United Nations
ECLAC Notes N⁰ 118
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In 2022, At Least 4,050 Women Were Victims of Femicide in Latin America and the Caribbean: ECLAC
Femicidal violence can be prevented with comprehensive and forceful state responses, says the United Nations regional organization, which urges countries to move towards a care society in the region.
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, Visited ECLAC’s Headquarters and Met with UN Staff in Chile
The global organization’s highest authority urged UN agencies, funds and programs to redouble their efforts on joint work to support the country.
Countries Call for Redoubling Efforts to Achieve Full Implementation of the Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
Authorities concluded the Fifth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of UNCTAD: The World Desperately Needs Solidarity, Fraternity and Multilateralism
The prominent economist and former Vice President of Costa Rica, delivered the seventeenth Raúl Prebisch Lecture at ECLAC.
Value of Latin America and the Caribbean’s Goods Exports Will Fall 2% in 2023 in a Context of Great Weakness in Global Trade
ECLAC presented its flagship annual report on the region’s international trade outlook, in which it urges countries to implement productive development policies to diversify their export basket and…
Subregional headquarter(s) and office(s)
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…
In Lecture at ECLAC, Winston Dookeran Advocates for the Caribbean to Shift its Integration Model and Forge Wider Convergence Spaces
The prominent Trinidadian economist and politician was the fifth presenter to participate in the Keynote Lecture Series organized to commemorate the United Nations regional organization’s 75th…
Project implemented by ECLAC and partners promotes “match” between providers and seekers of green technologies in Latin America and Europe
Actions to promote innovation in green technologies led to 96 connections (“matches”) between providers and seekers of these technologies in Latin American and European countries.
ECLAC Participated in the Most Visited Edition of the Guadalajara Book Fair in History
The UN stand’s main topic was the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Human Rights Charter, the 75 years since ECLAC’s founding, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Opinion
A Care Society for a Better World
By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.