SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS SECRETARIAT
Summits Virtual Platform
Virtual Forum: Promoting Human Prosperity
Resources and Reference Documents
This virtual forum will discuss the first main theme of the Draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain, “Promoting Human Prosperity” (Paragraphs 5 to 29).
Considering the broad scope of this theme, the forum is divided into 8 sub-themes. This document has the purpose of informing the discussion and compiles some of the main resources and reference documents addressing each sub-theme in the region.
*Last update: October 9, 2008
GENERAL FRAMEWORK:
-Draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain
-Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS)- Organization of American States (OAS)
-Inter-American Democratic Charter- Organization of American States (OAS)
-United Nations Millennium Development Goals - United Nations
-Towards the Fifth Summit of the Americas: Regional Challenges – Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG)
SUB-THEMES:
- Poverty Reduction and economic growth
- Labor and employment
- Food security
- Health
- Education
- Youth
- Knowledge based society
- Culture
- Poverty Reduction and economic growth
-United Nations Millennium Development Goals - United Nations
-Inter-American Program for a Universal Civil Registry and ‘the Right to Identity’ AG/RES. 2362 (XXXVIII-O/08) - Adopted at the fourth plenary session, held on June 3, 2008
-Millennium Development Goals. A look at Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in Latin America and the Caribbean - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
-Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2007-2008 - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
-Social Panorama of Latin America 2007 - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
-The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2008 (Global) - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
-Latin America and the Caribbean countries national progress reports - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
-The Millennium Development Goals. A Latin American and Caribbeanperspective- Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
-Human Opportunity Index (HOI), Selected Findings, October 2008. – The World Bank
(To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter P for ‘Poverty reduction and economic growth’’ and locate its title.)
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- Labor and employment
-Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour–Department of Social Development and Employment, Organization of American States (OAS)
-Decent Work in the Americas: An Agenda for the Hemisphere (2006-2015) - International Labour Organization (ILO)of the United Nations
For a summary of this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter L for ‘Labor’ and locate its title.
-Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work - International Labour Organization (ILO)of the United Nations
-ILO Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization- International Labour Organization (ILO) of the United Nations
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- Food security
-2008 Rome Declaration on World Food Security - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
-World Food Summit- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
-AGRO 2003-2015 Plan for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas- Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
-Hemispheric Ministerial Agreement - Guatemala 2007: "Agriculture and Rural Life in the Americas" - Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
-IICA´s response to rising food prices (2008) - presented by IICA Director General, Dr. Chelston W. D. Brathwaite, at the Medellin SIRG meeting during the OAS General Assembly.
(To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter F for ‘Food Security’’ and locate its title.)
-A renewed IICA for the 21st Century (December 2006).
(To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter F for ‘Food Security’’ and locate its title.)
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- Health
-Regional Strategic Plan of Action based on the Interagency Strategic Consensus on Reducing Neonatal Mortality and Morbidity in Latin America and the Caribbean - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
-PAHO/WHO Regional Strategy on an Integrated Approach to the Prevention and Control of Chronic Diseases Including Diet, Physical Activity, and Health. - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
-Regional Strategy on Nutrition and Health Development 2006-2015 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
-International Health Regulations (2005) - World Health Organization (WHO)
-Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
-Health Agenda for the Americas 2008–2017 - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
-Declaration of Rio of Janeiro “Agriculture and Health: Partnership by the Equity and Rural Development in the Americas” - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
(To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter H for ‘Health’ and locate its title.).
-Ministerial Declaration - Preventing through education. 1st Meeting of Ministers of Health and Education to Stop HIV and STIs in Latin America and the Caribbean - Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
(To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter H for ‘Health’ and locate its title).
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- Education
-Hemispheric Commitment to Early Childhood Education (Declaration of V Inter-American Meeting of Ministers of Education) - Organization of American States (OAS)
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- Youth
-2008 Declaration of Medellin on Youth and Democratic Values- Organization of American States (OAS), General Assembly, 2008.
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- Knowledge Based Society
-Agenda for Connectivity in the Americas and the Plan of Action of Quito - Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), Department of Science and Technology, Organization of American States (OAS)
-2006 Declaration of Santo Domingo “Good Governance and Development in the Knowledge-Based Society” - Organization of American States (OAS), General Assembly, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, June 2006
-Tunis Commitment - World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) – International Telecommunications Union (ITU), United Nations
-eLac 2010, SAN SALVADOR COMMITMENT, Adopted at the Second Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, San Salvador, 6-8 February 2008 - Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations
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- Culture
-Discussion Document “Plan of Action for Enhanced Cultural Cooperation in the Americas” (2007-2009)” (Presented by the Delegation of Canada and the Technical Secretariat) – Department of Education and Culture, Organization of American States (OAS)
(To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the letter C for ‘Culture’ and locate its title).
-Creative Economy Report 2008: The challenge of assessing the creative economy towards informed policy-making – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
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If would like to suggest a reference document that you consider to be relevant to inform this dialogue and that should be included in this compilation, please contact Claudia Salazar, Summits Virtual Platform Coordinator: