Focus: Review and appraisal of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcomes of the twenty-third special session  of the General Assembly 

Introductory remarks:

• Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director for Normative Support, United Nations System Coordination and Programme Results of UN-Women

• Cindy Quesada Hernández, Minister for the Status of Women of Costa Rica and representative of the country serving as Vice-Chair of the Bureau of the sixty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women designated by the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States

Presentation of the document Action for equality, development and peace in Latin America and the Caribbean: draft regional report on the review of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action 30 years after its adoption in synergy with the implementation of the Regional Gender Agenda

• Ana Güezmes García, Chief of the Division for Gender Affairs of ECLAC (Presentation)