At the conclusion of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, representatives from the region committed to redoubling efforts to effectively implement the 2030 Agenda. Authorities and delegates also paid a heartfelt tribute to Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
Government authorities, international officials and representatives of civil society commemorated International Women’s Day at the regional gathering that is taking place in Costa Rica.
The Fifth Meeting of this intergovernmental gathering was inaugurated by the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
Nuevo informe elaborado por CEPAL y UNFPA presenta una matriz de desigualdades que viven aproximadamente 37,6 millones de personas jóvenes afrodescendientes en América Latina y el Caribe
The SDG Business Forum in Latin America and the Caribbean 2022 was held today in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is taking place in San José, Costa Rica.
In the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, a side event was held on the benefits that the environmental treaty poses for investment.
Christian Guillermet Fernández, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, participated in the opening session of this virtual gathering.
The main panels at the annual event will be broadcast live March 7-9, 2022. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #ForoALC2030 and #LACForum2030.