Latin America and the Caribbean will raise their voices in New York with CAF's world-class event on September 19-20
Latin America and the Caribbean are a key player in the discussion of the main challenges and opportunities facing the world on issues such as global warming, food security, health, education and inequality. On the occasion of its 10 years as a Permanent Observer at the United Nations, CAF -development bank of Latin America- will raise the region's voice in the world's most important multilateral forum.
In the framework of the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations, CAF will present the event "Many Voices, One Region: Latin America and the Caribbean working on the 2030 agenda for sustainable development", a space for reflection with Nobel Peace Laureates Rigoberta Menchú, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Juan Manuel Santos; Heads of State of Argentina, Ecuador and Guatemala; high-level 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 from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, among others; will address the progress and challenges in the region to promote the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.
Leaders from civil society, the private sector and 17 universities from the region are part of the diversity of voices on Latin America that will be raised in New York, among them: Eglantina Zingg, Founder and CEO of Goleadoras.org; Henrique Braun, President of Coca Cola Company in Latin America; Darren Ware, Senior Vice President of Government Relations at 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 UNESCO's Sports Section; and Chelsey Gotell, Member of the Governing Board of the International Olympic Committee; among others.
In nine sessions that can be followed live on caf.com, the voice of Latin America and the Caribbean will be heard on topics 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.
Strategic allies will also add their voices so that the world can fix its gaze on Latin America and the Caribbean through their participation in CAF's event. The activity will include leaders from UNDP, OEI, Unesco, Unitar, WFP, OIJ, WEF, IICA, AS/COA, FPA, Club de Madrid, Mastercard, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Federación Nacional de Cafeteros, Amcham Colombia, Latir, and media partners El País, El Mercurio, Portafolio, NTN24, Latin Finance, Latin Trade and Agencia EFE.
The meeting, which will take place between 19 and 20 September 2022, will feature keynote speeches, discussions, launches and presentations of innovative initiatives with the aim of designing solutions that will enable the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to make progress in achieving the sustainable development goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda.
