ECOSOC Adopts Declaration on Employment and Decent Work for Poverty Eradication [viewed]
10 July 2012: The High-level Segment (HLS) of the 2012 UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) substantive session concluded with the adoption of a ministerial declaration calling for promoting full employment and decent work in order to eradicate poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The HLS was held from 2-9 July 2012, in New York, US, and included the Annual Ministerial Review (AMR) and the 2012 Development Cooperation Forum (DCF).
6 July 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Government of Brazil have initiated a technical cooperation project to strengthen agro-environmental policies in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). 
28 June 2012: The Central American Integration System's (SICA) Council of Women's Affairs Ministers (COMMCA) and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE) convened the first Regional Conference on the Economic Rights of Women, with a focus on entrepreneurship, public policies and access to capital in the SICA member countries of Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. 
21 June 2012: The Ministerial Council overseeing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) agreed to sharpen the focus of CRFM to improve the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in the region. 
6 July 2012: The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) and the Government of Brazil formally launched ACTO's "Amazonas Project: Regional Action on Water Resources," to promote technical cooperation regarding the Amazon River Basin between the eight ACTO member countries - Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.
6 July 2012: The 64th Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the associated meetings of its Scientific Committee and other sub-groups took place in Panama City, Panama, from 11 June - 6 July 2012. The Commission addressed administrative and substantive matters, including aboriginal subsistence whaling, animal welfare, and climate change and cetaceans.
8 June 2012: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Andean Community's (CAN) Andean Agricultural Health Committee (COTASA) held their first joint technical meeting on pesticide control for four CAN member countries - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
29 June 2012: The EU signed a comprehensive Association Agreement with six Central American countries, namely Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. 
19 June 2012: The Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF) was launched as a platform for dialogue about increasing growth and opportunities for all in the Caribbean. CGF is a one-year initiative aimed to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and ideas on policies to stimulate sustainable and inclusive growth, and to create jobs.
