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ECLAC Will Present in Mexico Reflection on Future Development of Latin America and the Caribbean in Light of the 2030 Agenda

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold its most important biennial meeting in Mexico City from May 23 to May 27, 2016, where officials will present its 45 member and 13 associated states a report on its activities and will offer governments a reflection upon development strategies in the context of the commitments contained in the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated that in the thirty-sixth session participants will debate the region’s economic, social and environmenta…

CEPAL presentará en México su reflexión sobre el desarrollo futuro de América Latina y el Caribe de cara a la Agenda 2030

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) realizará su reunión bienal más importante del 23 al 27 de mayo de 2016 en la Ciudad de México, en donde presentará a sus 45 países miembros y 13 asociados su reporte de actividades y propondrá a los gobiernos una reflexión sobre estrategias de desarrollo en el contexto de los compromisos de la Agenda 2030 y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). La Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia Bárcena, informó que en el trigésimo sexto período de sesiones se debatirá sobre el desarrollo económico, social y ambiental de la…

CEPAL apresentará no México sua reflexão sobre o desenvolvimento futuro da América Latina e do Caribe tendo em vista a Agenda 2030

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) realizará sua reunião bienal mais importante de 23 a 27 de maio de 2016, na Cidade do México, onde apresentará para seus 45 países-membros e 13 associados seu relatório de atividades e proporá aos governos uma reflexão sobre estratégias de desenvolvimento no contexto dos compromissos da Agenda 2030 e dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS). A Secretária-Executiva da CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, informou que no Trigésimo sexto Período de Sessões se debaterá sobre o desenvolvimento econômico, social e ambiental da região co…

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Resoluciones aprobadas en el Trigésimo Quinto Período de Sesiones de la CEPAL

Resoluções Aprovadas No Trigésimo Quinto Período De Sessões Da Cepal

Presentación sobre el Principio 10 en la quincuagésima reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe

La quincuagésima reunión de la Mesa Directiva de la Conferencia Regional sobre la Mujer de América Latina y el Caribe invitó a la Secretaría Técnica de la Declaración a presentar el proceso sobre el Principio 10 en América Latina y el Caribe. En la misma, se presentó un panorama general del proceso y se mencionaron los vínculos existentes entre género y el Principio 10.…

Presentation on Principle 10 at the 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean

The 50 Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean invited the Technical Secretariat of the Declaration to present the process on Principle 10 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The presentation offered a general overview of the process and referred to the links between gender and Principle 10.…

Gender equality, poverty and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Caribbean subregion

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are fundamentally a set of eight global goals for the achievement of basic economic and social rights for all, with time-bound targets to be achieved by the year 2015. In adopting the Millennium Declaration in 2000, the member States of the United Nations pledged to “spare no effort to free our fellow men, women and children from the abject and dehumanizing conditions of extreme poverty.”1 The focus of this report is on the progress made by Caribbean countries towards the achievement of Goal 1: the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger; and Goal 3: t…

The millennium development goals: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective

Foreword In September 2000, 147 heads of State and Government, together with 42 ministers and heads of delegation, gathered at the General Assembly of the United Nations to explore ways of pooling their combined will and efforts to revitalize international cooperation on behalf of the less developed countries and, in particular, to mount a frontal assault on extreme poverty. On that occasion they identified goals for their efforts to combat poverty and hunger, reverse environmental degradation, achieve improvements in the fields of education and health, and promote gender equality.…

Objetivos de desarrollo del milenio: una mirada desde América Latina y el Caribe

Prólogo En septiembre del 2000, los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de 147 países y 42 ministros y jefes de delegación se reunieron en la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas para emprender la tarea de determinar cómo mancomunar sus voluntades y su compromiso de realizar un esfuerzo conjunto para revitalizar la cooperación internacional destinada a los países menos desarrollados y, en especial, a combatir decisivamente la pobreza extrema. En esa oportunidad, se identificaron objetivos que apuntan a la lucha contra la pobreza y el hambre, la reversión del deterioro ambiental, el …

Preliminary Economic Overview of Caribbean Economies

ECLAC Conducts Training Workshops on Assessing the Impacts of Natural Disasters in the Region

ECLAC Creates Database of SIDS Projects in the Caribbean

CDCC - Twenty-Five Years of Cooperation and Development: 1975-2000

Promoviendo una transición verde, justa e inclusiva: la transversalización de la perspectiva de género en las políticas y procesos en América Latina y el Caribe a través de EUROCLIMA+

El evento será una oportunidad para mostrar experiencias a nivel nacional y subnacional sobre cómo construir procesos de políticas de cambio climático sensibles al género, y destacará los esfuerzos para fortalecer los procesos regionales para la cooperación Sur-Sur en género, cambio climático y conservación ambiental.…

Caribbean Youth Dialogues 2025 in preparation of the ECOSOC Youth Forum

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is an opportunity to galvanize action aimed at promoting greater inclusion of youth in all spheres. This roadmap recognizes in several of its goals the centrality of the full incorporation of youth as a necessary condition to move towards more inclusive societies, in which no one is left behind, on a path to sustainable development. However, youth in the Caribbean face many challenges that need to be addressed as precursors to creating environments that enable them to reach their maximum potential to contribute to the achievement of SDGs by 2030, the…