1. Nature:
The Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean shall be a subsidiary body of the Commission that shall contribute to the progress of policies on statistics and statistical activities in the countries of the region.
2. Objectives:
a) To promote the development and improvement of national statistics and work to ensure that they are comparable internationally, bearing in mind the recommendations of the United Nations Statistical Commission, the specialized agencies and other relevant organizations;
b) To promote international, regional and bilateral cooperation among national offices and international and regional agencies;
c) To draw up a biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities, to meet the demands of the countries of the region, subject to the availability of resources.
3. Membership:
All countries that are members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean are members of the Conference.
4. Meetings of the Conference:
The Conference shall hold its regular meetings every other year. The Conference may accept an invitation from a member Government to hold its regular meeting in its country.
- First meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2001)
- Second meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2003)
- Third meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2005)
- Fourth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2007)
- Fifth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2009)
- Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2011)
- Seventh meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2013)
- Eighth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2015)
- Ninth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (2017)
5. Membership of the Executive Committee:
The Conference shall elect an Executive Committee, in accordance with the regulations established by the Commission. The Chairperson of the Executive Committee shall also preside over the meetings of the Conference. The Executive Committee is empowered to convene a special meeting in the interval between regular meetings.
6. Secretariat:
The secretariat of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean shall serve as the secretariat of the Conference. The secretariat shall make available to the Conference such documents and facilities as have been approved by the Commission.