Dear Executive Secretaries of the sister UN Regional Economic Commissions,
Dear Selwin Hart, UN Assistant Secretary-General for the Climate Action Team (CAT)
Dear Thilmeeza Hussain, Director of the Regional Commissions New York Office,
Distinguished guests, colleagues, and participants,
Welcome to this side-event on how Critical Energy Transition Minerals can accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), convened under the auspices of the United Nations Regional Economic Commissions.
Today, we gather to address a defining challenge of our time: powering and enabling the…
SPEECH BY ALICIA BÁRCENA, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ECLAC),
IN CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS PIKETTY, AUTHOR OF
“CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY”
Santiago, 15 January 2015
Mr.Piketty,
Welcome to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the home of the United Nations in Latin America and the Caribbean. Speaking for myself and on behalf of ECLAC, I would like to thank you for accepting our invitation to join us today and fitting us in to your extremely busy schedule.
Allow me to congratulate you on the qu…
PALABRAS DE ALICIA BÁRCENA, SECRETARIA EJECUTIVA DE LA CEPAL,
EN OCASIÓN DEL ENCUENTRO CON THOMAS PIKETTY,
AUTOR DE “EL CAPITAL EN EL SIGLO XXI”
15 de enero de 2015
Santiago de Chile
CEPAL
Bienvenido a esta, la casa de las Naciones Unidas en América Latina y el Caribe. A nombre de la CEPAL y el mío propio, le agradezco que haya aceptado nuestra invitación para compartir esta jornada, en medio de una agenda muy exigente.
Quiero felicitarlo por la calidad de su libro, resultado de 15 años de trabajo.
Su visita coincide con acontecimientos lamentables fundados en la intolerancia y en la vi…
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