Common objectives of Latin American Group

Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela

Child malnutrition

  1. by reducing poverty reducing child malnutrition
  2. reduce child malnutrition nationally than regionally
  3. share good practices and knowledge, experiences with other countries
  4. work within and with intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, civil society
  5. action plan, strategy special attention to nutrition
  6. comprehensive approach (education, social and health services, fight against AIDS and other diseases)
  7. to inform and empower communities and families, especially women to ensure adequate nutrient intake
  8. gaining the assistance from developed countries
  9. birth control
  10. stabilization in a way to help in conflict regions

International sanctions

  1. reform of international sanction to be more effective
  2. SC should improve design, implementation, ongoing evaluation and follow-up of sanctions regimes.
  3. establishing of monitoring mechanisms
  4. sanction regime as stabilization tool
  5. monitoring by ad hoc committees GA
  6. smart targeted sanctions, othersuch as postal communication, sports, cultural exchange prohibited
  7. sanctions should be discussed within GA,
  8. be multilaterally administered and enforced in an effective manner from the start with leading country in command for imposing them elected from Security Council
  9. be supervised by established and respected body
  10. reform of SC
  11. respect of individuals human rights and right to development
  12. limitation of negative side effects

Environmental refugees

  1. define the ER
  2. cooperate and help regionally within Latin America financially, co-assistance
  3. cooperate with United States of America
  4. to establish a climate change centre for the Caribbean region
  5. reduce greenhouse gas emissions
  6. all main actors responsible for creating global warming will contribute and help, in proportional way
  7. supervising commission of independent scientists can be established
  8. developed countries should offer technology at lower prices
  9. include internally displaced persons in definition
  10. placing people as close as possible, to areas of similar climate and culture
  11. globally developed strategy to comprehensive and rapid response

LAG decided that every country should represent their own and LAG common objectives in committee it is active in. LAG also decided to have at least two members part of every committee.

Minutes of the meeting:

Date: 10. 3. 2008

Place: Faculty of Social Sciences

Participants: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela

President and minute taker at first meeting: Brazil