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29 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Moving Towards a Big Push for Sustainability as a Strategy for Emerging from the Current Crisis
In a joint virtual seminar with the Federal Senate of Brazil, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that a new development model will be needed after the COVID-19 pandemic.
18 June 2020 | Press Release

To Confront the Climate Change Emergency and Rethink the Post-COVID Recovery, We Must Urgently Move Towards a New, More Sustainable and Egalitarian Development Pattern
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, presented a new book today that exhaustively reviews the effects of climate change in the region and the policies addressing it.
16 June 2020 | Press Release

FAO and ECLAC: Millions of People May Slide into Extreme Poverty and Hunger in 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean due to the Pandemic’s Impact
New joint report proposes ten measures to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis.
12 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Adopting Comprehensive Policies for an Economic Reactivation that Guarantees Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
In a discussion organized by the Mexican Senate, Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena warned that women are the most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and advocated for a feminist social compact with equality and sustainability.
11 June 2020 | Press Release

It is Urgently Necessary to Achieve the Full Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda, Guaranteeing the Exercise of their Collective Rights
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the President of the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, Myrna Cunningham, presented a study today that addresses the reality of indigenous peoples in the region.
11 June 2020 | Press Release

At Event for CAF’s 50th Anniversary, ECLAC Highlights the Role of Regional Development Banks in Supporting Countries as They Face the COVID-19 Crisis
The UN Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke along with Luis Carranza, Joseph Stiglitz, Ángel Gurría and Enrique Iglesias in the framework of CAF’s commemoration.
11 June 2020 | Press Release

The Crisis Resulting from COVID-19 Could Cause a Significant Increase of Child Labour in Latin America and the Caribbean
An analysis by ECLAC and ILO highlights that the impacts of the pandemic could be the cause of more than 300,000 children and adolescents being obliged to work. This analysis considers it imperative to adopt measures to tackle this situation.
9 June 2020 | Press Release

Building Back Better after COVID-19 Necessitates Doing So with Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level international event on inequalities and the informal economy during and after the pandemic.
5 June 2020 | Press Release

Parliaments are Relevant Actors for Convening a New Fiscal and Social Compact: Alicia Bárcena
At a virtual meeting of parliamentarians from throughout the region, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stressed the importance of having more efficient and open legislative bodies to tackle the crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
5 June 2020 | Press Release

On World Environment Day, ECLAC Recalls that the Environment and Development are Linked and Calls for a Sustainable Reactivation
The United Nations regional commission joins the call to raise our voices for nature. To confront the pandemic effectively and sustainably, Latin America and the Caribbean must prioritize green, low-carbon solutions that are centered on people and on our planet.
28 May 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States a Study on the Economic Impact of COVID-19 that Includes an Observatory on Measures and Instruments along with Recommendations and Proposals for Confronting the Disease
At a special meeting convened by Mexico in its capacity as Pro Tempore Chair of CELAC, the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, submitted a detailed report on the region’s situation to the countries along with recommendations to support the post-pandemic recovery.
26 May 2020 | Press Release

Greater International Financial Cooperation is Crucial for Latin American and Caribbean Countries to be Able to Face the “Perfect Storm” Unleashed by the COVID-19 Crisis
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated on Tuesday, May 26, in a series of events on the pandemic’s economic, social and environmental effects in the region.
22 May 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Stresses the Value of the Regional Dimension as a Bridge to Connect the Global Processes and New National Realities Prompted by COVID-19 with regard to the Challenge of Fulfilling the 2030 Agenda

The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level virtual meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) to review progress on reform of the United Nations Development System and its response to the pandemic.
21 May 2020 | Press Release

Prioritizing Security and Health Policies at Work is Necessary for the Post COVID-19 Reactivation of Production and Employment to be Safe and Healthy
ECLAC and the ILO presented a new joint publication in which they analyze labour challenges in the wake of the pandemic. The organizations indicate that the crisis will likely cause 11.5 million more people to be unemployed in Latin America and the Caribbean.
18 May 2020 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Rethinking the Model and Consolidating the Economic, Social and Environmental Dimensions of Sustainable Development so as to Leave No One Behind
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary met today with members of civil society from Latin America and the Caribbean, where she stressed the region’s commitment to implementing the 2030 Agenda along with the importance of fulfilling it despite the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
12 May 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Moving Towards a Basic Income to Help the Most Vulnerable Population Overcome the Coronavirus’s Effects
The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean.
11 May 2020 | Press Release

In the Post-COVID-19 World, the 2030 Agenda Demands More Cooperation and Regional Integration, More Multilateralism and Greater Productive Integration: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary led today an extraordinary meeting of the Practice Community of the Latin American countries that will present their Voluntary National Reviews before the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020.
7 May 2020 | Press Release

Contribution of Science, Technology and Innovation is Key for Facing Challenges in the Health Industry and for Economic Recovery after the Pandemic
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, held a virtual meeting with ministers and senior officials from ministries and bodies in charge of science and technology from 15 of the region’s countries.
27 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Calls on Us to Build a New Development Model and Strengthen Regional Integration to Confront the Crisis: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in an EU-LAC Foundation webinar, urging for a “new green deal” to be forged with Europe for a more democratic, less unequal and more sustainable world.
22 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Puts Us at a Civilizing Crossroads: Either We Return to the Globalization of Concentration, or We Build a Different Future, Alicia Bárcena Indicates
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a webinar organized by the Carolina Foundation of Spain, on multilateral action in Ibero-America in the face of the epidemic.

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