Moderator: Michelle Muschett, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Statement by Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations

• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Kirk Humphrey, Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs of Barbados
• Javiera Toro, Minister of Social Development and Family Affairs of Chile  
• Leslie Carol Urteaga Peña, Minister of Development and Social Inclusion of Peru
• Laís Abramo, National Secretary for Care and Family, Ministry of Social Development and the Fight against Hunger of Brazil  
• Juan Somavía, former Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations, Director General of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and Chair of the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit for Social Development (Copenhagen, 1995)
• Yamile Socolovsky, President of the Committee of Working Women of the Americas (CMTA-CSA)