"EPSY CAMPBELL BARR"

The Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, Epsy Campbell Barr, said that a new report “highlights that people of African descent around the world continue to be victims of systemic racial discrimination and receive racialized attacks.” UNIFEED

Press conference by Epsy Campbell Barr, Chairperson of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent, on human rights for people of African descent.

The second Permanent Forum on People of African Descent started Tuesday in New York. The theme of the session is "Realizing the dream: A United Nations Declaration on the promotion, protection and full respect of the human rights of people of African descent". UNIFEED

Opening segment - Interactive Panel I - Recognition- Interactive Panel II - Justice

High-Level Digital Cooperation event, focused on concrete actions to safeguard the technological era for future generations.

High-Level Digital Cooperation event, focused on concrete actions to safeguard the technological era for future generations.

Keep ‘promise of Cairo alive’ to further advance women’s empowerment, speakers urge at General Assembly anniversary meeting for landmark population conference at 99th plenary meeting.

Press briefing on the First Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean by Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Costa Rica and Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).

Epsy Campbell Barr, Vice-President of Costa Rica, addresses the general debate of the 73rd Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 25 September - 01 October 2018).

The Escazú Agreement, which aims to combat inequality and discrimination and to guarantee the rights of every person to a healthy environment and to sustainable development, opened for the signature of the 33 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The Vice President of Costa Rica, Epsy Campbell Barr, said the signature was “a milestone for environmental democracy” as well as a “contribution our region is making for global multilateralism.” UNIFEED