linkages with other sectors are still weak and policies are lacking for mining to contribute to the creation of new capacities, ECLAC indicates in its latest annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2016.
According to the document, in the last 15 years the average relative weight of natural resources in the total flows of Fo…
Good afternoon.
Dear colleagues of the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO).
Dear Executive Secretaries of the UN regional commissions.
Ministers and distinguished guests.
It is my pleasure to be with you in this event and this panel on innovation and impetus on global energy interconnectivity.
I must begin by congratulating China for the Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) initiative and GEIDCO for your leadership in promoting this initiative, creating strong partnerships with all the co-organizing organizations of this event, and many othe…