Page 16 - ARUBA TODAY
P. 16
A16
LOCALFriday 3 June 2016
Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Region Highlight Relevance
of ECLAC’s Proposals at Close of Biennial Meeting in Mexico
-Authorities praised the the approval of the Forum On her part, Alicia Bárcena
proposals of the Commis- of the Countries of Latin
sion’s document “Horizons America and the Carib- said that “this week has en-
2030: Equality at the Cen- bean on Sustainable De-
tre of Sustainable Develop- velopment. riched us.
ment,†and acclaimed the The closing day of the
establishment of the Forum meeting counted on the The 2030 Agenda is a uni-
of the Countries of Latin participation of Ministers of
America and the Carib- Foreign Affairs, Trade and versal agenda, it is the first
bean on Sustainable De- other high-level authorities
velopment. from eight countries (Co- time that the United Na-
ORANJESTAD/MEXICO lombia, Cuba, Guatemala,
CITY - The thirty-sixth ses- Honduras, Mexico, Pan- tions produce something of
sion, the most important ama, Peru and Saint Kitts
biennial meeting of the and Nevis) and ECLAC’s this nature. It has civilizing
Economic Commission for Executive Secretary, Alicia
Latin America and the Ca- Bárcena. proposals that recognize
ribbean (ECLAC), ended in In her role of President of
Mexico City this weekend the session, the Secretary equality and sustainability
with a Dialogue of Minis- of Foreign Affairs of Mexi-
ters of Foreign Affairs and co, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, as guiding principles.
high-level authorities, who took over in the name of
highlighted the relevance her country ECLAC’s Presi- â€The dialogue of high-level
of the Commission’s pro- dency for the next two
years. authorities was attended
The authorities welcomed
the proposals and inte- by Isabel de Saint-Malo de
grated development ap-
proach presented by Alvarado, Vice-President
ECLAC in its document
Horizons 2030: Equality at and Minister for Foreign Af-
the Centre of Sustainable
Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, pre- Development, as well as its fairs of Panama; Rodrigo
sided over the Dialogue of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and high- conclusions.
level authorities and the closing ceremony of ECLAC’s 36 ses- The authorities also ac- Malmierca, Minister of For-
sion. claimed the establishment
of the meeting’s 18 reso- eign Trade and Foreign In-
(Photo: Adrián Orozco/SRE) lutions, among them the
“Mexico Resolution,†which vestment of Cuba; MarÃa
posals to advance towards a progressive structural creates the Forum of the
a change in the develop- change and a big environ- Countries of Latin Ameri- Ãngela HolguÃn Cuellar,
ment pattern based on mental push, and praised ca and the Caribbean on
Sustainable Development, Minister for Foreign Affairs
which will be the regional
mechanism to follow-up of Colombia; Carlos Raúl
and review the implemen-
tation of the 2030 Agenda Morales, Minister of Foreign
for Sustainable Develop-
ment, including the Sus- Affairs of Guatemala; Ana
tainable Development
Goals (SDGs) and targets, MarÃa Sánchez de RÃos,
its means of implementa-
tion and the Addis Ababa Minister for Foreign Affairs
Action Agenda on financ-
ing for development. of Peru; Mark Brantley, Min-
“The goals of the 2030
Agenda are ambitious ister of Foreign Affairs and
and therefore the efforts
to achieve them should be Aviation of Saint Kitts and
enormous, but we can be
optimistic for the achieved Nevis; and MarÃa Andrea
agreements.
There is coincidence and Matamoros, Vice-Minister
commitment between
the diverse countries and for Foreign Relations of
goals that we all share. We
should make 2016 a year Honduras.
with concrete results of this
agenda,†said Minister Ruiz- All participants agreed
Massieu.
that the new sustainable
development pattern
with equality proposed by
ECLAC is an unavoidable
and practical need these
days, considering that past
models are exhausted.
In his speech, Cuban Min-
ister Rodrigo Malmierca
presented his country’s of-
fer to host the next session
of ECLAC (in 2018), a pro-
posal that all the delegates
later approved by accla-
mation.
In her closing remarks,
ECLAC’s Executive Secre-
tary thanked the Mexican
people and its Govern-
ment, led by President En-
rique Peña Nieto, for host-
ing this event, which was
attended by 41 member
states delegations, 13 Unit-
ed Nations’ organizations,
funds and international
programmes, more than
135 non-governmental or-
ganizations, two Vice-Pres-
idents, more than 30 Min-
isters, 16 Deputy Ministers
and Deputy Secretaries, as
well as ambassadors and
cooperation directors of
various nations. q
