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ECLAC Urges for Strengthening Welfare States and Moving Towards a Care Society for a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability

21 Sep 2021 | News
Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, participated in the 14th National Dialogue for a Social Mexico: Development and Society after the Pandemic, organized by the UNAM’s University Program for Development Studies.

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

5 Feb 2021 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary gave a keynote lecture on the climate emergency in Latin America and the Caribbean organized by Oxford University’s International Development Department.

The Protection of Older Persons Must Have Dignity and Humanity at the Center

29 Oct 2020 | News
In the framework of its 38th session, ECLAC presented a document that analyzes the situation of this population in the countries of Central America and Mexico.

ECLAC Analyzes the Link between Trade Agreements, Intellectual Property and Access to Medicines

22 Jun 2020 | News
A document edited by the organization’s Subregional Headquarters in Mexico indicates that intellectual property rules have increased the cost of access to some medicines and can jeopardize full enjoyment of the right to health, which is an especially relevant issue at this time of the COVID-19 pande...

Latin America Must Move from the Capitalism of Shareholders to a Fairer and More Inclusive Capitalism of Stakeholders

19 Feb 2020 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in Mexico City in a gathering with businesspeople focused on the debates at the World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland).

ECLAC Will Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region

21 Nov 2019 | News
On Thursday, November 28, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will launch in Chile the Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 report.

Authorities Will Debate the Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

27 Sep 2019 | News
The Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Mexico City on October 1-3, organized by ECLAC, the Government of Mexico and UNDP.

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Approved an Initial Proposal on a Regional Agenda for Inclusive Social Development

23 Apr 2019 | News
The government representatives participated in the third meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which was held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala

10 Dec 2018 | News
The study, requested to ECLAC by the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODISRA), offers recommendations that would allow for moving toward social equality while also promoting cultural diversity.

In a New Report, ECLAC Analyses Trends in Regional Poverty and the Situation of the Pension Systems in Latin America

18 Dec 2017 | News
The United Nations organization will unveil its report Social Panorama 2017 at a press conference in Mexico on Wednesday 20 December.

Alicia Bárcena Underscored Potential of Universal, Unconditional Basic Income for Young People in the Region

27 Nov 2017 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary presented the book “Basic Income: A Radical Proposal for a Free society and a Sane Economy,” by Philippe Van Parijs and Yannick Vanderborght, at the Guadalajara International Book Fair.

Alicia Bárcena Reaffirms Need for a New Development Model at High-level Forum alongside Noam Chomsky and Nobel Prize Winner Mario Molina

15 Nov 2017 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in Mexico City in the international forum “The Siege Upon Civilization: From Wall to Wall,” held at the UNAM’s main campus.

ECLAC Promotes a Life Cycle Approach to End Inequalities Determined by People’s Age

14 Jun 2017 | News
In its Social Panorama of Latin America 2016 report, the regional body identifies diverse structural gaps in childhood and adolescence, youth, adulthood and old age.

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2016

24 May 2017 | News
The United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will hold a press conference on May 30 in Santiago, Chile.

ECLAC Will Present in Mexico Reflection on Future Development of Latin America and the Caribbean in Light of the 2030 Agenda

21 Apr 2016 | News
The United Nations’ organization will celebrate its thirty-sixth session on May 23-27.

Mexico Will Be the Venue of ECLAC’s Most Important Gathering

1 Mar 2016 | News
Mexican Foreign Minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, signed an agreement regarding the organization’s thirty-sixth session, which will be held on May 23-27.

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