Ministers of Health and Environment of the Americas gathered in Mar del Plata, Argentina on June 16-17, 2005 to discuss how to improve linkages and integrate a joint agenda in both areas. As a result of this meeting, the ministers of the Hemisphere will present a document to the Heads of State and Government at the Fourth Summit of the Americas that will take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina on November 4-5, 2005.
The priority issues of the meeting included children’s environmental health, integrated water resources and solid waste management, and the sound management of chemicals. Ministers also discussed the advances and challenges the countries face in achieving the Millennium Development Goals related to health and environment. For more information please click here:
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2005
April 21 - 22 XIV Inter-American Meeting, at the Ministerial Level, on Health and Agriculture Mexico DF, Mexico
June 17 - 18 Meeting of the Health and Environment Ministers
Mar del Plata, Argentina
August 11 - 12 IV Ministerial Meeting of Education
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
30 Aug
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1 Sept
Ministerial Meeting of Agriculture and Rural Life
Guayaquil, Ecuador
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Ministerial Meeting of the Western Hemisphere Transportation Initiative WHTI
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 8 - 9 Meeting of Ministers and High Authorities on Sustainable Development
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia
26 - 27 XIV Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor
Mexico DF, Mexico
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Third Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities Responsible for Policies on Decentralization, Local Government and Citizen Participation in the Hemisphere
OAS, Washington, D.C.
October *
II Meeting of Ministers and Highest Appropriate Authorities on Social Development
San Salvador, El Salvador
2006
* * Tourism Ministerial Meeting
Peru
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Sixth Meeting of Ministers of Justice or of Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA VI)
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VII Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas
Nicaragua
(*) Information not available.
(1) This list is not entirely exhaustive and each event is strictly the responsibility of their sponsors.
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http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/829722_comment.php#830449 http://italy.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/830358_comment.php#830451