OAS: Regional Instrument on Rio Principle 10?

A public dialogue organized by the Organization of American States (OAS) on governance and public participation in sustainable development decision-making included extensive discussion of a proposal to seek a commitment at UNCSD (Rio+20) for a regional instrument to implement of the Rio Declaration's Principle 10. Members of a panel agreed that, apart from a few examples such as Mexican laws on access to information and public participation, most Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have neither fully implemented Principle 10 nor the OAS' own 1999 Inter-American Strategy for the Promotion of Public Participation in Decision-Making for Sustainable Development (ISP).

OAS: Support for Rio+20 Process

The Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States (OAS-DSD) has announced its intent to organize a series of hemispheric dialogues in a variety of sustainable development themes, such as Energy and Climate Change, Integrated Water Resources Management, Biodiversity and Sustainable Land Management, Risk Management and Environmental Law, Policy and Governance. The results of these dialogues will feed into the UNCSD (Rio+20) process through means such as policy papers and recommendations.

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OAS/41st GA: Environment-related Resolutions

The 41st regular session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States, meeting from 5-7 June, in San Salvador (El Salvador) adopted Resolution 2644* on sustainable development, including welcoming UNCSD (Rio+20) and reiterating the full commitment of all countries in the region to its success. Furthermore, Resolution 2649** addresses climate change, Resolution 223*** reaffirms commitment to negotiations on the Draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and Resolution 2691**** supports the work of the Caribbean Sea Commission

See the document: "Declarations and Resolutions Adopted by the General Assembly"

*118-121
**134-137
***223-224
****284-285

OAS: 2nd High-level Meeting on Sustainable Development

The 2nd Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Sustainable Development in the framework of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development (CIDI) was held in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) on 17-19 November 2010. The Meeting adopted a Declaration recognizing that human beings are at the center of concerns for sustainable development and that poverty eradication is an integral part of sustainable development.

Declaration of Santo Domingo: http://www.oas.org/DSD/MinisterialMeeting/Documents/Declaracion_Santo_Domingo_eng.pdf