1 March 2011.  Geneva, Switzerland.  UNITAR Executive Director Carlos Lopes had the honour of receiving a high-level visit from the Costa Rican Foreign Minister, Mr. René Castro Salazar, at UNITAR Headquarters in Geneva. During the meeting, Minister Castro expressed his full satisfaction with the past and ongoing cooperation between the Republic of Costa Rica and UNITAR in the area of environmental protection.

Over the recent years, UNITAR has been involved in capacity building efforts in Costa Rica including strengthening the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on environmental democracy through a country-driven process, reinforcing the country’s capacity for sound chemicals management, and other.