Wed, Jul 03 2024

• Opening ceremony
  09:30 am to 10:15 am

  • Luis Gilberto Murillo Urrutia, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia
  • Javier Medina Vásquez, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
  • Susana Sottoli, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
  • Sergio Cusicanqui, Minister of Development Planning of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the country serving as Chair of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Noemi Espinoza, Ambassador-at-large of Honduras for Women’s Affairs and Chair of fifty-seventh session of the Commission on Population and Development of the United Nations

  Javier Medina Vásquez - Palabras inaugurales
  Noemí Espinoza - Palabras inaugurales
  Susana Sottoli - Palabras inaugurales
  Susana Sottoli - Opening remarks
• Election of officers
  10:15 am to 10:30 am

  Adoption of the agenda and organization of work

• Fotografía oficial con los Jefes y Jefas de Delegación (explanada del Centro de Convenciones)
  10:30 am to 10:45 am
• Presentation of the document Population, Development and Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean: second regional report on implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
  10:45 am to 11:30 am

  By Simone Cecchini, Chief of the Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre (CELADE)-Population Division of ECLAC

  Simone Cecchini - Segundo informe regional sobre la implementación del Consenso de Montevideo sobre Población y Desarrollo
  Simone Cecchini - Second regional report on implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
• Presentations by government representatives on national progress, challenges, good practices and current priorities in implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
  11:30 am to 12:30 pm
• Report on the outcomes of the civil society preparatory meetings
  12:30 pm to 01:00 pm

  By a  representative of the civil society organizations

  Verónica González - Declaración Política del Foro Social
  Verónica González - Political Declaration of the Social Forum
  Verónica González - Declaração Política do Fórum Social
  Verónica González - Déclaration politique du Forum social
• Reports on activities carried out in 2022–2024 and outlook for 2024–2026
  02:30 pm to 03:00 pm

  • Report of the outgoing Chair, presented by the representative of the Ministry of Planning and Development of the Plurinational State of Bolivia

  • Report of the secretariat, presented by Zulma Sosa, Coordinator of the Population and Development Area of CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC, and Fabiana Del Popolo, Chief of the Demography and Population Information Area of CELADE-Population Division of ECLAC

  • Report of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), presented by Susana Sottoli, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of UNFPA

  CELADE-División de población de la CEPAL -  Informe de la Secretaría
  CELADE-División de población de la CEPAL - Report of the secretariat
  Susana Sottoli - Informe de actividades UNFPA
• Statements by delegations
  03:00 pm to 05:30 pm