Launch of Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2024

UN Regional Commission's side event #cop16colombia of the CBD - Message by ECLAC Executive Secretary

UN Regional Commission's High-level side event #cop16colombia of the CBD - Message by ECLAC Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs. Cali, Colombia, 29 October, 2024. Latin America and the Caribbean is renowned for its vast biocultural richness. Biodiversity and its ecosystem services support livelihoods of millions of people and economic and social development in many countries and territories. However, in our region, the environmental pressure posed by the unsustainable use of natural resources has led to the reduction of productivity and numerous conflicts. It is therefore crucia…

Messages from the Regions: High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2024

In September 2024, world leaders will convene at the United Nations in New York to forge a new international consensus on how we deliver a better present and safeguard the future. This once-in-a-generation opportunity serves as a moment to mend eroded trust and demonstrate that international cooperation can effectively achieve agreed goals and tackle emerging threats and opportunities. The annual Regional Forums on Sustainable Development convened earlier this year by the five UN Regional Commissions all featured sessions dedicated to the Summit of the Future. These consultations captured voic…

Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Launch PISA 2022

Keynote Speech by the President of Paraguay Santiago Peña

(English translated version) Keynote Speech by the President of Paraguay Santiago Peña at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile. Tuesday, November 7, 2023. More information in https://bit.ly/3sncyZs…

XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture, by Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD

(English translation version) Prominent economist Rebeca Grynspan, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), gave the XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture on Monday, October 30, 2023 at the main headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), where she was received by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary. The former Vice President of Costa Rica gave a lecture entitled “Globalization Disrupted: Prebisch, Trade Imbalances, and the Future of International Economics.” More informati…

10 Years of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development

Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2023

Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs invites to the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC

The Montevideo Consensus

The Montevideo Consensus is Latin America and the Caribbean’s most important intergovernmental agreement on population and development matters, and it is the means by which the region conducts follow-up to the Cairo Programme of Action beyond 2014. It is a progressive and comprehensive instrument, because it includes aspects that are key for implementing policies geared towards ensuring the full exercise of human rights in such important topics as sexual and reproductive health, population ageing, international migration, indigenous peoples and the Afrodescendent population. Download it here: …

4th Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and Caribbean (Monday 28 Jun)

(English translation) Fourth session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (first day, Monday 28 June, 2022). More info in https://crpd.cepal.org/4/en  #populationLAC #CRPD2022 …

First meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Escazú Agreement (first day)

5th meeting of the Forum of the Countries of LAC on Sustainable Development (Third day - 9 March)

Entry into force of the Escazú Agreement - Day of Celebrations

Alicia Bárcena invites you to follow ECLAC's thirty-eighth session

Thirty-eighth session of ECLAC

Launch of ECLAC's Special Report COVID-19 No. 8: Political and social compacts for equality and sustainable development

Mensaje de Alicia Bárcena en SDG Action Zone - UNGA 2020 (en inglés)

Message by UN Secretary-General. Policy brief impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean

Technical and vocational education and training for greater equality in LAC – Part 3