Dominica adhered to the initiative on Principle 10 during the fifth meeting of the negotiating committee of the agreement, which concluded today in Santiago, Chile.
Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean opened the fifth round of negotiations at ECLAC to achieve a regional agreement on rights of access in environmental matters.
In the Dominican Republic, delegates from 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries closed the Fourth meeting of the negotiating committee on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.
The fourth meeting of the negotiating committee on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development began today in the Dominican Republic.
Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and Carlos de Miguel, Head of the Policies for Sustainable Development Unit of the Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division of ECLAC (June 2016).