Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), asserted today at United Nations Headquarters in New York that addressing inequality at the local level is essential for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
The senior international official inaugurated the session on Local Action for Global Commitments, held in the framework of the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which convened experts from the public, private and non-governmental sectors, local leaders and UN agen…
“We find ourselves at a critical point; it is important to send a very clear message about what is truly needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the region,” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) indicated this Friday, April 26, on the last day of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
The senior United Nations official delivered a presentation in which she reviewed the degree of progress made by the region’s countries on implementing the Sus…
The third meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will be officially inaugurated tomorrow Wednesday, April 24, at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
More than a thousand people – including representatives of government, international institutions, the private sector, academia and civil society – are already confirmed to attend the gathering, which will be held on April 22-26. The meeting will feature more than 50 side events. Participants will meet to …