Santiago, 2 July 2022 (TDI): Costa Rica joined the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The session took place from 28 to 30 June at United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago.
#CostaRica 🇨🇷 presentó en IV Reunión de la Conferencia Regional de América Latina y el Caribe sobre Población y Desarrollo, avances y acciones implementadas para mitigar impactos de la pandemia en grupos de población con mayor vulnerabilidad. #INAMU@cepal_onu @MIDEPLAN_CR pic.twitter.com/rDkt0e7L5a
— Cancillería Costa Rica 🇨🇷 (@CRcancilleria) July 1, 2022
Regional Conference on Population and Development
The Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean is a subsidiary body of ECLAC. The conference primarily focuses on monitoring and reviewing issues relating to population and development.
Other agendas of the conference include migration, populations of indigenous peoples and peoples of Afro-descendent descent, and aging.
At the fourth session of the Regional Conference, representatives of the Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed the Montevideo Consensus.
Countries recognized the strategic role of the Montevideo Consensus in national and regional action on population and development matters.
In resolutions, countries used it as a framework for actions responding to COVID-19 repercussions on the living conditions of people.
The framework also covered the concerning issues of inequality and sustainable development with a view to social and economic transformation.
Countries also demanded strengthening institutional mechanisms for its implementation and follow-up, especially concerning populations severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
These demands included taking specific actions, allocating sufficient resources, and creating and strengthening these institutional mechanisms.
Costa Rica’s Representation
Participation of Costa Rica’s delegation at the session was ensured by the embassy of Costa Rica in Chile.
The delegation comprised the representatives of the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy the National Women’s Institute and the Foreign Policy Directorate.
Costa Rica emphasized actions implemented to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic on population groups with greater vulnerability.
Subsequently, the representatives of Costa Rica also highlighted the importance of having quality data. This considers the disaggregation of the different population groups to follow up on the Montevideo Consensus and the Sustainable Development Goals.
