(October 30, 2014) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, concluded on Tuesday, October 28 a two-day visit to Cuba, where she met with the President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers, Raúl Castro, as well as other high-level authorities from that country. She also gave a keynote lecture at the University of Havana.
The senior ECLAC official was welcomed by the President, with whom she discussed the common will to deepen cooperation between the United Nations regional organization and Cuba’s Government. …
(2 September 2014) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, today became the first Latin American woman to be awarded an honoris causa doctorate by the University of Oslo, Norway, along with another 16 men and women from various disciplines and nationalities.
The most senior representative of ECLAC, speaking to an audience made up of university officials, academics and students, stated "When I obtained my biology degree at the Science Faculty of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the 1970s, I would not h…
(October 1, 2014) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, has been awarded the 2013 Medal in International Relations from Mexico's Anáhuac University, where she gave a speech to students on Wednesday.
The senior United Nations official was welcomed by the University President, Jesús Quirce; the Director of the School of International Relations, Carlos Camacho; and the President of the University Student Association, Santiago García.
The officials highlighted the academic training and professional career of Alicia Bárcena, …