Representatives from at least three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will attend the sixth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The October 29-30 meeting will bring together senior authorities from the ministries and areas involved in population and development-related matters in the region.
The two-day event is being organised by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and chaired by the Colombia government.
Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana and Suriname are among the current vicechairs of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development that is chaired by Colombia.
The other vice-chairs are Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Peru and Venezuela.
ECLAC said in the run-up to the meeting, there will be the launch of the Demographic Observatory 2025, Low fertility in Latin America and the Caribbean: Emerging trends and dynamics, which is an annual publication by ECLAC that analyses the region’s population estimates and projections and provides data on key demographic trends.
In addition, ECLAC will present the document ‘Persons with Disabilities: From Statistical Visibility to the Exercise of Rights,’ which presents the conceptual framework and institutional context that articulate the rights of people with disabilities with the population and development agenda, based on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and a social and rights-based approach.
The publication further addresses the challenges related to producing the statistical information needed for public policy design and implementation, and it analyzes the sociodemographic situation of persons with disabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
It also offers conclusions and policy recommendations aimed at promoting their inclusion and ensuring full exercise of their human rights.