Representatives of governments and international organizations participated in the second day of the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC, which is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, took part in the closing session of the II High-Level CELAC-China Forum and the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum.
ECLAC Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena opened the event, which includes the VI China-LAC Think Tanks Forum, jointly with authorities and distinguished academics.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a high-level conference organized by UNCTAD and the permanent missions of Belarus and Barbados to the United Nations office in Geneva.
In the framework of her visit to Germany, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at the Latin America-Caribbean Conference and met with authorities from several countries.
The United Nations regional organization presented a new document with policy recommendations in the framework of the second EU-CELAC Foreign Ministers Meeting held in Brussels.
A new document, published on the occasion of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to ECLAC, addresses the challenges of cooperation among the two regions.
Xi Jinping inaugurated the Summit of Leaders from the Media along with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary launched an initiative for an export platform in the region during meetings with businesspeople and government authorities in Berlin.
Although bilateral trade expanded 22 times over between 2000 and 2014, a limited number of basic products still make up the bulk of regional shipments to the Asian giant.