The presidents and heads of delegation of the forest countries, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru Indonesia, Suriname, Venezuela, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines released on the last day of the Amazon Summit, held this Wednesday (9), the communiqué “United for Our Forests – Joint Communiqué of Developing Forest Countries in Belém“.
In the document, the Amazonian countries that make up the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) demand financial aid from developed countries for the development of action plans and forest preservation strategies.
At the end of the Summit, the President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, gave a press conference and recalled that the Declaration of Belém released on Tuesday (8), reinforces the objective of strengthening ACTO through regional cooperation.
“It will be essential to have a strengthened ACTO, with regular meetings of presidents and authorities, increased social participation through the Amazonian Mechanism of Indigenous Peoples and the institutionalization of the Amazonian Parliament”, said the President of Brazil.
From ACTO, the second day of the Summit was attended by the Secretary General of ACTO, Alexandra Moreira; the Executive Director, Carlos Lazary and the Administrative Director and responsible for forestry, Carlos Salinas.
CHECK OUT THE ATTENDEES AT THE AMAZON SUMMIT ON AUGUST 09:
FÉLIX-ANTOINE TSHILOMBO, PRESIDENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
DENIS SASSOU NGUESSO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CONGO
MARK-ANTHONY PHILLIPS, PRIME MINISTER OF GUIANA
RALPH GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
DELCY RODRÍGUEZ, VICE-PRESIDENT OF VENEZUELA
ROGELIO MAYTA , FOREIGN MINISTER OF BOLIVIA
ALVARO LEYVA DURAN, MIN. FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF COLOMBIA
ANA CECILIA GERVASI DIAS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PERU
MR. GUSTAVO MANRIQUE MIRANDA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ECUADOR
ALBERT RANDIM, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SURINAME
SULTAN AHMED AL-JABER, PRESIDENT OF COP28
HELDER BARBALHO, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF PARÁ
MORGAN DOYLE, BID REPRESENTATIVE IN BRAZIL
SIMON STIELL, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE UNITED NATIONS FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE (UNFCCC)
MARIA HELENA SEMEDO, DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FAO
ALESSANDRO GOLOMBIEWSKI TEIXEIRA, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK
JUAN BELLO, REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, WWFP
ALICIA MONTALVO SANTAMARIA, MANAGER OF CLIMATE ACTION AND POSITIVE BIODIVERSITY AT CAF
ADRIANA GONÇALVES MOREIRA, REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR LATIN AMERICA OF THE GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FUND
CARLOS ARBOLEDA, HEAD OF DELEGATION, UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNPD)
BRIGITTE COLLET, AMBASSADOR OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC TO BRAZIL
HANS BRATTSKAR, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
MINISTERS OF STATE
MAURO VIEIRA, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
ALEXANDRE SILVEIRA, FROM MINES AND ENERGY
MARINA SILVA, ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE
JADER FILHO, CITIES
SILVIO ALMEIDA, HUMAN RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP
SÔNIA GUAJAJARA, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
MÁRCIO MACÊDO, FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC
PAULO PIMENTA, FROM THE SECRETARIAT OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION
DEPUTY SOCORRO NERI, REPRESENTING THE AMAZONIAN PARLIAMENT (PARLAMAZ)
EDMILSON RODRIGUES, MAYOR OF BELÉM
