I read recently where Panama’s Vice President and Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos Varela, and the Regional Director of Project Services of the United Nations, María Noel Vaeza, signed a memorandum for the construction of the Offices of the Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations in Panama. “The construction of this center will ensure greater consistency of synergy in the work conducted by the 16 regional offices of the major agencies, funds and programs of the United Nations in the region,” he said. With the signing of this instrument, the Government of Panama and the United Nations undertake to construct a building that will be the benchmark for sustainable buildings in the parcel of land granted in April 2009 with an unprecedented green design, including conditions of low environmental impact, energy efficiency through the production of 100 percent of consumption by renewable energy sources, carbon capture and storage of rainwater and environmentally sound waste management. (Panama Guide and Dia a Dia)