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Germany, ECLAC to Cooperate to Strengthen Sustainable

Management of Mining Resources in the Andean Region

-At a meeting held Mon- in different areas and, at which marked the begin-
day, the Ambassador of the same time, Germany ning of a strategic partner-
the Federal Republic of complements its bilat- ship with a programmatic
Germany in Chile, Rolf eral projects with various and regional perspec-
Schulze, and the regional Latin American countries tive characterized by the
organization’s Executive through this cooperation search for complementari-
Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, with ECLAC to influence ties and topics of common
also agreed to allocate dialogue and joint learning interest as an expression of
additional resources to a
program to support the im-
plementation of the 2030
Agenda in the region.

CHILE - The Government
of the Federal Repub-
lic of Germany and the tainable management of man mission in Santiago,
Economic Commission mining resources in the An- Chile. “The role of Latin
for Latin America and the dean countries. America and the Caribbe-
Caribbean (ECLAC) are The announcement was an in the global context is
to bolster their strategic made today by the Am- of increasing importance.
cooperation relationship bassador of the Federal The German Government
by providing additional Republic of Germany in places great weight on co- about policies and strate- the relevance this country
resources to strengthen Chile, Rolf Schulze, and operation with those coun- gies that are of relevance attaches to Latin America
a program for supporting the Regional Commis- tries, and ECLAC is a stra- to the region’s economic, and the Caribbean in its
the implementation of the sion’s Executive Secretary, tegic partner in that task,” social and environmental political, cultural and eco-
2030 Agenda for Sustain- Alicia Bárcena, during an the Ambassador said. development,” stated Ali- nomic projection.
able Development across exchange of verbal notes “Through this partnership, cia Bárcena in turn.
the region and to continue that took place at the ECLAC takes advantage Germany joined ECLAC Continued on page 27
with a project for the sus- headquarters of the Ger- of Germany’s know-how as a full member in 2005,

cARNIVAL sCHEDULE 2017

febrUARY

01 Calypso & Roadmarch Contest Pre-Finals Day 2 02 Calypso & Roadmarch Contest Pre-Finals Day 3

WED 8:00 p.m. at Carnival Village San Nicolas THU 8:00 p.m. at Carnival Village San Nicolas

04 Noord Children Parade 04 Calypso & Roadmarch Contest GRAND FINAL
SAT 2:00 p.m. Noord SAT 8:00 p.m. at Carnival Village San Nicolas

10 Aruba’s Carnaval Queen & Mrs. Carnival 12 Aruba Grand Children Parade in Oranjestad
FRI Election & Show SUN 2:00 p.m. Oranjestad
8:00 p.m. at Aruba Entertainment Center

18 Jouvert Morning Pajamas Parade in 18 Aruba Grand Lighting Parade in Oranjestad
SAT San Nicolas SAT 8:00 p.m.
4:00 a.m.

19 Aruba Children Parade in San Nicolas 21 Sunset Parade North

SUN 2:00 p.m. TUE 7:00 p.m. Noord

24 San Nicolas Lighting Parade in San Nicolas 25 Aruba’s Grand San Nicolas Parade
FRI 8:00 p.m. SAT 11:00 a.m.

26 Aruba’s 63rd Grand Carnival Parade

SUN 11:00 a.m Oranjestad

26 Burning of King Momo

SUN 8:00 p.m Harbour Arena