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04/19/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 04/19/2024 11:34

How to Follow the Third meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement

19 April 2024|News

The main panels of the COP 3 of the first environmental treaty of Latin America and the Caribbean will be broadcast live on April 22-24, 2024. The invitation on social media is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #EscazúAgreement and #COP2Escazú.

The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean - known as the Escazú Agreement - will take place on April 22-24 at ECLAC's central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

Its main objective will be the consideration and approval of the Action Plan on Human Rights Defenders in Environmental Matters, prepared in a participatory process under the leadership of the ad hoc Working Group coordinated by Chile, Ecuador and Saint Kitts and Nevis. Reports from the Secretariat, Presiding Officers and the Committee to Support Implementation and Compliance will also be presented, along with national implementation road maps, and any other matter that the Parties decide upon will be discussed.

Website

The event website, https://acuerdodeescazu.cepal.org/cop3/en, contains general information on the event, the schedule, reference documents, press releases and news, as well as links to all ECLAC social media. It also lists details on the participants, among other information resources.

Live broadcast

The main panels of the COP 3 will be transmitted live via the following platforms:

Any media outlet or organization is free to replicate the broadcast on their own web portals.

X (former Twitter)

We will be tweeting in Spanish and English from our two institutional accounts, @cepal_onu and @eclac_un, using the hashtags #AcuerdoDeEscazú and #EscazúAgreement. We will also be using #CEPAL and #ECLAC, and #COP2Escazú.

Facebook

We will be sharing content about the meeting on our Facebook pages (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu/ and https://www.facebook.com/eclac).

YouTube

We will upload videos related to the meeting to our YouTube channels and will be updating them throughout the event. Subscribe to our channels at https://www.youtube.com/user/CEPALONU and https://www.youtube.com/user/ECLACUN.

Flickr

High-resolution photos of the event will be published on our institutional accounts on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cepal/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/eclac. Each image will be accompanied by the corresponding photo credits and communications media can use them freely, citing the credits.

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