Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

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Migration Requires Urgent Adoption of Agreements Aimed at Building Rights-based Governance

In the framework of the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, a briefing was held on regional progress regarding the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.

Photo paralell event Global Compact (business)

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Companies must Change Business Model to Adopt Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

During the second meeting of the Forum of Countries on Sustainable Development, representatives of the business sector reaffirmed their commitment to the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.

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The Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development: A Regional Contribution to a Global Challenge

Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary.

From right to left, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and Rodrigo Malmierca, the Cuban Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment.

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Cuba will be the Site of ECLAC’s Most Important Biennial Meeting

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and Cuba’s Minister for Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, signed the agreement for the organization’s Thirty-seventh session, which will be held on May 7-11.

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2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Centred on sustainable development and based on equality as an aim and as an ethical principle.
Subsidiary bodies and Intergovernmental meetings
Permanent intergovernmental bodies of ECLAC and other intergovernmental meetings that examine various public policy issues in the region, adopt regional stances in their respective areas of competence and devise mandates to the secretariat of the Commission.
Observatories
ECLAC has created different observatories which track the region's economic and social situation.
Horizons 2030: Equality at the centre of sustainable development
ECLAC proposes a new pattern of development through structural change based on equality and an environmental big push.