Political Consensus Building: The Brasilia International Conference on the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean
By SDS (05/04, En, Es) See also Poverty and Inequality
Four multilateral agencies (the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United Nations Development Program) joined the government of Brazil in sponsoring an international conference bringing together high-level representatives of governments, parliaments and civil society organizations in the region and the international community.
The aim of the conference was to strengthen the commitments made by the countries of the region and the international community at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000, which were recently reaffirmed in the Monterrey Consensus. An additional purpose of the conference was to make progress in defining the role that the various parties will play in their joint efforts to achieve the MDGs. Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (Brazil), Hipólito Mejía (Dominican Republic), Bharrat Jagdeo (Guyana) and Carlos D. Mesa Gisbert (Bolivia) attended the conference.
This publication presents the main conclusions of that meeting, which are expressed in the Brasilia Declaration, which is a proposal for implementing the MDGs in the region. It also includes the statements made by each of the four heads of state who attended the event, extracts of presentations by high-level representatives of the international institutions that organized the event, and a summary report highlighting the main issues raised during the conference.
Last updated: 05/08/07
