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Countries Reaffirm Their Commitment to Implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

20 Mar 2025 | News

Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries, international organizations and civil society agreed today on the need to defend the principles of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, to strengthen regional cooperation and build a new narrative that would recognize migrants’ multiple contributions to sustainable development, at the closing session of the second regional review meeting of the global agreement, which concluded today at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and th…

Authorities Will Review Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean

14 Mar 2025 | Announcement

Representatives of the Member States and associate members of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and of intergovernmental and United Nations system organizations, along with relevant stakeholders, will review implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbean, at a meeting to be held on March 18-20 at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile. The Second regional review meeting on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration in Latin America and the Caribbea…

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Affirm their Commitment to Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

28 Apr 2021 | News

Government representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean committed themselves today to implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and ensuring that migration be an option, rather than an obligation, at the closing session of the regional review meeting on implementation of the Compact, which was co-organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in its capacity as Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migration, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). Participants in this high-level meeting – which too…

Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Review Progress and Challenges in Implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

1 Apr 2021 | Announcement

Ministers, deputy ministers and other high-level authorities from Latin American and Caribbean countries will review, on April 26-28, 2021, the progress and challenges related to regional implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, at a virtual meeting co-organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), in its capacity as Coordinator of the United Nations Network on Migration. The meeting entitled Regional review meeting on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe,…

ECLAC Identifies 6 Lessons to Promote the Use of Family Remittances to Strengthen Value Chains

22 Sep 2020 | News

Although a large share of remittances received by households are used to cover immediate needs, such as food, health care and housing, there is an opportunity to allocate part of these resources to income-generating productive activities, according to a study carried out by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) with the governments of the Dominican Republic, El Salvador and Guatemala. The document entitled Fostering investment of the family remittances in value chains: Case studies in the Dominican Rep…

Experts Call to Address the Human Rights of Migrants as a Priority during the Post Pandemic Recovery

20 Aug 2020 | News

A group of experts from the region made a call today to address the rights of migrants as a priority and consider the role of migration in the post COVID-19 economic and social recovery, during a virtual conversation held in the context of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event, entitled The impacts of COVID-19, an opportunity to reaffirm the central importance of the human rights of migrants in sustainable development, was inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbe…

Profound Changes in Demographic Dynamics Will Have Consequences for Public Policies, ECLAC Warns

18 Mar 2019 | News

The demographic dynamics in the majority of Latin American and Caribbean countries have experienced profound changes that have affected the population’s growth, age structure and territorial distribution and that could have consequences for designing and implementing public policies, according to the First Regional Report on the Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development. The document, produced by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) under mandate from the member countries of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in L…

ECLAC’S Executive Secretary Calls on the UN System to Address the Fundamental Causes of Migration

26 Feb 2019 | News

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, called today on the international community, and the agencies of the United Nations system in particular, to address the roots and fundamental causes of migration in order to confront the problem posed by people’s displacement in diverse parts of the world. The senior UN official moderated a high-level panel on migration and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the framework of an expert symposium on international migration and development, held this Tuesday, February 26, a…

ECLAC and FAO will present in Marrakech the Atlas of Migration in Northern Central America

11 Dec 2018 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), will be presenting today in Marrakech, a joint report entitled the Atlas of Migration in Northern Central American, from 3 p.m. local time (GMT +1) in the frame of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration. The report, which analyzes the main characteristics of migration in the countries of the region, will be presented today at a press conference led by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC and Kostas Stamoulis, Ass…

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

11 Dec 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…

Young People Under 24 from Rural Areas Constitute the Greater Part of Emigration from Northern Central America

11 Dec 2018 | News

Young people under 24 years of age coming from rural areas constitute the greater part of emigration from northern Central America. This according to the document Atlas of Migration in Northern Central America, launched today in Marrakech by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The document was presented by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and Kostas Stamoulis, Assistant Director-General of the FAO’s Economic and Social Development Department, at a press conference held in the fram…

Understanding and Addressing Regional Dimensions is Crucial for Guaranteeing Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration

10 Dec 2018 | News

International migration is a global phenomenon, however, the majority of movements take place within regions and, in each region, there are different opportunities and limitations. For that reason, understanding and addressing the regional dimensions of this phenomenon is crucial for guaranteeing safe, orderly and regular migration, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed today. In the framework of her participation in the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration, which is being held through Tu…

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Address Progress and Challenges Related to Population and Development

30 May 2018 | Announcement

The situation of migrants, the aging of the population, sexual and reproductive health, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations will be some of the central topics addressed in conversations at the Third Meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held August 7-9 at the Convention Center of Lima, Peru. At the gathering – organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Peruvian government, with support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) – the region’s countries will fol…

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

20 Apr 2018 | News

The situation of global and regional migration requires the urgent adoption of agreements aimed at building a governance based on rights, affirmed authorities and experts gathered today at the second meeting of the Forum of the Countries on Sustainable Development, which concluded this Friday, April 20, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The briefing on regional progress regarding the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration was led by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Ambassador Juan José Góme…

ECLAC Report Analyzes United States’ Trade Policy and Its Hardening towards Latin America and the Caribbean

22 Mar 2018 | News

A recent annual report elaborated by the ECLAC Washington Office provides an overview of the most relevant developments in United States trade relations with Latin America and the Caribbean and of the measures that inhibit the free flow of goods among countries in the Western Hemisphere. United States- Latin America and the Caribbean Trade Developments 2016-2017 explains that trade features prominently in the new administration’s economic agenda. The President’s Trade Policy Agenda reinforces the focus on the defense of United States interests through the promotion of free and fair trade by i…

Countries of the Region Will Evaluate Progress and Challenges to Implementing Measures on Population and Development

14 Sep 2017 | Announcement

Representatives of countries in the region will evaluate progress on and challenges to the implementation of the Montevideo Consensus as well as its synergy and complementarity with the 2030 Agenda at the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will be held November 7-9 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The meeting will be inaugurated by Raúl García-Buchaca, ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary for Management and Programme Analysis; Patricia Chemor, Secre…

Mexico Will Host the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

17 Aug 2015 | Announcement

Mexico City will be on October 6-9 the regional capital of debate about issues such as migration, ageing, indigenous peoples and Afro-descendant populations, since it will host the second session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by representatives from governments, international organizations and civil society. The meeting, organized by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of Mexico through the National Population Council (CONAPO), is entitled “Population dynamic…

ECLAC Will Host Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development

11 May 2015 | Announcement

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will host from June 24 to June 26 the Second Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which will be attended by delegates from the region’s countries whose main objective will be to define an operational guide on population and development measures. This operational guide will be presented at the Second Meeting of the Regional Conference, which will be held in Mexico on October 6-9, and will serve as the basis for the implementation and follo…

Government Representatives and United Nations Experts Reviewed Advances and Challenges of Landlocked South American Countries

19 Nov 2013 | News

Government representatives from seven South American countries and United Nations experts met on 19 November in Asunción, Paraguay, to review the advances and challenges of the agreements adopted in 2003 in Almaty (Kazakhstan) in regard to landlocked countries worldwide. According to United Nations data, there are 31 landlocked developing countries, including two in Latin America (Bolivia and Paraguay). The Regional Meeting in Preparation for the Comprehensive 10-Year Review Conference on the Implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action was organized by the Government of Paragu…

Protecting Migrant Persons' Human Rights Is a Priority for Latin America and the Caribbean

1 Oct 2013 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean's migration challenges will be discussed at the Second High-Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, which will be held on 3 and 4 October at the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present the contents of the report from the Latin America and Caribbean Preparatory Meeting for the High-Level Dialogue, which was organized together with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and held in Santiago, Chile, on 10 and 1…

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