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High-level Authorities from the Region Will Analyze Fulfillment of Gender Equality Commitments in the Context of the Pandemic

18 February 2021 | Announcement

Vice Presidents, Foreign Ministers, Ministers of Women’s Affairs and authorities from mechanisms for women’s advancement – among other representatives from the region’s countries – will participate on February 23-25, 2021 in the 60th Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will take place virtually. The meeting is being organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), which holds the Conference’s Secretariat, in coordination with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empower…

Alicia Bárcena: The Current Health and Climate Crises are the Result of an Unsustainable Development Model

5 February 2021 | News

“The current health and climate crises are the result of an unsustainable development model. Both are global public ills. They arise from the destruction of nature and require collective, simultaneous action along with international cooperation,” underscored Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), during a virtual keynote lecture organized by the Oxford University International Development Department (United Kingdom). The current development model, explained Bárcena, is associated with, among other things, a falling rate of pr…

How to Follow ECLAC’s Session in Mexico

13 May 2016 | News

On May 23-27, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold in Mexico City its thirty-sixth session, the most important biannual meeting of this United Nations organization, whose mandate is to contribute to the region’s economic, social and environmental development. Live broadcast The entire meeting will be broadcast live via the Web site created for this occasion: ://periododesesiones.cepal.org/36/en, which also provides general information about the event, the detailed programme, reference documents and all the news. Any media outlet or organization is free …

OECD's Secretary-General Visited ECLAC

25 April 2016 | News

The Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurría, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Monday, April 25, where he met with Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena and ambassadors of the region to present the OECD's Regional Program for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Although we have different visions, identities and memberships, ECLAC and OECD have been building very valuable bridges for collaboration in the last five years,” Alicia Bárcena said at the start of…

Climate Change Could Prompt a Drop of up to 50% in Central America's Basic Grains Production

5 March 2014 | News

By the end of the century, climate change could prompt a decline in the production of corn, beans and rice in Central America-key to its people's food security-of 35 %, 43 % and 50 %, respectively, according to a recent study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). The report, entitled Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Basic Grains in Central America (only available in Spanish) and published by ECLAC's Sub-regional headquarters in Mexico, calculates this on the basis of two scenarios projected by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Ch…

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