Panel 1: Social policies with a rights-based approach throughout the life cycle

Chair: Cristina Lustemberg, Vice-Minister of Public Health of Uruguay

Moderator: Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development
of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations

· Maria do Carmo Brant de Carvalho, National Secretary for Social Assistance
of Brazil

· Ana Josefina Güell, Vice-Minister of Human Development and Social Inclusion
of Costa Rica

· William Díaz, Director of the International Economic Agencies Department
of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment of Cuba

· Michelle Muschett, Vice-Minister for Social Development of Panama
· Héctor Medina, Deputy Director of the Progress with Solidarity programme
of the Office of the Vice-President of the Dominican Republic

· Héctor Medina, Deputy Director of the Progress with Solidarity programme
of the Office of the Vice-President of the Dominican Republic

· Laura Giannecchini, Institutional Development Coordinator of the Latin
American Campaign for the Right to Education (CLADE)