Senior government authorities from Latin America, the Caribbean and other regions of the world, along with officials and experts from the United Nations System, international and regional organizations, the private sector, academia and civil society will gather at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile on March 31-April 4 at the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development to review the progress and challenges related to achieving the 2030 Agenda in the region – five years ahead of the deadline set for its fulfillment.
Mo…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, emphasized the value of the regional dimension of sustainable development as a key bridge for connecting global processes to new realities on a national level in the context of the crisis produced by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), during a high-level meeting held today with United Nations member countries and senior officials.
Bárcena participated this Friday, May 22 in a session entitled “Unleashing the UN development system’s regional assets: the path forward” during the four…
(21 June 2012) The Premier of China, Wen Jiabao, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday 26 June to deliver a lecture.
At 2.30 p.m., Wen Jiabao will speak on Chinese-Latin American relations. He will first be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, who will welcome him on behalf of this United Nations regional commission.
China's Ambassador in Chile, Yang Wanming, and other representatives from the accredited diplomatic corps, local authorities, officials and experts from interna…
(19 May 2011) According to the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, who was visiting Montevideo, Uruguay: "We believe that there is a window of opportunity for boosting the strategic partnership between Latin America and the Caribbean and the European Union".
The senior United Nations official gave a presentation entitled "Opportunities for deepening relations between Latin America and Europe" at the 5th Ordinary Plenary Session of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) being held there.
"We must strengthen cooperation to deepen integration in the region itself, im…
In the framework of his official visit to Chile, the President of the Republic of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, gave a keynote lecture today at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, urging the region’s countries to dialogue in a context of mutual respect, putting the interests that unite them first and offering a continent of peace in a troubled world, plagued by conflicts that have affected all countries due to their magnitude.
The Paraguayan leader – who took office on August 15, 2023 – was received by the United Nation…
The current crisis should serve as an opportunity to achieve broad social and political consensus to implement ambitious reforms through multilateral and regional cooperation, which would allow for achieving sustainable and egalitarian growth that can meet the heterogeneous needs of countries of all income levels, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), stated today.
The senior United Nations official spoke at a seminar entitled International financial cooperation amid the Latin American economic crisis, organized by EC…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the world following the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic demands of us more cooperation and regional integration, more multilateralism, new strategic sectors and greater productive integration, along with a universal social protection scheme with a basic income, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), sustained today.
The senior United Nations official led a virtual extraordinary meeting of the Practice Community of the region’s countries that will be presenting in 2020 their volun…
At this time of pandemic provoked by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the need for international cooperation is more urgent on the fiscal side. For that reason, international financial organizations should grant favorable financing conditions to middle-income countries, with low-cost credit lines and debt relief, sustained Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The senior United Nations official participated today in a virtual seminar entitled How to face the COVID-19 crisis in Latin America, organized by Spanish instituti…
Development in transition fosters new forms of international cooperation that go well beyond financial aid and Official Development Assistance (ODA) and entail coordinated efforts at a national, regional and international level, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today at a high-level event on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, which is being held this week in New York.
The event “Emerging Challenges and Shifting Paradigms: New Perspectives on International Co-operation for Development” – organized by ECLA…
(14 November 2011) The Sixth meeting of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (SCA-ECLAC) will talk place in Bávaro, Dominican Republic, from 16 to 18 November 2011 during which authorities and experts will analyse various issues relating to the development of statistics in Latin America and the Caribbean.
During the meeting, ministers, directors of national statistical offices, officials from other public institutions and central banks, and specialists from international organizations will focus discussions on the development of environmental statistics, the 2010 round of popul…
(15 April 2010) Government officials and experts from 19 member countries of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) from the Americas and Europe will meet in Santiago, Chile to examine the development of statistics in the region in censuses, Millennium Development Goals, gender and measuring poverty, among other areas.
During the Ninth Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Statistical Conference of the Americas of ECLAC (SCA-ECLAC), participants will review regional and international cooperation programmes on statistics during 2009-2011 and assess the activitie…
Government authorities, United Nations officials and representatives of civil society urged for providing urgent support to Caribbean countries so they can advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a context of acute financial weakness due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of natural disasters, among other factors, during a session of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
The panel entitled Building forward better in the Caribbean post-COVID-19: Critical issues to keep the 2030…
Latin America and the Caribbean must make urgent progress on inclusion and digital transformation, based upon regional integration and international cooperation, in order to tackle the crisis stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and to achieve development with equality and environmental sustainability, authorities and international officials asserted today during the inauguration of the Seventh Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC and the Government of Ecuador and which will take place virtually through Thursday, November 26.
“…
The Comprehensive Development Plan for northern Central America and Mexico is the key to addressing the structural causes of migration because it seeks to create a space for sustainable development by stimulating economic growth, promoting universal access to social rights, fostering resilience to climate change and guaranteeing rights throughout the migratory cycle, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated today.
The senior United Nations official participated in a high-level event entitled “The Global Compact on Ref…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, warned today that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will have devastating effects on the global economy that will certainly be more intense than and distinct from those felt during the 2008-2009 global financial crisis, adding that Latin American and Caribbean countries will not be spared since they will be affected through numerous channels.
The senior United Nations official participated this Thursday, March 19, in an Inter-American Dialogue Conference Call on the Coronavirus an…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, today urged for forging a new digital governance that safeguards the interests of the majority over those of minorities, generates greater equality vis-à-vis the technological revolution, and puts an end to the culture of privilege.
The senior United Nations official participated today in the Future Affairs 2019 conference, organized by the German Federal Foreign Office and re:publica, where she made an introductory presentation to panel 3 on “Democracy & Digitization: Will Democ…
“The modalities of international cooperation must adapt to the new global context and facilitate countries’ development processes with new instruments that are indispensable if we want to tackle current challenges and achieve the goals of the 2030 Agenda,” Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), indicated during the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation (BAPA+40), which is taking place in Buenos Aires.
The senior international official is heading the delegation from the UN regional commission t…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, affirmed on Thursday that the peace process in Colombia constitutes the pillar of a new social compact for conflict resolution, the comprehensive construction of sustainable development and the closing of economic, social, productive and gender-related gaps.
The senior United Nations official participated in the high-level event Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century: the case of Colombia, which was held at the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels, Belgium, and which addre…
Development levels should be evaluated using a comprehensive approach and not solely on the basis of per capita income, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today, adding that middle-income countries in the region should continue receiving official development assistance (ODA) to be able to make progress on closing the gaps that persist in diverse areas.
Alicia Bárcena participated in the LAC-DAC Dialogue on Development Cooperation held on June 29 at the seat of Chile’s Foreign Affairs Ministry and organized by the…
(1 June 2011) As part of his official visit to Chile, the Vice-President of the People's Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will deliver a lecture on Chinese-Latin American relations at the ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.
The lecture will be held on Friday 10 June at 10.30 a.m. and will be attended by representatives from the government, academia, international agencies and members of the diplomatic corps accredited in Chile.
Xi Jinping will be received by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, who will welcome him on behalf of ECLAC and…