Wed, Apr 26 2023

• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Opening ceremony
  08:30 am to 09:15 am

  •José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • Paula Narváez, Vice-President of the Economic and Social Council and Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations
  • Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
  • Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina, the country serving as Chair of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

  José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Palabras del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL
  Paula Narváez Ojeda Palabras de la Vicepresidenta del Consejo Económico y Social y Representante Permanente de Chile ante las Naciones Unidas
  Amina J. Mohammed
  Santiago Andrés Cafiero Palabras del Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto de la Argentina
• Message from United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  09:15 am to 09:20 am

  Message from Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 
   (Video message)

• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Adoption of the agenda
  09:20 am to 09:30 am
• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Presentation of the document "Halfway to 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean: progress and recommendations for acceleration"
  09:30 am to 10:00 am

  Sixth report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

  José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Presentación "América Latina y el Caribe en la mitad del camino hacia 2030"
  José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs Presentation "Halfway to 2030 in Latin America and the Caribbean"
• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Statements by delegations of Latin America and the Caribbean: “Accelerating the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at all levels.”
  10:00 am to 12:00 pm

  Moderator: Chair of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development (Argentina)

• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Strategies to advance implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
  12:00 pm to 01:00 pm

  Moderator: Diane Quarless, Chief of the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean

  • Ashni K. Singh, Minister of Finance of Guyana
  • Carlos James, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Shantal Munro-Knight, Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister of Barbados
  • Benito Wheatley, Special Envoy of the Premier of the British Virgin Islands (to be confirmed)
  • Winston Dookeran, Secretary-General of Euclid University

  Statements by delegations

• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Contribution of the United Nations sustainable development system in Latin America and the Caribbean
  03:00 pm to 05:00 pm

  Moderator: Roberto Valent, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Development Coordination Office (DCO) of the United Nations

  • Presentation of the 2022 system-wide results report of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean,
    by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, and Michelle Muschett, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in their capacity as Vice-Chairs of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean
     
  • Statements by delegations