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UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed Will Inaugurate the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development

16 April 2019 | Announcement

The Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, will participate in the opening session of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which will be held on April 22-26 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. More than a thousand people – including representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society – are already confirmed to attend the gathering, which will feature more than 50 side e…

Authorities and Experts at ECLAC Analyze the Regional Challenges Posed by the International Financial Crisis

10 January 2019 | News

In a meeting held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, authorities and experts discussed international financial volatility, global economic uncertainty and lower perspectives for growth dynamics in 2019 in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. During the seminar on “Latin America and EU Regionalism: Towards a Cooperative Way-out beyond the Crisis”, distinguished speakers addressed the challenges currently facing the region in terms of fiscal, monetary, economic and institutional reforms in the face of the questioning of multilateralism worldwide. The meeting, or…

ECLAC Participates in Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech

11 December 2018 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, delivered remarks at various sessions in the framework of the intergovernmental conference to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, which took place in Marrakech, Morocco on December 10-11, 2018. In these presentations, the senior United Nations official addressed the Global Compact for Migration’s importance from a regional perspective, along with the urgency of multilateral cooperation and regional integration to confront both regional and global challen…

Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is an Opportunity for Inclusive and Sustainable Investments: ECLAC

7 December 2018 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, highlighted today in Paris, France that the Chinese-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could be a significant opportunity to promote inclusive and sustainable investments. This Friday, December 7, Bárcena made a presentation at the fourth Silk Road Forum, held in the French capital by the China Center for International Knowledge on Development (CIKD) and the China Development Research Foundation (CDRF), with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of C…

International Cooperation Must Change its Approach to Respond to Latin America and the Caribbean’s Own Needs

3 October 2018 | News

International development cooperation must change and move from the traditional approach to one that responds to the particular needs of Latin America and the Caribbean, senior government authorities from various countries in the region and United Nations officials indicated today during the Eighth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation, which took place at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The meeting – carried out in the framework of “Development in transition week,” which runs from October 2 to 5 – was inaugurated by the Executive Sec…

ECLAC: There is Great Room for Deepening Ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean

1 October 2018 | News

“There is great room for deepening the ties between India and Latin America and the Caribbean. In economic terms, we can make progress through long-term and new generation trade, technological and productive agreements,” said Mario Cimoli, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), who participated on behalf of Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena in the inauguration of the eighth India-Latin America and Caribbean Conclave, which is taking place in Santiago, Chile. There is ample room for growth in trade, foreign direct investment and South…

ECLAC, the European Union and the Government of Chile Organize a Week Dedicated to “Development in Transition”

28 September 2018 | Announcement

On Thursday, October 4, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, a high-level dialogue entitled “Development in transition: development challenges in a changing world” will take place, with keynote addresses by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization; Neven Mimica, Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development of the European Union (EU); and Roberto Ampuero, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile. After these speeches, the authorities in attendance wi…

Deepening Regional Integration is an Imperative for Facing International Turbulence

25 June 2018 | News

In a context as turbulent as the current one, where there is increased questioning of globalization and heightened migratory and trade tensions, deepening regional integration is not an option but rather an imperative. Thus, the convergence between the Pacific Alliance and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) is both necessary and urgent, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) emphasizes in the document The Convergence between the Pacific Alliance and MERCOSUR: Facing Together a Challenging Global Scenario (available only in Spanish and Portuguese). Acc…

Foreign Ministers and UN Authorities Defend Multilateralism as a Key Tool for Sustainable Development with Equality

11 May 2018 | News

Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Finance from seven countries of the region and United Nations high authorities offered a fervent defense of multilateralism today as the principal and only tool for advancing toward fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and to arrive at development that puts equality front and center. This was in the context of ECLAC’s thirty-seventh session that concludes today in Havana, Cuba. In a high-level dialogue with special participation by Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General, foreign ministers from Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador…

Republic of Korea and ECLAC Sign Agreement that Deepens Cooperation with a View to Achieving the 2030 Agenda

10 May 2018 | News

The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) strengthened their strategic cooperation relationship today upon signing an accord that promotes trade and sustainable urban and rural development in the region’s countries with a view to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The agreement was penned by Kang Kyung-wha, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, and Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, at a gathering held in the framework of the United Nations regional organization’s thirty-seventh sessio…

Countries Call for Changing the Paradigm of World Cooperation Leading Up to the Next UN International Conference

9 May 2018 | News

Representatives of various countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as multilateral organizations and the United Nations system, today called for changing the paradigm of international cooperation, and for generating a common regional position on South-South and triangular cooperation leading up to the United Nations High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40), to be held in March 2019 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the panel on the challenges facing middle-income countries leading up to the Second United Nations High-Level Conference on South-South Cooperation,…

The European Union launches the Regional Facility for Development in Transition

2 May 2018 | News

The Regional Facility for Development in Transition for Latin America and the Caribbean is an EU-led initiative, developed with the support of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and its Development Centre and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Stefano Manservisi, Director-General for International Cooperation and Development at the European Commission said: "The objective of this Facility is to promote sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean, while countries transition to higher levels of income. It will support…

China and ECLAC Strengthen their Cooperation to Foster Trade and Investment with Latin America and the Caribbean

9 November 2017 | News

In the context of a tour through China, ECLAC’s Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division and Officer-in-Charge of its International Trade and Integration Division, Mario Cimoli, met this Thursday, November 9, with government authorities from that country and participated as the main speaker in the China-Latin America and the Caribbean International Exposition (CLAC Expo), one of the biggest business gatherings between both areas. The official from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – who traveled to China in representation of Alicia Bárc…

China and Latin America and the Caribbean Strengthen their Trade Ties: Exports Will Grow 23% in 2017

8 November 2017 | News

Regional exports to China will show the highest growth in 2017, at 23%, surpassing shipments to the rest of Asia, Europe, the United States and within the region itself, according to the report International Trade Outlook for Latin America and the Caribbean, which ECLAC recently launched and which it presented on Wednesday, November 8 at a high-level event held in Beijing. A delegation from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – headed by the Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division and Officer-in-Charge of the organization’s International…

Opportunities for Cooperation between China and Latin America and the Caribbean Are Underscored in Academic Forum at ECLAC

17 October 2017 | News

Authorities and experts inaugurated the First CELAC-China High-level Academic Forum this Tuesday, October 17, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, recognizing the enormous opportunities for economic, social, political and cultural cooperation between the Asian giant and the Latin American and Caribbean region, particularly in the current international context marked by uncertainty, the effects of climate change and the revival of protectionist trends. The event, which runs through Wednesday, October 18, was organized by …

Republic of Turkey Joins ECLAC as a Member State

29 September 2017 | News

The Republic of Turkey officially became a Member State of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at a ceremony held this Friday, September 29, in the Patio de las Banderas of the UN regional organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The event was presided by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and Naciye Gökçen Kaya, the Republic of Turkey’s Ambassador to Chile. Also in attendance were representatives of the diplomatic corps stationed in Chile, as well as national authorities and officials from international organizations. “Today we officially welco…

ECLAC and BMZ Analyze in Lima a New Phase of Collaboration with a Focus on the 2030 Agenda

28 September 2017 | News

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) of the United Nations, and Christiane Bögemann-Hagedorn, Deputy Director General for Latin America of Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), met on Wednesday, September 27, in Lima, Peru to analyze the results of the current cooperation program and evaluate the scope of a new phase of collaboration for the 2018-2020 period. Both Bárcena and Bögemann-Hagedorn are in the Peruvian capital participating in the IV Regional Conference on Prospects for Triangu…

ECLAC Calls for Strengthened South-South Cooperation to Attain the Sustainable Development Goals

25 April 2017 | News

Only by combining initiatives and efforts will the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean be able to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), since what is needed is global governance and new partnerships between States, their citizens and the private sector. In responding to that imperative, South-South cooperation can and must make a significant contribution, says the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Daniel Titelman, the Director of the Economic Development Division of ECLAC, representing the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Regional Co…

New UN chief Guterres pledges to make 2017 'a year for peace'

1 January 2017 | News

On his first day at the helm of the United Nations, Secretary-General António Guterres today pledged to make 2017 a year for peace. “On this New Year's Day, I ask all of you to join me in making one shared New Year's resolution: Let us resolve to put peace first,” said Mr. Guterres in an appeal for peace. He said one question weighs heavy on his heart. “That is: how can we help the millions of people caught up in conflict, suffering massively in wars with no end in sight?” “Peace must be our goal and our guide,” he said, urging all citizens, governments and leaders to strive to overcome differ…

Latin America and the Caribbean Have Great Potential for Strengthening their Economic and Cooperative Ties with China

9 December 2016 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean have great potential for improving their economic and cooperative ties with China, a country that has already become the region’s second-largest trading partner, according to a new ECLAC document presented during the visit made by President Xi Jinping to the headquarters of the United Nations Regional Commission in Santiago, Chile, on 22 November 2016. The report Economic Relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and China: Opportunities and Challenges (in Spanish) was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, at the Summit of Media …

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