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27 September 2023 | Press Release
The Second Annual Forum began in Panama, stressing the importance of the Escazú Agreement as an instrument for ensuring democracy, environmental protection, the rule of law, sustainable development and the defense of individuals and groups in situations of vulnerability.
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22 September 2023 | Announcement
The meeting will take place on September 26-28, 2023 with the purpose of sharing experiences and best practices in the promotion, prevention and protection of people who defend the environment.
10 August 2023 | Press Release
The swearing-in ceremony and first meeting of the Committee elected during the first regional environmental treaty’s COP 2 took place at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Meeting panel.
15 July 2021 | News
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary took part today in Empowering people to protect the planet in a COVID-19 context, a side event to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021.
22 April 2021 | Press Release
On the day of celebrations organized by ECLAC, the region’s countries reaffirmed the importance of the first regional environmental treaty and their commitment to protecting the planet and the people who defend it.
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19 April 2021 | Announcement
The day of celebrations will take place virtually on April 22, the date on which the provisions of Latin America and the Caribbean’s first environmental treaty will officially go into effect.
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22 January 2021 | News
With the instruments of ratification of Mexico and Argentina deposited before the UN today, the minimum number of States Parties was achieved, meaning that the Regional Agreement will enter into force on April 22, 2021, which is International Mother Earth Day.
10 December 2020 | Press Release
A high-level event on the occasion of International Human Rights Day, held in the framework of the Second Meeting of the Signatory Countries to the Agreement, brought together Epsy Campbell (Costa Rica), Michelle Bachelet (OHCHR), Alicia Bárcena (ECLAC), Mary Robinson (The Elders) and Martha Delgado (Mexico), among other prominent figures.
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28 October 2020 | News
Authorities from the region participated today in the launch of the book Afrodescendants and the matrix of social inequality in Latin America: Challenges for inclusion, presented in the framework of ECLAC’s 38th session.
Reunión sobre el Acuerdo de Escazú, realizada en Nueva York el lunes 15 de julio de 2019
15 July 2019 | News
During a side-event to the 2019 United Nations High-Level Political Forum, experts reaffirm the importance of the Escazú Agreement for Latin America and the Caribbean.
15 August 2017 | Speech
Remarks by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC (in Spanish).
15 de August de 2017 | Press Release
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, y los jefes de agencias del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas reconocieron que los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) se hayan plasmado en una ley local.
18 July 2017 | Statement
"Today, as we commemorate Nelson Mandela’s lifetime of service, the best tribute we can pay this great man is not words or in ceremonies, but actions that improve our world", United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says in his message.
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15 November 2016 | Announcement
New round of discussions will be held at ECLAC’s headquarters on November 21-25, 2016.
8 de November de 2016 | Speech
Discurso de la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena.
8 de November de 2016 | Press Release
La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional rindió hoy homenaje a Enrique V. Iglesias y Belela Herrera, quienes ofrecieron refugio y salvoconducto a miles de chilenos y extranjeros tras el golpe de Estado del 11 de septiembre 1973 en Chile.
29 de April de 2014 | Press Release
El académico de la UNAM dictó la XIII Cátedra Raúl Prebisch en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile.
29 de April de 2014 | Speech
Intervención de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en ocasión de la conferencia "El desarrollo ayer y hoy: idea y utopía" del profesor Rolando Cordera Campos.