Good data and statistics are indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society. This was explicitly acknowledged in 2014, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics to promote citizen’s entitlement to public information.
As countries and organizations embark on implementing the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, reliable and timely statistics and indicators are more important than ever. For that reason, World Statistics Day this year is being observed under the theme “Better data, better lives.”
We …
Statement by Alicia Bárcena
Executive Secretary, ECLAC, United Nations
High Level Launch of the
Global Partnership on Sustainable Development Data
Hosted by the Governments of the United States, Kenya, Mexico, and Colombia
New York, 28 September 2015
Jose Angel Gurria, Secretary General of OECD
Mahmoud Mohieldin, Corporate Secretary and President’s Special Envoy on Millennium Development Goals, World Bank Group
Amina J.Mohammed, Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Post-2015 Development Planning
Justine Greening, UK Secretary of State for International Dev…
Intervención de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la Inauguración del XIV Comité Ejecutivo de la
Conferencia Estadística de las Américas
Santiago de Chile
26 de Mayo 2015
CEPAL
Autoridades de los Sistemas e Instituciones Nacionales de Estadística de América Latina y el Caribe,
Señoras y Señores Delegados,
Colegas del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas,
Colegas de la CEPAL;
Amigas y Amigos,
Sean todas y todos muy bienvenidos. Es un gusto compartir con ustedes esta sesión inaugural del decimocuarto Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia Estadística de las Américas de la CEPAL.
Esta …