Minister Miller attends Escazu Agreement environment protect

Minister Miller attends Escazu Agreement environment protections meetings

NASSAU, The Bahamas -- The Honourable Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources led a delegation to a Seminar for Public Officials from the CARICOM region on the Escazú Agreement.

Under the theme, "Moving Towards A More Resilient and Sustainable Future In The Caribbean", the Escazu Agreement is the first regional treaty on environmental matters in Latin America and the Caribbean -- adopted under the auspices of UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) as Secretariat on 4 March 2018, in Escazú, Costa Rica.

The Escazú Agreement aims to guarantee the rights of access to environmental information, public participation in the environmental decision-making process and access to justice in environmental matters.

The recent meeting on the pact was held at the Marriott Dadeland Hotel, Miami, on 16 September, 2024.

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Government of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Resident Coordinator, Officer-In-Charge and attendees at the recent meeting on The Escazú Agreement: 'Moving Towards a More Resilient and Sustainable Future In The Caribbean.'

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(L-R) David Barrio Lamarche, Legal Officer, ECLAC Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division; David Davis, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (MENR); Dennis Zulu, United Nations (UN) Resident Coordinator for Jamaica and The Bahamas; Hon. Vaughn P. Miller, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Bahamas; and Carlos de Miguel, Officer-In-Charge, ECLAC Sustainable Development and Human Settlements Division.

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(L-R) Arana Pyfrom, Deputy Director, Department of Environmental Planning and Protection (DEPP); Hon. Vaughn P. Miller, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Bahamas; and David Davis, Permanent Secretary, MENR. (Photos/MENR)

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