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9 August 2015 | Statement

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
"On this International Day, we are focusing attention on the health and well-being of the world’s indigenous peoples", says Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary-General.
7 August 2015 | Press Release

Countries in the Region Agree to Continue Strengthening Regional Cooperation on Digital Matters
Representatives from 18 countries approved the Digital Agenda for Latin America (eLAC2018) during the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society, which concluded today in Mexico City.
5 August 2015 | Press Release

The Transit to an Internet Based on Production Is Key for a Development with Equality: ECLAC
The Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today and will be held in Mexico City until Friday.
5 August 2015 | Speech

Opening of the fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
4 August 2015 | Press Release

To Compete in the Global Economy the Creation of a Digital Single Market in Latin America and the Caribbean Is Required
ECLAC presents study on the digital revolution in the framework of the Fifth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society being held this week in Mexico City.
3 August 2015 | Press Release

Consensus Reached on New Sustainable Development Agenda to be adopted by World Leaders in September
Ambitious new agenda would end poverty by 2030 and universally promote shared economic prosperity, social development and environmental protection.
31 July 2015 | Press Release

Countries Say Equality is Not Possible Without a Gender Perspective in Sustainable Development Goals
The fifty-second meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ended on Friday in the Dominican Republic.
31 July 2015 | News

ECLAC disaster assessment package targets policy makers and children in Costa Rica
Policy makers and children in Costa Rica will soon be better prepared to prevent and deal with disasters, as ECLAC Caribbean brings its disaster assessment package to the country.
29 July 2015 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow Just 0.5% in 2015
Vitalizing investment is key to boosting growth and productivity in the region, ECLAC indicates in a new report.
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23 July 2015 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present New Growth Projections for the Region’s Economies
The United Nations organization will launch on Wednesday 29 July its Economic Survey of Latin American and Caribbean 2015 in a press conference to be held at its headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
16 July 2015 | Infographic

International Trade in Goods in the Region in 2014
For a second consecutive year, Latin America and the Caribbean had a negative foreign trade balance in 2014 of more than $30 billion dollars, according to official figures from year’s end compiled by ECLAC. The region’s exports decreased 2.1% from a year earlier, while imports fell 0.6%.
16 July 2015 | Press Release

Countries Reach Historic Agreement to Generate Financing for New Sustainable Development Agenda

The Addis Ababa Action Agenda addresses all sources of finance, and covers cooperation on a range of issues including technology, science, innovation, trade and capacity building.
15 July 2015 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Advocates Boosting Domestic Resources to Finance Development
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a roundtable in the framework of the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa.
14 July 2015 | Press Release

Authorities and Experts Call for Global Collective Action to Finance Development
ECLAC and the governments of Chile and Colombia organized a debate in the framework of the international conference being held July 13 to July 16 in Addis Ababa.
14 July 2015 | News

Experts Call for New Rules to be Defined on Financing for Development
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a side event organized by the five United Nations regional commissions in the framework of the international conference being held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
13 July 2015 | Op-ed

How Can We Finance Sustainable Development?
Op-ed by ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena (July 2015).
13 July 2015 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Debt Relief for Caribbean Countries and the Creation of a Subregional Fund
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present this proposal at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, to take place in Addis Ababa.
10 July 2015 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Highlights the Role of the Region’s Institutional Architecture in the Lead-up to the Post-2015 Agenda
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in New York in a dialogue organized by the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
10 July 2015 | Statement

World Population Day
"Not since the end of the Second World War have so many people been forced from their homes across the planet", Ban Ki-moon says.
9 July 2015 | Speech

ECOSOC dialogue with the executive secretaries of the United Nations regional commissions
Statement by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

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