This brief is intended to provide general information on the upcoming United Nations Ocean Conference on scaling up ocean actions based on science and innovation for the
implementation of Agenda 2030 - Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), with a view to stimulating more active, engaged participation of the Caribbean in the discussions. The
United Nations Ocean Conference will be co-chaired by Kenya and Portugal, and hosted by the Government of Portugal in Lisbon, during 2021. The objective of this conference is consistent with the 2017 UN General Assembly proclamation on the Decade of Oce…
The current global and regional context demands flexible, participatory, comprehensive and inclusive planning, which can serve as an instrument of change to build a new, post-pandemic future with equality and sustainability, according to the high-level authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean attending the twenty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP), which is taking place virtually today.
This event has been organized by the Government of Uruguay, as Chair of the RCP’s Presiding Officers, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and t…
El contexto global y regional actual exige una planificación flexible, participativa, integral e inclusiva, que sea instrumento de cambio para construir un nuevo futuro pospandemia con igualdad y sostenibilidad, coincidieron altas autoridades de América Latina y el Caribe reunidas en la vigesimoctava reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación (CRP) que se celebra hoy vía virtual.
El encuentro es organizado por el Gobierno de Uruguay, en su calidad de Presidente de la Mesa Directiva del CRP, y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), a través de su …
Ministers, deputy ministers and high-level authorities involved in development planning and public administration in Latin America and the Caribbean will analyze the role of planning for development in the post-pandemic recovery during the twenty-eighth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning (RCP), which will be held virtually on Thursday, November 12.
This event is being organized by the Government of Uruguay, as Chair of the RCP’s Presiding Officers, and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), through its Latin American and Caribbe…
Ministros, viceministros y altas autoridades vinculadas a la planificación para el desarrollo y la gestión pública en América Latina y el Caribe analizarán el rol de la planificación para el desarrollo en la recuperación pospandemia, durante la vigesimoctava reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación (CRP), que se realizará el jueves 12 de noviembre de manera virtual.
El encuentro es organizado por el Gobierno de Uruguay, en su calidad de Presidente de la Mesa Directiva del CRP, y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), a través de su Instituto La…
Opening Ceremony of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
26–28 October 2020
Virtual meeting
Opening remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena
Dear friend, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Your Excellency, Carlos Alvarado, President of the Republic of Costa Rica,
Your Excellency, Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba,
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
Kristalina Geo…
Discurso de apertura de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la ceremonia de inauguración del trigésimo octavo período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
26 al 28 de octubre de 2020
Reunión virtual
Querido António Guterres, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas,
Excelentísimo señor Carlos Alvarado, presidente de la República de Costa Rica,
Excelentísimo señor Miguel Díaz-Canel, presidente de los Consejos de
Estado y de ministros de la República de Cuba,
Estimado Ángel Gurría, Secretario General de la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 26-28 its thirty-eighth session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting. There, ECLAC will give an account of its activities in 2019 and participants will address the priorities of the sustainable development agenda in the region in a scenario characterized by the crisis prompted by the pandemic. In addition, policies and proposals for a transformative recovery with growth, equality and sustainability will be presented.
The event, which will be held virtually for the first…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) realizará del 26 al 28 de octubre su trigésimo octavo período de sesiones, la reunión bienal más importante de esta comisión regional de las Naciones Unidas. En ella se rendirá cuenta de las actividades de la CEPAL en 2019 y se analizarán las prioridades de la agenda de desarrollo sostenible en la región en un escenario caracterizado por la crisis provocada por la pandemia. También se presentarán políticas y propuestas para una recuperación transformadora con crecimiento, igualdad y sostenibilidad.
El evento, que por primera…
A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) realizará de 26 a 28 de outubro o seu Trigésimo oitavo Período de Sessões, a reunião bienal mais importante desta Comissão Regional das Nações Unidas Na ocasião, a CEPAL prestará contas de suas atividades durante 2019 e serão analisadas as prioridades da Agenda de Desenvolvimento Sustentável na região em um cenário caracterizado pela crise provocada pela pandemia, Serão apresentadas também, as políticas e propostas para uma recuperação transformadora com crescimento, igualdade e sustentabilidade.
O evento, que pela primera vez em s…
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