Wed, Apr 15 2026

• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Implementing the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States through South-South cooperation
  08:30 am to 10:00 am

  Dialogues on regional action

  Moderator: Benito Wheatley, Special Envoy of the Premier of the British Virgin Islands
  
  • Carlos Applewhaite, Development Analyst in the Sustainable Development Goals Secretariat at the Planning Institute of Jamaica
  • Elizabeth Bradley, Permanent Secretary for International Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname
  • Mildred Martínez, General Director of the National Office of Statistics (ONE) of the Dominican Republic
  • Joy-Marie King, Director of International Trade in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Barbuda Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda (virtual)  
  • Carla Barnett, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (virtual) 

  Carlos Applewhaite Presentación-Implications for Disaster Risk Management in Caribbean SIDS: Case of Jamaica
  Elizabeth Bradley Presentación-Implementing the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda through South–South Cooperation: A Suriname Perspective
  Mildred Martínez Presentación-Aprovechamiento de las alianzas de datos oficiales para la gestión del riesgo de desastres: el caso de la República
• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Statements by delegations
  10:00 am to 10:30 am
• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Panel 1: Goal 6 – Clean water and sanitation
  10:30 am to 12:00 pm

  Dialogues on regional action

  Moderator: René Orellana Halkyer, Assistant Director-General and Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  
  • Ruth Quevedo, Vice-Minister for Water and Basic Sanitation at the Ministry of Housing, City and Territory of Colombia
  • David Fariña, Director General for Protection and Conservation of Water Resources, Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Paraguay
  • Hernán Chiriboga, Representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Chile
  • James Mcphee, Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Chile

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  Statements by delegations
  12:00 pm to 01:00 pm
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  Panel 2: Goal 7 – Affordable and clean energy
  02:30 pm to 04:00 pm

  Dialogues on regional action

  Moderator: Andrés Rebolledo, Executive Secretary of the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE)
  
  • Mauricio Bejarano, Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy of Paraguay
  • Javier Tapia, Executive Director of Transmisoras de Chile
  • María José Lubertino, LAC Ecofeminist Network and Asociación Ciudadana por los Derechos Humanos
  • Astrid Puentes Riaño, Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (virtual)
  • Francesco La Camera, Director General of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (pre-recorded video message)

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  Statements by delegations
  04:00 pm to 04:30 pm
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  Panel 3: Goal 9 – Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  04:30 pm to 06:00 pm

  Dialogues on regional action

  Moderator: Ludmila Diniz, Chief of Partnerships and External Relations of the Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
  
  • Hugo Rivera, Vice-Minister of Economic Affairs and International Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic
  • Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment of Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Rodrigo Bustos, Chief Executive Officer, Banca Ética Latinoamericana (BELAT)
  • Marco Antonio Moreno Ibarra, Director General for Development, Technology Transfer and Innovation in the Ministry of Science, Humanities, Technology and Innovation of Mexico (virtual)

• Raúl Prebisch Conference Room
  Statements by delegations
  06:00 pm to 06:30 pm