Latin America and the Caribbean urgently needs to take action on a new social compact, a political instrument based on a broad and participatory dialogue that would arrive at agreements and consensuses to face the present contingency and rethink the reactivation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today.
The senior United Nations official participated in a high-level panel entitled “From an impending issue to an emergency: the imperative need for a new and more inclusive social …
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has put equality and sustainability at the center of the development of the region’s countries, convinced that another world is possible and that the post-pandemic recovery must be transformative, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional commission, emphasized in a special chapter of the “ECLAC’s Horizons” multimedia program, available online as of today.
During this interview, the senior official spoke in detail about the main accomplishments of and issues addressed at ECLAC’s thirty-eighth session, …
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged today for strengthening triangular cooperation and fostering its role as a catalyst of the post COVID-19 recovery during a regional conference organized by Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
The senior United Nations official was one of the main speakers at the V Regional Conference “Perspectives on Triangular Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean”, whic…