Alicia Bárcena was speaking at the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) and taking part in the celebrations to mark the bicentenary of Uruguay.
Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and former European Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, took part in the seminar.
Bárcena held several meetings in Brussels with representatives of member countries of the Council of the European Union, parliamentarians and senior officials from the European External Action Service and the European Commission.