Celac Boosts Integration in 2013 With a Wide Agenda
The extended troika of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Status (CELAC in Spanish) laid out in this capital its work priorities for 2013 which will boost social and economic integration.
The agenda of the group founded in 2011, led by Cuba this year as president pro-tempore, includes issues as struggle against poverty, reduction of inequity, education and culture, as well as energy, finances, environment, family agriculture, science and technology, transport and industrialization
The meeting in Havana of the expanded troika, formed by Chile, Costa Rica, Haiti and the host country, analyzed on Friday the agenda for 2013 and a roundup of the work done since Chile held the First Celac Summit three months ago.
On the priorities of the integration group formed by the 33 independent states of Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, said in a press round the steps taken and part of the plans ahead.
In answering Prensa Latina, the Cuban Minister recalled the recent sectorial meetings held on education, culture and the environment.
Havana hosted on February 7 the first forum of Education Ministers of CELAC; Paramaribo, Suriname, received by the middle of March the Ministers of Culture, while Quito, Ecuador recently organized a meeting on the environment and sustainable development.
In the very near future, announced Rodriguez, Celac will hold a meeting of its national coordinators where a chronogram of events will be approved.
This troika was extended with Haiti, president pro-tempore of Caricom.
Chilean minister, Alfredo Moreno, said the Celac is a historical institution and considered it represents the opportunity to work, despite its differences in integration toward development.
For his part, the Foreign Relations Minister of Costa Rica, Enrique Castillo, extolled the posibilitéis of dialogue and concertation in the integrationist bloc, "always looking to generate synergy in search for practical results that benefit the peoples of our countries."
In the case of Haiti, minister Pierre-Richard Casimir, highlighted the value of this group for Caribbean nations and its potentiality to relate to other world regions to pursue social and economical development.
The agenda of the group founded in 2011, led by Cuba this year as president pro-tempore, includes issues as struggle against poverty, reduction of inequity, education and culture, as well as energy, finances, environment, family agriculture, science and technology, transport and industrialization
The meeting in Havana of the expanded troika, formed by Chile, Costa Rica, Haiti and the host country, analyzed on Friday the agenda for 2013 and a roundup of the work done since Chile held the First Celac Summit three months ago.
On the priorities of the integration group formed by the 33 independent states of Latin America and the Caribbean, Cuban Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, said in a press round the steps taken and part of the plans ahead.
In answering Prensa Latina, the Cuban Minister recalled the recent sectorial meetings held on education, culture and the environment.
Havana hosted on February 7 the first forum of Education Ministers of CELAC; Paramaribo, Suriname, received by the middle of March the Ministers of Culture, while Quito, Ecuador recently organized a meeting on the environment and sustainable development.
In the very near future, announced Rodriguez, Celac will hold a meeting of its national coordinators where a chronogram of events will be approved.
This troika was extended with Haiti, president pro-tempore of Caricom.
Chilean minister, Alfredo Moreno, said the Celac is a historical institution and considered it represents the opportunity to work, despite its differences in integration toward development.
For his part, the Foreign Relations Minister of Costa Rica, Enrique Castillo, extolled the posibilitéis of dialogue and concertation in the integrationist bloc, "always looking to generate synergy in search for practical results that benefit the peoples of our countries."
In the case of Haiti, minister Pierre-Richard Casimir, highlighted the value of this group for Caribbean nations and its potentiality to relate to other world regions to pursue social and economical development.
Source:
Prensa Latina
Date:
08/04/2013