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Ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin Americaand the Caribbean on Sustainable Development Santiago, 13–16 April 2026 SUMMARY OF THE CHAIR INTRODUCTION At the thirty-sixth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC),held in Mexico City from 23 to 27 May 2016, the member States adopted resolution 700(XXXVI),establishing the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Developmentas a regional mechanism to follow up and review the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for SustainableDevelopment,including the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs),its targets and means ofimplementation, including the Addis Ababa Action Agenda adopted at the Third International Conferenceon Financing for Development. The ninth meeting of the Forum was held in Santiago, from 13 to 16 April 2026, was chaired by Peru, inits capacity as Chair of ECLAC, and was open to member States of the Forum and observers, the agencies,funds and programmes of the United Nations system, resident coordinators, regional and subregionalbodies, international financial institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society. On 13 April, prior to the start of official activities of the Forum, the following events were held: the Forumof children, adolescents and youth of Latin America and the Caribbean; the Interfaith forum of the ninthmeeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development;the meeting of the Mechanism for Civil Society Participation in the Sustainable Development Agenda andin the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development; and themeeting of the Regional Collaborative Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean withUnited Nationsresident coordinators in Latin America and the Caribbean. The purpose of the meetings of the Forum is to facilitate peer learning and share experiences and goodpractices among the Latin American and Caribbean countries regarding actions taken to achieve the SDGsin the region. OPENING SESSION José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin Americaand the Caribbean (ECLAC), said that the ninth meeting of the Forum was taking place in a context markedbygeopolitical fragmentation,escalating armed conflicts,competition for military,economic andtechnological supremacy and an open questioning of multilateralism. Amid those significant challenges to therealization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it was essential to strengthen multilateral action,cooperation and partnerships among all those committed to advancing sustainable development. Hehighlighted the available capacities, assets and tools, as well as the power of civil society, the commitment ofvarious sectors and movements, the will of governments and the presence of the United Nations system. Heencouraged participants to approach the meeting with the conviction that meaningful change was possible. With less than five years left to achieve the 2030 Agenda, the trend was not promising. At the current pace,the region would meet only 19% of targets, was progressing too slowly towards 42% of them and hadstalled or was regressing relative to 2015 for 39%. The major United Nations conferences held in 2025 andthe meetings of various ECLAC intergovernmental bodies had generated important declarations andcommitments regarding the SDGs. Given the adverse circumstances, action must be decisive. The2030 Agenda was ambitious, and the SDGs had targets, but above all they charted a course. Developmentwas not a zero-sum game and each step in the right direction made a difference in the lives of millions ofpeople. It was not the time to give up, but to continue the work, and ECLAC remained committed tosupporting countries in the pursuit of shared aspirations. Jorge Félix Rubio, Director General for Economic Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru,country serving as Chair of the Forum, said that Peru had been committed to the 2030 Agenda processsince its inception. The Forum was a platform for promoting cooperation among countries, along withnational capacity-building, identification of shared challenges and goals, and peer learning. It was also aspace for forging partnerships. More than 10 years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, the outlook wasuncertain, yet there was a need to move forward. In that context, Peru reaffirmed its commitment tomultilateralism and to promoting an international development agenda centred on social inclusion,sustainability and cooperation among all countries. Li Junhua, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations, said thatformidable pressures on development prospects were being compounded by conflict in the Middle East,which constituted a new shock to an already fragile global economy and posed serious risks, especially forcountries whose limited fiscal and monetary space and h