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14 November 2023 | News

New Document Analyzes Progress on Implementation of the Priority Measures of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development, 10 Years After its Adoption
The report, prepared by ECLAC with support from UNFPA, was presented to countries in the framework of the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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9 November 2023 | Announcement

Adela Cortina, Professor at the University of Valencia, Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC
The Spanish philosopher will make a presentation on Tuesday, November 14 as part of the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
Photo showing high level government officials at the 21st MonCom in the Radisson Hotel.
3 November 2023 | News

21st MonCom Recommends Greater Collaboration Among Countries to Improve SIDS Situation
There is need for greater collaboration among countries and subregional multilateral agencies to promote and articulate clear positions on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Caribbean. This, especially in the lead-up to the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in 2024. Particular attention must also be given to the challenges implementing sustainable development in the Caribbean, with the suggestion for stronger institutions to collaborate and overcome the challenges in the region.
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2 November 2023 | News

Caribbean Must Build Knowledge Economy – ECLAC Caribbean Development Seminar 

Speaking at a development Seminar, part of ECLAC Caribbean’s meeting of the Monitoring Committee, the Chair of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname Albert Ramdin urged countries of the Caribbean to leverage their vast human resources to develop knowledge economies.
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2 November 2023 | Announcement

Paraguayan President Santiago Peña Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC
The Head of State will be received on Tuesday, November 7 by the United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
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27 October 2023 | Announcement

ECLAC Presents Annual Report on Latin America and the Caribbean’s Foreign Trade in 2023
The United Nations regional organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will lead a press conference to unveil the report on Thursday, November 2 in Santiago, Chile.
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26 October 2023 | News

Productive Development Policies are Key to a Better Production and Work Future and to Fostering Economies’ Global Integration
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, participated in the “Dialogues on Uruguay’s Future,” where he stressed the need to escalate productive development policies and focus efforts on dynamic sectors to increase growth in the region’s countries and make it more sustainable and inclusive.
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18 October 2023 | Announcement

The Dominican Republic Will Host Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of Latin America and the Caribbean
The intergovernmental gathering will take place on November 7-9 in Santo Domingo.
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18 October 2023 | News

Countries Reaffirm the Value of Geospatial Information and Ratify Their Commitment to Promoting Its Application to Contribute to the Region’s Sustainable Development
The Tenth Session of the United Nations Regional Committee on Global Geospatial Information Management for the Americas (UN-GGIM: Americas) was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
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18 October 2023 | Announcement

Winston Dookeran, former Foreign Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and current Secretary-General of Euclid University, Will Give a Keynote Lecture at ECLAC
The Trinidadian economist and politician will make a presentation on Wednesday, October 25 as part of the activities commemorating the United Nations regional organization’s 75th anniversary.
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17 October 2023 | Announcement

Countries Will Commemorate Tenth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
This celebration will take place in the framework of the fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development, which will be held on November 14-15 at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
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6 October 2023 | Announcement

Women’s Affairs Ministers and Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet to Reaffirm the Commitment to Gender Equality and Moving Towards the Care Society
Women’s Affairs Ministers and Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet to Reaffirm the Commitment to Gender Equality and Moving Towards the Care Society
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4 October 2023 | News

New ECLAC Document Offers Recommendations for Strengthening the Social Institutional Framework in Latin America and the Caribbean
The publication was presented at the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place in Santiago, Chile.
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4 October 2023 | Announcement

Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD, Will Give XVII Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC
The prominent Costa Rican economist will make a presentation at the United Nations organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on Monday, October 30.
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3 October 2023 | News

ECLAC CARIBBEAN DIRECTOR: International Community Must Lend a Hand to Small Island States

Director of ECLAC Caribbean Diane Quarless says that the international community will need to contribute more to support the development of Small Island Developing States; indeed, if the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are not achieved across all countries, then it is the entire global community that assumes responsibility, since the commitment to implement Agenda 2030 was made collectively by all states. Director Quarless was speaking at a media breakfast in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, organized by the United Nations Information Centre for the Caribbean on Thursday (28 Sep).
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29 September 2023 | News

How to Follow the Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
All the event’s panels will be transmitted live on October 3-5, 2023.
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28 September 2023 | Announcement

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Meet on October 3-5 in Chile
The Fifth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean – organized by ECLAC, the Government of Chile and the UNDP – will be centered on strengthening the social institutional framework in the region.
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25 September 2023 | News

New CEPALGEO Platform Seeks to Strengthen Geospatial Knowledge in Latin America and the Caribbean
The portal presents geographic viewers, geoservices and links to ECLAC’s projects involving a territorial perspective on various social, economic and environmental issues.
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25 September 2023 | News

Countries Stress the Need to Have Sustainable Access to Data Held by the Private Sector for Official Statistical Purposes
Authorities from National Statistical Offices issued a statement in the framework of the 12th Meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC.
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25 September 2023 | News

ECLAC Presents Portal of Inequalities in Latin America
The platform uses graphics to clearly visualize the existing gaps and texts that describe the construction of the indicators, their interpretation and the results they yield.

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