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José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL
20 September 2023 | News
Known by its Spanish acronym, FACRID, this instrument aims to secure resources and implement projects for disaster prevention, reduction, mitigation, response and recovery in the region.
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25 August 2022 | News
Representatives of Latin American and Caribbean countries concluded the twenty-first meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.
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24 August 2022 | News
At a subregional seminar organized by ECLAC and PARIS21, specialists agreed on the importance of strengthening information on the environment, climate change and disasters in the Caribbean subregion.
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22 July 2022 | News
Mega-drought, glacier melt, extreme rainfall and deforestation have major impacts.
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3 February 2022 | News
During the 62nd Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, authorities agreed on preparatory activities for the XV Regional Conference to be held in Argentina in November 2022.
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25 October 2021 | News
The United Nations regional organization presented a document on this issue in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually on October 26-28.
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20 October 2021 | Announcement
On October 26-28, the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place, under the organization of ECLAC, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, and UNDP.
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17 March 2021 | News
Authorities, international officials and civil society representatives participated in a panel dedicated to the subregion during the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
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24 June 2020 | News
The United Nations regional organization ratified its “Caribbean First” strategy in times of pandemic, during a meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS).
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22 June 2020 | News
The report, developed by the Comission’s Subregional Headquarters in Port of Spain, will analyze technology uses to promote resilience building and risk mitigation, and will be available later this year.
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19 February 2020 | News
The event, organized by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Statistics Division, was attended by more than 45 people from 11 national and local institutions in Uruguay.
Diane Quarless, Alicia Bárcena and Daniel Titelman
23 September 2019 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary met with the Prime Ministers of Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the framework of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly being held in New York.
25 July 2019 | News
Regional technicians gathered for an expert group meeting (EGM) hosted by ECLAC Caribbean to discuss intense rainfall, storm surges and hurricanes which have resulted in an increased number of flooding events in the Caribbean over recent times.
19 March 2019 | News
ECLAC supports countries in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their disaster risk management (DRM) strategies, with a view to understanding how these can interact and integrate with other planning and development policies and instruments.
8 November 2018 | News
ECLAC has introduced a Disaster Assessment Methodology Exercise Guide, developed for the DaLA trainings.
26 October 2018 | News
ECLAC Caribbean carries out follow-up training to disaster assessment missions carried out last year to quantify the economic, social and environmental effects and impacts of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
18 October 2018 | News
ECLAC trains representatives from Cuba’s Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment, as well as other professionals working in disaster analysis and planning units in correlated areas such as water, sanitation and agriculture.
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8 de October de 2018 | News
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL fue una de las comentaristas de la conferencia magistral ofrecida en Santiago, Chile, por José Sarukhán, Coordinador Nacional de la Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) de México.
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25 June 2018 | News
From 23-25 May 2018, ECLAC provided policymakers with an increased capacity and awareness for disaster risk reduction.