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Sustainable Development Policy & Practice
Caribbean Forum: Shaping a Sustainable Development Agenda to address the Caribbean Reality in the 21st Century and Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20

5-6 and 7-9 March 2013 | Bogotá, Colombia

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Highlights for Friday, 8 March 2013
ECLACThe Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean: Follow-up to the development agenda beyond 2015 and Rio+20 resumed on Friday, 8 March 2013, at the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Hotel in Bogota, Colombia. In the morning, in honor of International Women’s Day, Amina J. Mohammed, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on Post-2015 Development Planning, conveyed a message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who highlighted violence against women and girls who are gang raped, commit suicide out of shame and are shot at close range for daring to seek an education. She urged converting our outrage into action, and noted efforts in peacemaking and peace building activities to combat sexual violence against women in conflict situations. She said all women and girls have the fundamental human right to live free of violence.

In the morning session, Chair Patti Londoño, Colombian Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs, asked participants to focus the day's discussions on regional priorities that could be taken to the global level. Underscoring consensus that the MDGs should be maintained, she asked how the MDGs can be continued, noting a spectrum of visions regarding how and when, and for ideas on means of implementation beyond ODA. Participants then continued discussions on a post-2015 development agenda.

In the afternoon, participants addressed Caribbean prospects and preparation for the Third Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS (2014). George Talbot, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the UN, discussed some of the outcomes of the Caribbean Forum.

The session will resume on Saturday morning.
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A view from the street in front of the Crowne Plaza Tequendama Hotel, where the meeting is held.
Plenary Discussion: Statements by delegations
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Amina J. Mohammed, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Special Advisor on Post-2015 Development Planning, started the session by reading a statement from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon honoring International Women’s Day.
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Patti Londoño, Colombian Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs
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André Corrêa do Lago, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil
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Participants listening to Gisela Alonso's intervention.
L-R: Waldemar Coutts and Ambassador José Luis Balmaceda, Chile
Isabel Martinez, Civil Society
L-R: Cristian Pascottini and Francisco Ruiz Diaz, Paraguay
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The dais during the intervention of Margarita Astralaga, Regional Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean
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Mario Liori, Uruguay
Statements by delegations continued into the afternoon session
Delegates listening to statements
Marcela Suazo, UN Population Fund (UNFPA)
Delegates listening to statements
Mayuko Takamura, Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representing HLP member Naoto Kan, Japan
Diana Rodriguez Patiño, World Society for the Protection of Animals
César Antonio Núñez, UNAIDS

Caribbean perspectives and preparation for the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS 
Ambassador George Talbot, Guyana, speaking on behalf of Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Foreign Minister, Guyana, discussed Caribbean perspectives and preparations for the Global Conference on the Sustainable Development of SIDS in 2014, as well as outcomes from the Caribbean Forum.
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, ECLAC, addressing participants at the end of the session


Around the Meeting
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L-R: Ambassador José Luis Balmaceda, Chile, and Damaso Luna Corona, Mexico, during a coffee break
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Participants during a coffee break
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Delegates talking during a break
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L-R: Patti Londoño, Colombian Vice-Minister for Multilateral Affairs; Paula Caballero, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia; and Luis Fidel Yanez, Secretary of the Conference
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Related Links
ECLAC resources
*Meetings website
*Preliminary programme for the Caribbean Forum
*Preliminary programme for the Conference on Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
*ECLAC website
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*Sustainable development knowledge platform website

IISD RS resources
*IISD RS summary report of the Eighth Session of the Committee on Food Security and Sustainable Development (CFSSD-8) and Africa Regional Implementation Meeting (Africa-RIM) in preparation for the Twentieth Session of the UN Commission on Sustainable (CSD-20), 19-21 November 2012, UN Conference Centre (UNCC), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (English: HTML - PDF) (French: HTML - PDF)
*IISD RS coverage of Rio+20: Third PrepCom and the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), 13-22 June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*IISD RS coverage of the UNCSD or Rio+20 Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean, 7-9 September 2011, Santiago, Chile
*IISD RS coverage of CSD-19, 2-14 May 2011, UN Headquarters, New York, United States of America
*IISD RS archive of sustainable development meetings
*SDG - A mailing list for news on sustainable development policy
*SDG - A mailing list focused on internationally-relevant activities related to setting the post-2015 development agenda
*Sustainable Development Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Preparing for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
*Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Sustainable Energy Activities
*Forests Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Addressing Forests Policy
*Chemicals and Wastes Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of International Activities Addressing Chemicals and Wastes Policy
*Land Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Addressing International Sustainable Land
*Biodiversity Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing International Biodiversity Policy
*SIDS Policy and Practice - A Knowledgebase on the Sustainable Development of small island developing states
*Water Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of Activities Addressing Sustainable Water and Sanitation
*Climate Change Policy & Practice - A Knowledgebase of UN and Intergovernmental Activities Addressing Global Climate Change Policy
*Linkages Update - Bi-weekly international environment and sustainable development news
*African Regional Coverage
*Latin America and Caribbean Regional Coverage
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