Annotated Provisional Agenda of the Ministerial Segment Background In recent years, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have made significant efforts to reverse the trends of environmental degradation, raise the living conditions of their populations and stimulate economic growth of their economies in the framework of sustainability, through the promotion of mainstreaming the environment in national policies concerning the their countries development. However, there are still significant challenges to achieve the full and effective integration of the three pillars of sustainable development: environmental, economic and social. Objectives of the Meeting 2. The Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers has been convened in order to fulfil the following objectives: a) Carry out an assessment of the Forum of Ministers and its tools, and review the regional environmental agenda; b) Promote a political dialogue at the highest level on priority environmental issues on the agenda to establish a regional cooperation agenda, promoting South-South cooperation. c) Ensure a renewed regional policy arrangement centred on sustainable development. 3. The purpose of the following comments on the items of the provisional agenda for the meeting aim to facilitate consideration of the various issues to be addressed at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers.
Annotated Provisional Agenda of the Ministerial Segment Background In recent years, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have made significant efforts to reverse the trends of environmental degradation, raise the living conditions of their populations and stimulate economic growth of their economies in the framework of sustainability, through the promotion of mainstreaming the environment in national policies concerning the their countries development. However, there are still significant challenges to achieve the full and effective integration of the three pillars of sustainable development: environmental, economic and social. Objectives of the Meeting 2. The Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers has been convened in order to fulfil the following objectives: a) Carry out an assessment of the Forum of Ministers and its tools, and review the regional environmental agenda; b) Promote a political dialogue at the highest level on priority environmental issues on the agenda to establish a regional cooperation agenda, promoting South-South cooperation. c) Ensure a renewed regional policy arrangement centred on sustainable development. 3. The purpose of the following comments on the items of the provisional agenda for the meeting aim to facilitate consideration of the various issues to be addressed at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Forum of Ministers.
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