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Opening of the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly

17 Sep 2013 | News

(17 September 2013). The United Nations General Assembly officially opened its 68th session on Tuesday 17 September 2013, at its New York Headquarters, in a ceremony attended by at least 130 Heads of State and Government. Over the next few days, world leaders will discuss an agenda including topics such as sustainable development, health, climate change and the fight against hunger, as well as assessing fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goals. At the press conference, the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, stated that Syria is the main challenge for peace and security: "Let us be …

India's Minister of New and Renewable Energy Visits ECLAC

13 Sep 2013 | News

On Thursday 12 September, India's Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, where he met with Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and other experts from the United Nations regional commission. During the meeting, Minister Abdullah and his delegation joined ECLAC officials in analysing recent trends in the use of renewable energies worldwide and especially in Latin America and the Caribbean. The ECLAC Executive Secretary thanked the Minister for his visit, and highl…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago Will Deliver Lecture at ECLAC

2 Sep 2013 | News

As part of his trip to Chile, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Winston Dookeran, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago on Wednesday 4 September 2013. At 11.00 a.m., Minister Dookeran will deliver a lecture on "Creating a new space for convergence in the Caribbean: integration without borders". He will be received by Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, who will welcome him on behalf of this United Nations regional commission. The lecture will be attended by authorities, members of the…

Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC Took Part in ECOSOC Substantive Session in Geneva

5 Jul 2013 | News

From 3 to 5 July 2013, the Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Antonio Prado, took part in various meetings related to the Substantive Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), which is being held in Geneva, Switzerland. In a discussion between ECOSOC and the Executive Secretaries of the five United Nations regional commissions, Mr. Prado stated "The current model of development is unsustainable". Mr. Prado, who was representing Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), gave an overview of the region's…

New York, 28 and 29 May 2013: Twenty-seventh session of the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC

24 May 2013 | News

The session of 28 May will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will be held in conference room 3, North Lawn Building (CR3 NLB) of United Nations headquarters. Preliminary programme (PDF, 468 Kb.) The twenty-seventh session of the Committee of the Whole of ECLAC will be held on 28 and 29 May 2013 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Committee of the Whole is the subsidiary body of ECLAC which enables member Governments to meet between sessions of the Commission. On this occasion the Committe will consider following agenda items: Economic and social ove…

Head of the United Nations Mission in Haiti Will Deliver an Address at ECLAC

16 May 2013 | News

The Secretary-General's Special Representative, Ad Interim, and Head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), Nigel Fisher, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, on Monday 20 May. At 11.00 a.m., the senior official will deliver an address on the activities of MINUSTAH and the development challenges in Haiti, to an audience made up of UN officials, academics and diplomats. He will be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, who will welcome him on behalf of this regional c…

Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC Took Part in OECD Workshop

4 Apr 2013 | News

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, spoke about structural heterogeneity and inequality in a roundtable at the OECD Workshop on Inclusive Growth, which was held at the OECD headquarters in Paris on Wednesday 3 April. Mr. Prado took part in the second session of the meeting - "Towards a Roadmap for Inclusive Growth Policies" - which focused on discussing the main challenges of identifying inclusive pro-growth policies that can also lead to better results in this area. The Workshop on Inclusive Growth is an activit…

Executive Secretary of ECLAC Visits the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean in Uruguay

3 Apr 2013 | News

As part of her visit to Montevideo to attend the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Wednesday 3 April, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, visited the central offices of the Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC, which is the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry) and the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean. Ms. Bárcena was received by Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director of LACNIC, Pablo Bello, Secretary-General General of the Latin American Association of Research Ce…

UN Deputy Secretary-General Participated in the 1st CELAC-EU Summit

24 Jan 2013 | News

Jan Eliasson, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, participated in the 1st Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), which took place in Santiago, Chile, on 26 and 27 January and was attended by representatives from 60 countries. During his stay in Chile, Mr. Eliasson held bilateral meetings with the Chilean President, Sebastián Piñera, as well as with other Heads of State and senior dignitaries from the region. The Deputy Secretary-General also chaired the meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism, organized by the…

Latin American and European Union Ministers Will Take Part in Roundtable at ECLAC

24 Jan 2013 | News

On Friday 25 January 2013, Ministers from several Latin American and Caribbean and European Union countries will take part in the High-level roundtable on equality and development: Cooperation and public policies to narrow structural gaps, which will be held at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The meeting, which is scheduled for 9:00 a.m., was organized as part of the First Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States and the European Union (CELAC-EU…

ECLAC’s Summer School is Taking Applications for its Nineteenth Session

9 Sep 2025 | News

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) announced the launch of the application period for the Summer School on Latin American Economies 2018, a training program aimed at young researchers, graduates and/or postgraduates interested in studying the process of Latin American development. The nineteenth session of the Summer School will take place from July 18 through September 28, 2018, at the headquarters of the United Nations regional organization in Santiago, Chile. The online applications will be accepted until April 16, 2018. The list of people selected for the …

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