(Under agenda item 8, and as a complement to the regional discussions, a special session will be held on the means of implementation of and follow-up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.)

Moderator: Daniel Titelman, Chief of the Economic Development Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Remarks:

• Carlos G. Ruiz Massieu, Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions of the United Nations
• Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Head of the Latin America Section of the World Economic Forum (WEF)
• Ulises Canchola Gutiérrez, Director-General for Cooperation and Bilateral Economic Relations of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID)
• Rodolfo Bejarano, Research Coordinator of the Latin American Network on Debt, Development and Rights (LATINDAAD)
• Philipp Schönrock, Director of the Centre for International Strategic Thinking (CEPEI)
• Jessica Faieta, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)