Latin America and the Caribbean are a key actor in the discussion of the main challenges and opportunities that the world has on issues that are not waiting any longer, such as global warming, food security, health, education and inequality.
(The ABC of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals).
On the occasion of his 10 years as a Permanent Observer in the United Nations, the development bank of Latin America (CAF) will hold an event in which it will raise the voice of the region in the most important multilateral space in the world.
Within the framework of the 77th United Nations General Assembly, CAF will present, on September 19 and 20, 2022, the event “Many Voices, one region: Latin America and the Caribbean working on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development”, a space for reflection with the Nobel Peace Prize laureates Rigoberta Menchú, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Juan Manuel Santos; Heads of State of Argentina, Ecuador and Guatemala; high personalities such as Sergio Díaz-Granados, Christian Asinelli, Jeffrey Sachs, José María Aznar, Martín Torrijos, Epsy Campbell, David Beasley, Marisol Argueta de Barillas, Luis Felipe López-Calva, Manuel Otero; and ministers of Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, among others; They will address the progress and challenges in the region to promote the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by 2030.
(Nike Forward, Nike’s new sustainable product).
In addition, leaders from civil society, the private sector and 17 universities in the region are part of the diversity of voices on Latin America that will be raised in New York, among which are: Eglantina Zingg, founder and CEO of Goleadoras.org ; Henrique Braun, president of the Coca Cola Company in Latin America; Darren Ware, senior vice president of Government Relations for Mastercard; Alejandro Werner, Director of the Institute of the Americas, Georgetown; Gianna Cunazza, executive director of the Santiago 2023 Pan American and Parapan American Games; Philipp Muller-Wirth, head of the UNESCO Sports section; and Chelsey Gotell, Member of the Governing Board of the International Olympic Committee; among others.
CAF.
In nine sessions that can be followed live on caf.com, the voice of Latin America and the Caribbean will resonate on issues such as peace, the challenges to achieve the SDG agenda, sport as a key investment for the inclusion of people with disabilities, a new leadership for the region, food security, coffee sustainability, and how to transform education from an innovative perspective?, sustainability and the new youth agenda, among others.
(Sustainability, an axis to promote in the Caribbean region).
Strategic allies will also add their voices so that the world sets its sights on Latin America and the Caribbean through their participation in the CAF event. The activity will feature leaders from UNDP, OEI, Unesco, Unitar, WFP, OIJ, WEF, IICA, AS/COA, FPA, Club de Madrid, Mastercard, Coca Cola, Microsoft, National Federation of Coffee Growers, Amcham Colombia, Latir, and the media partners El País, El Mercurio, Briefcase, NTN24, Latin Finance, Latin Trade and the EFE Agency.
The meeting, which will take place between September 19 and 20, 2022, will feature keynote speeches, discussions, launches and presentations of innovative initiatives with the purpose of designing solutions that allow the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to advance in the achievement of the objectives and sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda.
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