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4 December 2019 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Stresses the Urgency of Transforming Privileges into Rights to Put an End to Inequality
In the framework of the SICA Regional Forum 2019, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary delivered a keynote speech in which she sustained that inequality, poverty and migration are the basis of the widespread social disenchantment affecting the region.
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21 November 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region
On Thursday, November 28, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will launch in Chile the Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 report.
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10 July 2019 | Announcement

Countries of the region will assess progress and challenges in the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
The fourth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, 9 - 10 October 2019
20 May 2019 | Press Release

The Right to Development in Places of Origin is the Solution so that Migration is an Option, Not an Obligation: ECLAC
In a ceremony led by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, Alicia Bárcena, presented to Mexico a proposal for the El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan.
24 April 2019 | Press Release

Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development Begins with a Call to Strengthen Multilateralism and Regional Cooperation
The third meeting of the gathering was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, with the presence of representatives from all the region’s countries.
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18 April 2019 | News

How to Follow the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

All the main panels at the meeting will be broadcast live April 22-26. The invitation, on social media, is to participate in the debates using hashtags #ForoALC2030 and #LACForum2030.
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18 March 2019 | News

Profound Changes in Demographic Dynamics Will Have Consequences for Public Policies, ECLAC Warns
The First Regional Report on the Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus describes the region’s progress and challenges with regard to population and development.
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14 March 2019 | News

Rights-based Approach is Essential for Addressing the Ageing of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Population
A new publication by ECLAC warns that population ageing in the region is taking place in a scenario marked by inequality and poverty.
15 January 2019 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Remained Steady in 2017, but Extreme Poverty Increased to the Highest Level since 2008, while Inequality has Fallen Notably since 2000
ECLAC released its report Social Panorama 2018 today in Chile, including new revisions to the methodology used by the organization to estimate monetary poverty in the region, as well as new measurements on functional inequality, social spending and double labor and social inclusion.