The ninth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2026 will be held at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on 13-16 April, 2026. During the event, representatives of governments, the U…

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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 biocultur…

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 er…

(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…

(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 o…

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.…

(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…