Programme

Fri, Oct 21 2022

Palacio San Martín –Arenales 761- Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Preparatory activity "National Day"

09:00 am to 06:00 pm

Registration

Mon, Oct 24 2022

Argentina Room, second basement

Opening ceremony of the thirty-ninth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

09:00 am to 09:45 am

Statements:

• Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina
• Arnoldo André Tinoco, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica, in his capacity as Chair of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
• Mercedes Marcó del Pont, Secretary for Strategic Affairs of Argentina
• Claudia Mojica, Resident Coordinator of the United Nations system in Argentina
• António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video message)
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina

António Guterres - Discurso del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas / Speech by the Secretary General of the United Nations (español)

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Discurso inaugural del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL / Inaugural speech by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC (español)

Alberto Fernández - Discurso inaugural del Presidente de la Argentina / Inaugural speech by President of Argentina (español)
Argentina Room, second basement

Adoption of the agenda and election of officers

09:45 am to 09:50 am
Argentina Room, second basement

Presentation of the ECLAC position document, Towards transformation of the development model in Latin America and the Caribbean: production, inclusion and sustainability

09:50 am to 12:30 pm

By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

Comments on the document

Moderator: Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in Economics
• Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL)
• José Antonio Ocampo, Minister of Finance and Public Debt of Colombia
• Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (virtual)

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Presentación del documento por parte del Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL

José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs - Presentation of the document by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC
Plaza Seca, ground floor

Inauguration of the exhibition “Argentina and the United Nations: a partnership for peace, human rights and development”

12:30 pm to 12:45 pm

In the framework of the seventy-seventh anniversary of the United Nations
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

High-level seminar. Panel 1 - Changes in globalization and challenges for the region

02:30 pm to 03:45 pm

Moderator: Gabriel Rubinstein, Secretary of Economic Policy of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Argentina
• Rebeca Santos, President of the Central Bank of Honduras (virtual)
• Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Professor in the School of Economics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
• Werner Isaac Vargas, Secretary-General of the Central American Integration System (SICA)
• Luis Felipe López-Calva, Global Director of the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank

Luis Felipe López-Calva - “Correcting course” on poverty and inequality reduction in LAC

Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid - Comentario y agradecimiento
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Statements by delegations

03:45 pm to 04:15 pm
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

High-level seminar. Panel 2 - Growth and distribution: the central importance of employment creation

04:15 pm to 05:30 pm

Moderator: Raquel Kismer de Olmos, Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security of Argentina
• Marta Eugenia Esquivel Rodríguez, President of the Costa Rican Social Security Fund (virtual)
• Pablo Mieres, Minister for Labour and Social Security of Uruguay
• Felipe Morgado, Superintendent for Vocational and Higher Education of the National Industrial Apprenticeship Service (SENAI) of Brazil
• Anna Terrón Cusí, Director of the International and Ibero-American Foundation for Administration and Public Policies (FIIAPP)

Felipe Morgado - Crecimiento y distribución: la centralidad de la creación de empleos (español)
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Statements by delegations

05:30 pm to 06:00 pm
Fourth floor foyer

Reception hosted by ECLAC for delegations in attendance at the thirty-ninth session

06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

Tue, Oct 25 2022

National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

High-level seminar. Panel 3 - Sectoral investment and strategies: drivers of sustainable development

09:00 am to 10:30 am

Moderator: Mercedes Marcó del Pont, Secretary for Strategic Affairs of Argentina
• Carla Barnett, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) (virtual)
• Mario Lubetkin, Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Fernando Yanez, Undersecretary for Monitoring of the National Secretariat for Planning of Ecuador
• Vanessa Gibson, Investment Climate Director of the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency (CINDE)

Carla Barnett - Presentation CARICOM / Presentación CARICOM (english)

Fernando Yanez - Presentación del Subsecretario de Seguimiento de la Secretaría Nacional de Planificación del Ecuador

Vanessa Gibson - Dispositivos Médicos en Costa Rica: Un caso de éxito (español)
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Statements by delegations

10:30 am to 11:30 am
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

High-level seminar. Panel 4 - International cooperation in the face of a new multilateralism

11:30 am to 01:00 pm

Moderator: Sabina Frederic, President of the Argentine Agency for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Assistance - White Helmets
• Eva del Hoyo Barbolla, Director-General of Sustainable Development Policies at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation of Spain
• Myriam Ferran, Deputy Director-General for International Partnerships of the European Commission
• Rodrigo Malmierca, Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba
• Gloria Sandoval, Director-General for Project Execution Abroad of the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID)
• Enrique O’Farrill, Executive Director (a.i.) of the Chilean Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AGCID)
• Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir, Director of the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (virtual)

Statements by delegations
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Presentation of the Report on the activities of the Commission, 2021, and of the Draft programme of work of the ECLAC system, 2024

02:30 pm to 03:30 pm

By Raúl García-Buchaca, Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis of ECLAC

Raúl García-Buchaca - Informe de Actividades 2021 y Proyecto del Programa de Trabajo 2024 (español)

Raúl García-Buchaca - Report on activities in 2021 anddraft programme of work for 2024 (english)
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Statements by delegations

03:30 pm to 04:00 pm
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Report on the activities of the subsidiary bodies of ECLAC and the outcomes of other intergovernmental meetings organized by ECLAC since its thirty-eighth session

04:00 pm to 06:00 pm

Statements by delegations

• Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies,
presented by Daniel Filmus, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina

• Regional Council for Planning,
presented by Luis Madera, Deputy Minister for Planning and Public Investment in the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development of the Dominican Republic

• Statistical Conference of the Americas,
presented by Marco Lavagna, Director of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) of Argentina

• Committee on South-South Cooperation,
presented by Christian Guillermet-Fernández, Deputy Minister for Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship of Costa Rica

• Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC),
presented by Albert Ramdin, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Suriname

• Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean,
presented by Juan Carlos Portillo, Director-General for Planning and Evaluation of the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare of Paraguay

• Conference of the Parties to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean,
presented by Marcelo Cousillas, Head of the Legal Department of the Ministry of the Environment of Uruguay

• Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean,
presented by Antonia Orellana, Minister of Women’s Affairs and Gender Equity of Chile (virtual)

• Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean,
presented by Gabriela Lizzet Gallegos Delgado, Director of International Affairs of the Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society of Ecuador (virtual)

• Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean,
presented by Dean Jonas, Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development and the Blue Economy of Antigua and Barbuda (virtual)

• Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean,
presented by Sergio Cusicanqui, Minister of Development Planning of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (virtual)

Marco Lavagna - Informe de actividades de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (español)

Marcelo Cousillas - Informe de actividades de Acuerdo de Escazú (español)

Dean Jonas - Informe de actividades de Conferencia Regional sobre Desarrollo Social (inglés)
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Argentina

Side event: Launch of the policy document Transformational change in Latin America and the Caribbean: a mission-oriented approach

06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

By Mariana Mazzucato, Professor of the Economics of Innovation and Public Value, University College London (UCL)

Wed, Oct 26 2022

National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Dialogue of ministers of foreign affairs and high-level authorities

09:00 am to 12:30 pm

Chair: Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina
• Statement by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC

• Statements by ministers of foreign affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean
Cancilleres presenciales de América Latina y el Caribe / Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Latin America and the Caribbean attending in person
1. Argentina: Santiago Cafiero, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio Internacional y Culto
2. Bahamas, Frederick Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth
3. Bolivia, Rogelio Mayta, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
4. Chile: Antonia Urrejola, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores
5. Costa Rica: Arnoldo Andre Tinoco, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto
6. Cuba: Rodrigo Malmierca, Ministro de Comercio Exterior y las inversiones Extranjeras
7. Ecuador: Juan Carlos Holguín, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana
8. El Salvador: Alexandra Hill, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores
9. Guatemala: Mario Búcaro, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
10. Honduras, Eduardo Enrique Reina, Secretario de Relaciones Exteriores
11. Jamaica: Kamina Johnson Smith, Ministra de Relaciones Exteriores y Comercio Exteriores
12. Paraguay, Julio César Arriola, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
13. Perú: Cesar Landa, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
14. Suriname, Albert Ramdin, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
15. Venezuela, Carlos Faría Tortosa, Ministro del Poder Popular para Relaciones Exteriores
16. Sr. Josep Borrell, Alto Representante para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad de la Unión Europea y Vicepresidente de la CE / High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of the European Union and Vice-President of the Commission

• Statements by other high-level authorities
Cancilleres presenciales de fuera de la región / Ministers of Foreign Affairs other than Latin America and the Caribbean attending in person
1. España: José Manuel Albares, Ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, UE y Cooperación Viceministros y altos representantes / Vice-Ministers and high representatives 1. Colombia: Laura Gil Savastano, Viceministra de Asuntos Multilaterales
2. Japón: TAKEI Shunsuke, Viceministro de Asuntos Exteriores (State Minister for Foreign Affairs) Actualizado 26 de octubre, 13.00 horas
3. México: Efraín Guadarrama, Director General de Organismos y Mecanismos Regionales Americanos de la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México
4. Brasil: Fernando Meirelles De Azevedo Pimentel, Director del Departamento de Organizaciones Económicas del Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
5. Uruguay: Carlos Fernando Enciso, Embajador del Uruguay en la Argentina
6. Canada, Reid Sirrs, Embajador de Canadá en la Argentina
7. Türkiye: Sefik Vural Altay, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Argentina, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
8. United States, Ms. Kate Skarsten, Acting Director, Economic and Development Affairs, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, U.S. Department of State (virtual)
9. Nicaragua, Carlos Midence, Embajador de Nicaragua en Argentina

Canciller - Bolivia - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Bolivia (español)

Canciller - Cuba - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Cuba (español)

Canciller - Ecuador - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Ecuador (español)

Canciller - Honduras - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Honduras (español)

Unión Europea / European Union - Discurso / Statement - Unión Europea (español)

Canciller - Japón - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Japón (english)

Canciller - Canadá - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Canadá (español)

Canciller - Turquía - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Turquía (english)

Canciller - Estados Unidos - Discurso / Statement - Canciller de Estados Unidos (english)
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Consideration and adoption of the resolutions of the Commission at its thirty-ninth session

12:30 pm to 12:40 pm
National Auditorium Terrace, fourth mezzanine

Closing session

12:40 pm to 01:00 pm

• Santiago Cafiero, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
• Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video message)

Thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

Buenos Aires, 24-26 October 2022

ECLAC

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina

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