{"id":12567,"date":"2026-01-07T13:07:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iai.int\/?page_id=12567"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T23:10:25","slug":"28th-meeting-of-the-conference-of-the-parties","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/28th-meeting-of-the-conference-of-the-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Video conference, 19 August 2020, 11:00 to 14:00 UYT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><small>8:00 \u2013 11:00: Guatemala City, San Jose&nbsp;<br>9:00 \u2013 12:00: Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Mexico City, Panama City, Quito&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>10:00 \u2013 13:00: Asunci\u00f3n, La Paz, Ottawa, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington, DC&nbsp;<br>11:00 \u2013 14:00: Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo<\/small><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda and working documents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Agenda item<\/strong><\/td><td colspan=\"2\"><strong>Document<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\"><strong>11:00-14:00 UYT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\">Opening of the meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Welcome by Executive Council Chair<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Opening remarks of the Executive Director<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\">Administrative and financial matters<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Approval of the agenda<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/2&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/IAI_CoP_28-2-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-2-sp-virtual(3).pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Approval of the Report of the 27th meeting of the Conference of the Parties<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/3&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-3-en(1).pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-3-sp(1).pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Report of the Standing Committee for Rules and Procedures<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/4&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-4-eng.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-4-esp.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Financial and Budgetary matters<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">a. Annex 1: Overview of the Financial Status for FY 2019-2020<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/5\/Annex 1&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5a-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5a-es-virtual.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">b. Annex 2: Core Budget and Country Contributions for FY 2020-2021 and Preliminary request 2021-2023<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/5\/Annex 2&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5b-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5b-es-virtual.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">c. Annex 3: Auditors Report<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/5\/Annex 3&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5c-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5c-es-virtual(2).pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">d. Annex 4: Report of the Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC)<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/5\/Annex 4&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5d-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-5d-es-virtual.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\">Executive Council<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Report from the Executive Council<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/6&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-6-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-6-sp-virtual.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Election of Executive Council members&nbsp;<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\">The Science Advisory Committee (SAC) and the Science Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Joint SAC\/SPAC report&nbsp;<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/8&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-8-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-8-es_virtual.pdf\">Spanish<\/a>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Election of SAC members<\/td><td>Notification 2020\/012:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-012-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-012-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Election of SPAC members<\/td><td>Notification 2020\/013:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-013-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-013-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Decision XXVII\/5: Recommendations by the SAC and SPAC on revisions to the<em>&nbsp;IAI Scientific Agenda<\/em><\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/11&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-11-en-virtual-(2).pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-11-sp-virtual(2).pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\">Report of the IAI Directorate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Summary report of activities by the IAI Directorate<\/td><td>IAI\/COP\/28\/12&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-12-en-virtual.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/iai-cop-28-12-sp-virtual.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td colspan=\"4\">Outstanding items and conclusion of meeting<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Determination of the time and venue of the next two regular meeting of the Conference of the Parties in 2021<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Closing remarks (Parties, IAI Directorate)<\/td><td>No document<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information documents<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>IAI\/COP\/28\/Info\/1:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/CitytoCity.pdf\">City-to-City Partnerships and South-South and Triangular Cooperation on Sustainable Urban Development<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>IAI\/COP\/28\/Info\/2:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/Opportunities%20for%20South-2020-06-11-IAI-contribution.pdf\">A submission to the UNESCO consultation of Open Science from the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>IAI\/COP\/28\/Info\/3:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/F-Expertise-4--CPEPAL-ADDB-WEB.pdf\">Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean on post-2020 global biodiversity governance (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>IAI\/COP\/28\/Info\/4:&nbsp;STeP Program Charter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/STeP%20Program%20Charter%20V3(1).pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/STeP%20Program%20Charter%2012Aug2020_trad.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>IAI\/COP\/28\/Info\/5: STeP Professional Development and Networking Plan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/STeP%20PD%20%20Networking%20Plan_V3(1).pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/STeP%20PD%20%20Networking%20Plan_12Aug2020_trad.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>IAI\/COP\/28\/Info\/6: Rules of the Conference of the Parties of the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/pdf\/en\/IAI-cop-rules-2014.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/=\/\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decisions of CoP-28<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/Decision-CoP-28-eng.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/Decision-CoP-28-spa(1).pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notifications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information on using Zoom to participate in the 49th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-49), the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (CoP-28) and the 50th meeting of the Executive Council (EC-50)<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/023&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-023-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-023-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAC and SPAC nominations received and elections procedures<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/022&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-022-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-022-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CoP-28, EC-49 and EC-50 official documents available<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/021&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-021-en_0.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-021-es_0.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Invitation to Parties to submit nominations for representatives to the Financial and Administrative Committee (FAC)<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/019&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-019-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-019-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New deadline for submitting nominations for representatives to the Science-Policy Advisory Committee (SPAC)<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2020-013-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2020-013-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New deadline for submitting nominations for representatives to the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) by Parties, Associates and the Scientific Advisory Committee<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/012&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2020-012-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2020-012-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the 49th and 50th meetings of the Executive Council to be held via video conferencing on 19 August 2020<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/011&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2020-011-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2020-011-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Postponement of the 28th meeting of the IAI Conference of the Parties, the 49th and 50th meetings of the Executive Council and the 4th Joint meeting of the SAC\/SPAC<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/005&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-005-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-005-sp.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nominations to the SPAC<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/004&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-004-en.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-004-es.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nominations to the SAC<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/003&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-003-en_2.pdf\">English&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-003-es_2.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updating National Focal Point information for the issuance of invitations to CoP-28 (Asunci\u00f3n, 2020)<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2020\/001&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-001-en_1.pdf\">English<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/notificaciones\/nt-2020-001-es_1.pdf\">Spanish<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iai.int\/admin\/site\/sites\/default\/files\/Representantes.pdf\">Annex<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Venue of and logistical information for the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the 49th and 50th meetings of the Executive Council and the 4th Joint meeting of the SAC\/SPAC<\/strong><br>Ref: IAIUYDIR\/2019\/021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2019-021-en.pdf\">English&nbsp;<\/a>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/nt-2019-021-sp.pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Participants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of participants of the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/CoP-28%20Final%20List%20of%20Participants-.pdf\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Final report<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/CoP-28-report-en(1).pdf\">English<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.iai.int\/administrador\/assets\/images\/ckfinder\/files\/CoP-28-report-es(1).pdf\">Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/iai.int\/en\/reuniones-ec-y-cop\/\">Return to EC and COP Meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:41px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video conference, 19 August 2020, 11:00 to 14:00 UYT 8:00 \u2013 11:00: Guatemala City, San Jose&nbsp;9:00 \u2013 12:00: Bogota, Kingston, Lima, Mexico City, Panama City, Quito&nbsp;&nbsp;10:00 \u2013 13:00: Asunci\u00f3n, La Paz, Ottawa, Santiago, Santo Domingo, Washington, DC&nbsp;11:00 \u2013 14:00: Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Montevideo Agenda and working documents Agenda item Document 11:00-14:00 UYT Opening of the 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