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5 December 2012 | Press Release

ICC and ECLAC Promote Debate on Sustainable Environmental Taxation

In the context of the eighteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

8 November 2012 | Press Release

Countries Approve Road Map for Regional Instrument on Access to Environmental Information, Participation and Justice

Latin American and Caribbean nations agree to strengthen regional cooperation and dialogue on environmental matters.

7 November 2012 | Press Release

Region's Countries Seek Participation of All Citizens in Environmental Issues

Representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean will make progress in the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.

23 de October de 2012 | Press Release

Urge avanzar en políticas sobre TIC orientadas al desarrollo sostenible

La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia Bárcena, y la Ministra del Medio Ambiente de Chile, María Ignacia Benítez, encabezaron la inauguración del evento.

13 October 2012 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Requires Quality Social and Environmental Investment

The event ending Friday is part of preparations for the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European Union (EU), scheduled for January 2013.

8 October 2012 | Press Release

President of Ireland Called for a Harmonization of Investment and Sustainable Development

Head of State underlined the importance of the forthcoming CELAC-EU Summit of Heads of State and Government, scheduled to be held in January 2013 in Chile.

4 de October de 2012 | Press Release

CEPAL y GIZ firmaron contrato de ejecución de programa conjunto sobre desarrollo sostenible

El organismo de las Naciones Unidas y la agencia alemana establecieron las prestaciones y actividades del programa de cooperación técnica que rige hasta 2014.

31 August 2012 | Press Release

Region's Governmental Authorities Stress the Relevance of ECLAC's Structural Change Proposal

Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, called on the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to coordinate their macroeconomic, industrial, social, labour and environmental policies.

27 August 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes an Integrated Approach to Development for the Region

The United Nations agency, which is holding its thirty-fourth session in El Salvador, is offering Latin American countries a new roadmap for the coming years.

9 July 2012 | Press Release

It Is Necessary to Reduce Territorial Inequalities for Promoting Sustainable Development

Government representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean concluded the meeting emphasizing the importance of mainstreaming population issues in public policies.

6 July 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Member States Meet in Ecuador for Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development

At the meeting, priority issues for Latin America and the Caribbean related to population, territory and sustainable development will be discussed.

22 June 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Structural Change with Equality and Environmental Sustainability at Its Heart

The aim is to transform and diversify the export pattern beyond raw materials and increase investment in knowledge-intensive sectors, according to the ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.

18 April 2012 | Press Release

CEPAL Review Analyzes the Relationship between Energy Growth and Sustainability and Wage Differentials in the Caribbean

Created in 1976 by Raúl Prebisch, the Review is the main academic publication of the United Nations organization.

29 March 2012 | Press Release

"Rio+20 Is an Opportunity to Redefine the Vision of Future Development"

Alicia Bárcena participated in a regional debate on the progress and challenges towards a more sustainable and inclusive development, chaired by the Deputy-Secretary-General of the Organization at the UN Headquarters.

28 March 2012 | Press Release

UN Agencies Assess Sustainable Development 20 Years on from the Earth Summit

How to bridge the gaps and guiding public policies towards sustainable development will be focus of the evaluation.

24 February 2012 | Press Release

Reliable and Timely Statistics Are Essential for Making Public Policies to Deal with Crisis

Authorities and experts meet in the Dominican Republic to analyse the challenges of statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean.

25 January 2012 | Press Release

"Investment in Latin America Is Not Enough to Achieve Development"

While average investment in the region is 20% of GDP, in some countries in Asia Pacific it is 40%, stated Alicia Bárcena.

11 January 2012 | Press Release

"Tax Reforms With a Vision of Sustainable Development Are Needed in Latin America"

Alicia Bárcena and the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany, Dirk Niebel, took part in a roundtable on climate change.

4 January 2012 | Press Release

ECLAC Updates Economic, Social and Environmental Indicators in a New Edition of the Statistical Yearbook

Publication provides facts, for example, on the decline in fertility and increase in unemployment among women.