El cuadragésimo período período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) tendrá lugar en la ciudad de Lima, del 9 al 11 de octubre de 2024. Los Estados miembros, mediante la resolución 766(XXXIX) aprobada el 26 de octubre de 2022, acordaron que el Perú sería el país sede de esta reunión.…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presented today in Spain a recent special edition of the CEPAL Review, the organization’s main academic publication, published on the occasion of the Commission’s 75th anniversary (celebrated in 2023), in which he offers his vision regarding the major transformations needed for the region to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model. The senior United Nations official gave a keynote lecture based on his own article published in the Rev…
El Secretario Ejecutivo de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, presentó hoy en España la reciente edición especial de la Revista CEPAL, principal publicación académica del organismo, publicada con ocasión del 75⁰ aniversario de la Comsión (celebrado durante 2023), en la cual entrega su visión de las grandes transformaciones necesarias para que la región avance hacia un modelo de desarrollo más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible. El alto funcionario de las Naciones Unidas dictó una conferencia magistral basada en el artículo …
O Secretário Executivo da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, apresentou na Espanha a recente edição especial da Revista CEPAL, principal publicação acadêmica do organismo, publicada por ocasião do 75⁰ aniversário da Comissão (celebrado durante 2023), na qual apresenta sua visão das grandes transformações necessárias para que a região avance rumo a um modelo de desenvolvimento mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável. O alto funcionário das Nações Unidas proferiu uma conferência magistral baseada no artigo de sua autoria publicado na Revis…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed its proposal for economic and social transformation to hasten implementation of the 2030 Agenda, during the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which is taking place through Thursday, July 18 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the regional organization’s Executive Secretary, actively participated in several of the global forum’s plenary sessions and side events, where he shared his vision for moving towards a more productive, inclusive and sustai…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmó su propuesta de transformación económica y social para acelerar la implementación de la Agenda 2030, durante el Foro Político de Alto Nivel sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (FPAN), que se celebra hasta el jueves 18 de julio en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretario Ejecutivo del organismo regional, tuvo una activa participación en varias sesiones plenarias y eventos paralelos del foro mundial, en los que compartió su visión para avanzar hacia un modelo de desarrollo más product…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) reafirmou sua proposta de transformação econômica e social para acelerar a implementação da Agenda 2030 durante o Fórum Político de Alto Nível sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável (FPAN), realizado na sede das Nações Unidas em Nova York. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Secretário Executivo do organismo regional, teve uma ativa participação em várias sessões plenárias e eventos paralelos do fórum mundial, nos quais compartilhou sua visão para avançar rumo a um modelo de desenvolvimento mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável na América L…
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…
Good afternoon. Dear colleagues of the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO). Dear Executive Secretaries of the UN regional commissions. Ministers and distinguished guests. It is my pleasure to be with you in this event and this panel on innovation and impetus on global energy interconnectivity. I must begin by congratulating China for the Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) initiative and GEIDCO for your leadership in promoting this initiative, creating strong partnerships with all the co-organizing organizations of this event, and many othe…
Since 2012, the Alto Hospicio Municipality in the Chilean Atacama Desert has witnessed the fast growth of large illegal dumps of discarded clothing and textile products. Several tens of thousands of tonnes of textile waste cover around 300 hectares, some of which are burned on-site. Most clothes are made of synthetic fibres, and their incineration releases heavy metals, acid gases, particulates, and dioxins, harming the health of people nearby and damaging the local environment. Such dumps – also present in Ghana, Kenya, and Pakistan, among other countries – are symptoms of the problem of deve…
Buenos días a todos y a todas y bienvenidos y bienvenidas a Santiago de Chile y a la CEPAL. Quisiera en estos breves minutos de bienvenida e introducción a este seminario explicar cómo vemos desde la CEPAL las razones y objetivos por los que les hemos convocado hoy. Y para esto quisiera comenzar con una corta historia. En el 2011, en ocasión de una reunión Cumbre de presidentes y jefes de Estado de los países asiáticos, el Banco Asiático de Desarrollo elaboró un documento titulado Asia 2050: Realizando el siglo de Asia. El objetivo del documento fue analizar las tendencias del desarrollo de lo…
Parliamentary representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay and Uruguay, along with more than 30 regional and international experts, gathered today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile for the First Regional Conference of Parliamentary Committees of the Future. The event, which is taking place through Friday, June 21, is being organized by ECLAC with support from the Senate of the Republic of Chile and the Parliament of Uruguay. Its main objective is to incre…
Representantes parlamentarios de Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, México, Paraguay, República Dominicana y Uruguay, y más de 30 expertos regionales e internacionales, se dieron cita hoy en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, para la Primera Conferencia Regional de las Comisiones de Futuro Parlamentarias. El evento, que se desarrollará hasta este viernes 21 de junio, es organizado por la CEPAL con el apoyo del Senado de la República de Chile y el Parlamento del Uruguay. Su objetivo principal es aumentar las capacidades de p…
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