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26 April 2021 | Press Release

Countries Reiterate Commitment to Implementing the Global Compact and Urge for Viewing Migration as a Contribution to Democracy, Diversity and Sustainable Development
The Regional review meeting on the implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration was inaugurated today.
27 September 2019 | Press Release

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Reaffirm their Commitment to the Comprehensive Development Plan
Representatives of the four governments convened a high-level meeting today at United Nations headquarters in New York to discuss the Plan and challenges to its implementation
12 de September de 2019 | Press Release

Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL presentó al Gobierno de Guatemala el Plan de Desarrollo Integral de Centroamérica y México
En el marco de una visita oficial, Alicia Bárcena se reunió con el Presidente del país, Jimmy Morales, y el Presidente electo para 2020-2024, Alejandro Giammattei, entre otras autoridades.
25 July 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents the Central America-Mexico Comprehensive Development Plan to the Government of Honduras

In the context of an official two-day visit, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, met with President Juan Orlando Hernández and participated in the inauguration of the National Commission on the 2030 Agenda.
27 February 2019 | Press Release

ECLAC: Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of Migration is Distinctly Positive for Countries of Origin and Destination

Alicia Bárcena, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, spoke today during a high-level debate on international migration and development held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Prior to that, she participated in a meeting of ECLAC’s Committee of the Whole.
11 December 2018 | Press Release

The Global Compact is a Historic Opportunity to Recognize the Triad of Rights, Development and Migration: ECLAC
Alicia Bárcena, the organization’s Executive Secretary, participated today in the plenary debate of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration in her capacity as representative of the United Nations regional commissions.
10 December 2018 | Press Release

Foreign Ministers of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico Presented Comprehensive Development Plan in the Framework of the Conference on the Global Compact for Migration
The regional initiative will change the paradigm of migration, development and cooperation between northern Central America and Mexico, under ECLAC’s auspices.
9 December 2018 | Press Release

Global Compact for Migration Provides a Framework of Non-Binding Shared Principles to Confront an Inherently Cross-Border Issue: Alicia Bárcena
At the start of her participation in the Intergovernmental Conference for Migration that is being held in Marrakech, Morocco, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary addressed the global agreement’s relevance from a regional perspective.
29 October 2018 | Press Release

Development, Integration and Equality Must be Central America’s Responses to the Complex Global Context: Alicia Bárcena
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary gave a keynote speech in the framework of the colloquium “Central America and Mexico at a crossroads today,” organized by the United Nations regional organization, The College of Mexico and the Central American Integration System (SICA).
26 de January de 2018 | Press Release

ECLAC: Growth with Equality, Integration and Migration are Priority Issues for Latin America and the Caribbean

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, participated in diverse sessions of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum held this week in Davos, Switzerland.
22 September 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Reaffirming the Positive Contribution of Migrants with Evidence and Data
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a meeting of the United Nations regional commissions on the prospects of the Global Compact for safe, orderly and regular migration.
30 August 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC and IOM Host Preparatory Meeting on the Global Compact for Secure, Orderly and Regular Migration
The meeting’s opening session was headed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary; Louise Arbour, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for International Migration; Ambassador Juan José Gómez Camacho, Co-facilitator of the intergovernmental consultations and negotiations on the global compact on migration; and Laura Thompson, Deputy Director General of the IOM.
6 October 2015 | Press Release

“Population Policy is Essential for Full, Sustainable Development”
The President of Mexico and the Executive Secretary of ECLAC opened the second meeting of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Mexico City.
11 November 2014 | Press Release

Around 28.5 Million Latin American and Caribbean People Live Outside their Native Countries
Intraregional migration flows have intensified in recent years, according to a new study by ECLAC.
15 July 2013 | Press Release

Government Representatives and Officials Discussed the Post-2015 Agenda in the Caribbean
Regional integration was highlighted as a key to regional development.