A proposal for debt relief among Caribbean SIDS

17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC

Opening Statement by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC June 26, 2015 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Minister Arnaldo Brown, Chair of the CDCC, Jamaica Minister Winston Dookeran, Trinidad Ambassador George Talbot, Co-Chair of the Financing for Development process Other Distinguished Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international organizations, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends,…

The Caribbean Received $6.027 Billion Dollars in Foreign Direct Investment in 2014, Down Nearly 5% from 2013

(27 May 2015) The flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Caribbean subregion shrank 4.7 % in 2014 to total $6.027 billion dollars, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said today in its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, presented during a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This nearly 5% decline in FDI directed towards Caribbean countries is less severe than the 16% drop registered in Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole, where flows fell to $158.803 billion dollars in 20…

El Caribe recibió 6.027 millones de dólares de inversión extranjera directa en 2014, casi 5% menos que en 2013

(27 de mayo, 2015) Las corrientes de inversión extranjera directa (IED) hacia la subregión del Caribe se redujeron 4,7 % en 2014 sumando 6.027 millones de dólares, señaló hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en su informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2015 presentado en conferencia de prensa en la sede del organismo en Santiago de Chile. La disminución de casi 5 % en la IED dirigida a los países caribeños es menor a la caída de 16 % registrada en América Latina y el Caribe en su conjunto, donde estos flujos bajaron de 189.951 m…

Secretary-General's remarks at High-level event on Women in Power and Decision-Making

Thank you very much for the chance to address this important meeting in beautiful Santiago de Chile. I am delighted to see so many dynamic leaders here. I am especially honoured by the presence of Her Excellency President Michelle Bachelet. We will always be grateful for her impressive legacy as the founding Executive Director of UN Women. I stand before you as someone who is keenly aware of the struggle for women’s human rights. My mother is 95 and still going strong. But when she came of age, she did not have the right to vote – like so many other women around the world at tha…