President Alberto Fernández resumes his local agenda after leading today, at 10 a.m., the opening of the second Latin American and Caribbean Conference on United Nations Peace Operations (ALCONU) which will take place in the San Martín room of the Libertador building.

He will do it in the company of his ministers Jorge Taina (Defense) and Santiago Caféiero (Foreign Relations, International Trade and Worship) and with the Deputy Secretary General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix.

After attending the Group of 20 summit, held in New Delhi, the president will open the international meeting which brings together defense ministers from 24 countries in the region.

Currently, authorities from Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and the Bahamas have confirmed their presence; Haiti; Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana and Mexico. Representatives from Spain, Canada, India, China, Slovenia, Pakistan and France will also participate as observers.

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This new meeting of the ALCONU, under the Pro Tempore presidency of Argentina, pursues the objective of clarifying the articulation in relation to the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (PKO).

Following this exchange, the status of the Latin American and Caribbean Cooperation Network for Peacekeeping (RELACOPAZ), created in Lima in 2022, will be approved. This is the first international institutional mechanism for cooperation in matters of peacekeeping under UN mandate.

Furthermore, it is planned to advance in the definition of objectives, strategic thinking and regional perspective on PKOs under the mandate of the UN, to which the Buenos Aires Declaration will subscribe.

As a preview, Taina revealed the focus of the day: “Regional and sub-regional mechanisms, challenges and opportunities for cooperation for peace”; “Participation of Latin America and the Caribbean in peacekeeping operations”; “Training and Technology in Peacekeeping Operations” and “Women, Peace and Security, Gender Perspectives in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations”.