Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), urged the region’s countries to break the statistical silence on women’s participation in trade, production and value chains in order to create policies for tearing down the barriers preventing women from taking part in the labor market on equal footing with men. She specifically proposed stronger integration of this issue in the work done by the Statistical Conference of the Americas (SCA), a subsidiary body of ECLAC.
Bárcena participated in the Making Trade Work for Gender Equality: Fr…
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), instó hoy a los países de la región a romper el silencio estadístico sobre la participación de las mujeres en el comercio, la producción y las cadenas de valor para generar políticas que permitan derribar las barreras que le están impidiendo a la población femenina insertarse en igualdad de condiciones que los hombres en el mercado laboral. Propuso, específicamente, integrar con mayor fuerza este tema en el trabajo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas (CEA), órgano subsidiario de la …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) called for revitalizing the multilateral trading system and putting it at the service of sustainable development, hand in hand with the 2030 Agenda, during the eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which is taking place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on December 10-13, 2017.
Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary – who is heading the regional organization’s delegation and attending the gathering in representation of the UN Secretary-General, António Guterres – spoke this Monday at the e…
Un llamado a revitalizar el sistema multilateral de comercio y a ponerlo al servicio del desarrollo sostenible, de la mano de la Agenda 2030, hizo hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) durante la undécima Conferencia Ministerial (CM11) de la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC), que se celebra en Buenos Aires, Argentina, entre el 10 y el 13 de diciembre de 2017.
Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, quien encabeza la delegación del organismo regional y asiste al encuentro como representante del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, António Guterr…
In the context of a tour through China, ECLAC’s Director of the Production, Productivity and Management Division and Officer-in-Charge of its International Trade and Integration Division, Mario Cimoli, met this Thursday, November 9, with government authorities from that country and participated as the main speaker in the China-Latin America and the Caribbean International Exposition (CLAC Expo), one of the biggest business gatherings between both areas.
The official from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – who traveled to China in representation of Alicia Bárc…
En el marco de una gira por China, el Director de la División de Desarrollo Productivo y Empresarial, y Oficial a Cargo de la División de Comercio Internacional e Integración de la CEPAL, Mario Cimoli, se reunió este jueves 9 de noviembre con autoridades del Gobierno de ese país y participó como orador principal en la Exposición Internacional de China y América Latina y el Caribe (CLAC Expo), uno de los encuentros empresariales más grandes entre ambas áreas.
El funcionario de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), quien viajó a China en representación de Alicia Bárcena,…
“We must work diligently so that Latin America and the Caribbean, hand in hand with China, advances toward the digital revolution, the green economy and on social policies that are connected to industrial policies in order to create employment and fight inequality,” Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, stated at the closing session of the First CELAC-China High-level Academic Forum, which took place at the United Nations organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
The two-day event, which also included the Fourth China-Latin America and the Caribbean Think Tanks Forum, brought toge…
“Debemos trabajar seriamente para que América Latina y el Caribe, de la mano de China, avance hacia la revolución digital, la economía verde y en políticas sociales que estén conectadas con las políticas industriales para generar empleo y combatir la desigualdad”, declaró hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en el cierre del Primer Foro Académico de Alto Nivel CELAC-China, que se efectuó en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile.
El evento, que incluyó también el Cuarto Foro de Think Tanks de América Latina y el Caribe y China, reunió durante dos días …
Authorities and experts inaugurated the First CELAC-China High-level Academic Forum this Tuesday, October 17, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, recognizing the enormous opportunities for economic, social, political and cultural cooperation between the Asian giant and the Latin American and Caribbean region, particularly in the current international context marked by uncertainty, the effects of climate change and the revival of protectionist trends.
The event, which runs through Wednesday, October 18, was organized by …
Autoridades y expertos iniciaron este martes 17 de octubre en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, el I Foro Académico de Alto Nivel CELAC-China reconociendo las enormes oportunidades de cooperación económica, social, política y cultural que existen entre el gigante asiático y la región latinoamericana y caribeña, especialmente en el actual contexto internacional marcado por las incertidumbres, los efectos del cambio climático y el resurgimiento de tendencias proteccionistas.
El encuentro, convocado por el Instituto de Estudios Latinoamer…
Welcome Remarks by
Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
at the Magisterial Lecture of
The Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica
ECLAC Headquarters, Santiago, 30 August 2017
Excellencies
Distinguished representatives
Ladies and gentlemen,
I am so pleased to welcome the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica to ECLAC Headquarters. Prime Minister, it is an honour to have you and your distinguished delegation in the house. I acknowledge in particular the Honourable Kamina Johnson Smith, Foreign Minister of Jamaica.
You represent a country whose cont…
In the framework of an official visit to Chile, the Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness, gave a keynote lecture today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, in which he advocated for deepening cooperation ties between the countries of the Caribbean and Latin America.
The senior official – the first Jamaican leader to visit this United Nations regional organization – was received by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, who welcomed him and highlighted the country’s commitment to moving ahead on achieving the goals of t…
En el marco de su visita oficial a Chile, el Primer Ministro de Jamaica, Andrew Holness, realizó hoy una conferencia magistral en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, en la cual abogó por la profundización de los vínculos de cooperación entre los países del Caribe y de América Latina.
La alta autoridad –el primer mandatario de Jamaica en visitar este organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas- fue recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, quien le dio la bienvenida y destacó el compromiso del país por avanzar en el cumplim…
The government of the Republic of Korea and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) strengthened their relationship of strategic cooperation upon signing two programs that bolster trade between Asia and the Latin American and Caribbean region, with an emphasis on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The agreements were penned by the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Chile, In-gyun Chung, and the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, during a meeting held at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
At the meeting, Ambass…
El Gobierno de la República de Corea y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) estrecharon hoy su relación de cooperación estratégica al suscribir dos programas que fortalecen el comercio entre Asia y la región latinoamericana y caribeña con énfasis en el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
Los convenios fueron suscritos por el Embajador de la República de Corea en Chile, In-gyun Chung, y la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional, Alicia Bárcena, durante una reunión realizada en la sede de la CEPAL en Santiago, Chile.
Durante la reunión, el…
Welcome Remarks
Deputy Executive Secretary Antonio Prado
18th Monitoring Committee of the CDCC
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
His Excellency, Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation of Saint Kitts and Nevis and Chair of the CDCC,
Honourable Ministers and other Distinguished Representatives of CDCC Member Countries,
Representatives of regional and international organizations,
Members of the diplomatic corps,
Ladies and gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to be here with you once again in beautiful Port of Spain. I bring to you the warm greetings of our Executive Secretary Ali…
Evolving Development thinking and practices in
Latin America and the Caribbean: The role of ECLAC
Keynote Address by Dr Antonio Prado
Deputy Executive Secretary
18th CDCC Monitoring Committee
Port of Spain, 19 May 2017
I thank Diane for that very fitting introduction to my presentation here this morning. We have begun considering how best to commemorate 70 years of ECLAC’s work as a Regional Commission of the United Nations. As you have just seen, our support for development in the region has taken many different forms. However it is safe to say that our principal contri…
“The countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have a historic opportunity to strengthen ties with China and the rest of the Asian economies, and the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation offers us a civilizing proposal of interconnectedness and shared prosperity,” Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, said in Beijing during the high-level meeting that took place in the Chinese capital on May 14-15.
Bárcena headed the delegation of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) at this international summit, attended by around 1,500 delegates from mor…
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