Peru and ECLAC Reaffirm the Strengthening of Cooperation on Economic, Social and Environmental Development

The Government of Peru and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reaffirmed their resolve to strengthen cooperation on distinct matters related to economic, social and environmental development, during an official visit lasting 24 hours that Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, made today to that country. The senior United Nations authority led an official ECLAC mission to Lima, the first since President Pedro Castillo was sworn into office on July 28 of this year, with the aim of reaffirming the organization’s willingness to work jointly on those ar…

ECLAC’s Associate Member Countries Call for Cooperation and Support towards a Resilient COVID-19 Recovery and Readvancing the 2030 Agenda

Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and sustainable development and identifying common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level meeting with Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Chair of the Commission, Costa Rica. United Nations’ Resident Coordinators and intergovernmental organizations serving the Caribbean also participated. On 15 March Bárcena participated in the “High-level meet…

Report of the Executive meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Report of the Sixtieth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

ECLAC to Officially Present Comprehensive Development Plan for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and South-Southeast Mexico

On Friday, September 17, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present the Comprehensive Development Plan for northern Central America and south and southeast Mexico to high authorities from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. The Plan addresses the structural causes of irregular migration from a development and integration perspective. ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will present the proposal to the Vicepresident of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa; the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Pedro Brolo; the Undersecretary for Latin America and the …

Report of the Tenth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Committee on South-South Cooperation

It is Urgent that the International Community Support the End of Middle-Income Countries’ Graduation from Official Development Assistance

The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, urged the international community to support the end of middle-income countries’ graduation from Official Development Assistance (ODA), during today’s opening segment of a month-long series entitled Development in Transition: Dialogues to chart new paths for Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC, the European Commission and the Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The senior United Nations official stressed that it is …