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7 June 2024 | Press Release

“No More Lost Decades for Latin America and the Caribbean”: ECLAC Lays Out its Proposal for Economic and Social Transformation
Because of his contributions to the region’s development, the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, was awarded with the Maestro Ricardo Torres Gaitán 2024 Lecture from the Rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Leonardo Lomelí.
29 August 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC Reaffirms Equality as the Fundamental Value for Driving Sustainable Development
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented the document “The Inefficiency of Inequality” during a keynote speech made at UNAM, in Mexico City.
7 de August de 2017 | Press Release

Expertos convergen en la CEPAL para fomentar la cooperación sur-sur entre México y Chile en biodiversidad
La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional, Alicia Bárcena, inauguró un seminario en el que participaron representantes gubernamentales, académicos e investigadores de ambos países. Julia Carabias, exSecretaria de Medio Ambiente de México, dictó una conferencia magistral.
2 May 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary is Awarded the “Gustavo Martínez Cabañas” Medal for International Administrative Merit

Alicia Bárcena received this important distinction from Mexico’s National Institute of Public Administration for her contribution “to strengthening the country’s prestige abroad.”
26 August 2016 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: Participation by Civil Society is Fundamental to Achieving Better Governance of Natural Resources

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary spoke at a meeting of Open Government Partnership in Mexico City.
12 August 2016 | Press Release

Santiago, Chile, will Host New Round of Negotiations for Regional Agreement on Rights of Access in Environmental Matters
In the Dominican Republic, delegates from 22 Latin American and Caribbean countries closed the Fourth meeting of the negotiating committee on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.
9 August 2016 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Boost Progress towards a Regional Agreement on Environmental Matters

The fourth meeting of the negotiating committee on Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development began today in the Dominican Republic.
19 July 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC: A New Governance of Natural Resources is Needed for Compliance with the 2030 Agenda
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented in New York an initiative to create a Regional Centre for Governance of Natural Resources in Latin America and the Caribbean.
1 July 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents Study on Cooperation in Fishing Matters to Presidents of the Pacific Alliance
The Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, shared the main results of a research being developed by the United Nations organization with the bloc’s Heads of State.
27 May 2016 | Press Release

Foreign Affairs Ministers of the Region Highlight Relevance of ECLAC’s Proposals at the End of its Biennial Meeting in Mexico
Authorities praised the proposals of the Commission’s document “Horizons 2030: Equality at the Centre of Sustainable Development,” and acclaimed the establishment of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
26 May 2016 | Press Release

A Renewed Equation between State, Market and Society is Needed to Build a New Development Pattern in the Region
Authorities and scholars highlighted ECLAC’s proposal contained in the document “Horizons 2030: Equality at the Centre of Sustainable Development,” which was presented today in Mexico by Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary.
14 May 2015 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Exchange Positions Ahead of Agreement to Combat Climate Change
Chile hosts a meeting of chief negotiators from Latin America and the Caribbean, with the support of ECLAC, the EU, UNEP and France.
10 December 2014 | Press Release

Climate Change Impacts Already Being Felt Will Intensify in the Future
ECLAC offers a diagnosis and numerous policy recommendations in a new report that estimates this phenomenon’s economic costs in Latin America and the Caribbean.