SUMMITS OF THE AMERICAS SECRETARIAT
Summits Virtual Platform
Virtual Forum: Promoting Energy Security
Resources and Reference Documents
This forum will discuss the second main theme of the Draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain,
“Promoting Energy Security” (Paragraphs 30 to 38).
This document has the purpose of informing the discussion and compiles links to some of the main resources
addressing this theme in the region.
*Last update: October 27, 2008
GENERAL FRAMEWORK:
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Draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain
Charter of the Organization of American States (OAS) - Organization of American States (OAS)
United Nations Millennium Development Goals - United Nations
Towards the Fifth Summit of the Americas: Regional Challenges – Joint Summit Working Group (JSWG)
Links and resources:
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Renewable Energy in the Americas Initiative (REAI) - Organization of American States (OAS), Executive
Secretariat for Integral Development (SEDI), Department of Sustainable Development
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Andean Energy Alliance - Andean Community (CAN)
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Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Initiative (SECCI) - Inter-American Development Bank (IDB),
Infrastructure and Environment Sector (INE)
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Natural Resources and Infrastructure Division – Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
(ECLAC) of the United Nations (Available only in Spanish)
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Energy + Latin America and the Caribbean (found by region and Topic), World Bank
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Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE)
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Energy and Environment Partnership with Central America (EEP)
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International Energy Agency (IEA)
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Some Reference Documents:
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Declaration of Panamá: Energy for Sustainable Development - Organization of American States (OAS),
General Assembly, Panama City, Panama, 2007.
Declaración de Margarita: Construyendo la integración energética del sur, Isla de Margarita, 16 de abril de
2007 (Available only in Spanish)
Estrategia Energética Sustentable Centroamérica 2020 - XXXI Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno
del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, SICA (Available only in Spanish)
Cooperación Energética Hemisférica: Contribución Potencial de los Países de la Comunidad Andina de
Naciones, Ramón Espinasa – Inter-American Development Bank and the Andean Community (Available
only in Spanish)
- To access this document, please refer to ‘Resources’ within the Summits Virtual Platform, click on the
letter E for “Energy Security’’ and locate its title.
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-------------------------------------If you would like to suggest a reference resource or document that should be included in this compilation to
inform the dialogue, please contact Claudia Salazar, Summits Virtual Platform Coordinator: [email protected]