O Secretário-Geral das Nações Unidas, António Guterres, visitou pela primeira vez a sede central da Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) em Santiago, Chile, no dia 21 de novembro, quando se reuniu com todo o pessoal do organismo e das agências, fundos e programas da ONU que trabalham no país.
António Guterres foi recebido pelo Secretário Executivo da CEPAL, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, e pela Coordenadora Residente do Sistema da ONU no Chile, Maria José Torres Macho, que lhe deram as boas-vindas em nome de todo o pessoal. Na reunião também intervieram Pamela Villalobos…
(4 March 2010) The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will arrive in Santiago on Friday, 5 March to express solidarity and sympathy with the people and government of Chile following the 27 February 8.8 magnitude earthquake and to assess the humanitarian assistance effort and the scale of the disaster for himself.
The Secretary-General is expected to meet on Friday with President Michelle Bachelet and President-elect Sebastián Piñera, as well as senior government officials in charge of national disaster and emergency humanitarian assistance.
He will also reiterate that the Un…
(12 de marzo, 2014) El Primer Vicepresidente de Cuba Miguel Díaz-Canel visitó este miércoles 12 de marzo la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago de Chile, donde fue recibido por la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas, Alicia Bárcena.
Acompañaron a Díaz-Canel, el Viceministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Rogelio Sierra Díaz, y el Embajador del país caribeño en Chile, Adolfo Curbelo.
En la reunión, donde se abordaron los desafíos actuales de Cuba y la región, también participaron el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de l…
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, visited on November 21 the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile for the first time, meeting with the entire staff of the organization and of the UN agencies, funds and programs that work in the country.
António Guterres was received by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and by the Resident Coordinator of the UN System in Chile, María José Torres Macho, who welcomed him on behalf of all staff members. Other participants in the meeting include…
More than 2,300 people visited the United Nations Building in Chile, the home of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), on Sunday, 28 May, on the occasion of Chilean Cultural Heritage Day 2017.
The building, which had not opened its doors to the public as a part of this event since 2009 due to reconstruction and remodeling works underwent after the earthquake that struck central Chile in 2010, admitted a total of 2,374 visitors, the largest number of people ever received on a single day by this United Nations regional commission.
The visiting public —mostly famili…
Mais de 2.300 pessoas visitaram o Edifício das Nações Unidas no Chile, que abriga a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL), no domingo, 28 de maio, durante a comemoração do Dia do Patrimônio Cultural do Chile 2017.
O edifício, que não abria suas portas à comunidade para esta iniciativa desde 2009 devido aos trabalhos de reconstrução e remodelação efetuados após o terremoto que afetou a zona central do Chile em 2010, registrou exatamente 2.374 visitantes, o maior número de pessoas recebido num só dia por esta comissão regional das Nações Unidas.
O público visitante, majorit…
(11 de agosto, 2011) El presidente de Haití, Michel Martelly, visitó hoy la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, donde se reunió con la Secretaria Ejecutiva del organismo, Alicia Bárcena.
Acompañado de un grupo de colaboradores, el Presidente Martelly detalló las prioridades de su gobierno, entre ellas, garantizar el acceso a la educación a toda la población haitiana, dar soluciones habitacionales a las familias afectadas por el devastador terremoto que azotó a la isla el 12 de enero de 2010, lograr autosuficiencia en el campo de la segurida…
(16 de abril, 2010) El Director General de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC), Pascal Lamy, visitó hoy la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde sostuvo una reunión de trabajo con sus principales directivos.
Lamy fue recibido por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL. Ambos compartieron sus experiencias y visiones sobre la situación actual de la economía internacional y los desafíos comerciales y de integración que enfrenta la región latinoamericana y caribeña.
En el encuentro participaron también el Secretario Ejecu…
Un grupo de aproximadamente 30 parlamentarios y expertos del Comité de Futuro del Parlamento de Finlandia visitó este martes 13 de octubre de 2015 la sede central de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile, en donde se entrevistaron con el Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la institución, Antonio Prado, y conocieron los principales lineamientos del trabajo del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en la región.
La delegación fue encabezada por Carl Haglund, Presidente del Comité de Futuro del Parlamento finlandés, y estuvo compuesta por varios miembros de la c…
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(6 March 2010) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived this morning in Concepción, a major city over 300 miles south of the capital, to see for himself the damage caused by the 27 February earthquake that devastated three large regions in the country.
"Words fail to describe my feelings after what I have seen. Remember that we are with you, and our hearts are with you," he said to members of the local community as he stood by what has been called the "zero zone". In this downtown area, a brand-new, 15-floor building collapsed on its side during the earthquake, tra…
En el marco de su visita a Montevideo para participar en la Cuarta Conferencia ministerial sobre la sociedad de la información de América Latina y el Caribe, la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, visitó el miércoles 3 de abril las oficinas centrales del Latin America & Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC) (Registros de Direcciones de Internet para Latinoamérica y el Caribe) y la Casa de Internet de Latinoamérica y el Caribe.
Bárcena fue recibida por Raúl Echeberría, Director Ejecutivo de LACNIC, Pablo Bello, Secretario General de la Asociación Iberoamericana de Cent…
As part of her visit to Montevideo to attend the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean, on Wednesday 3 April, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, visited the central offices of the Latin America and Caribbean Network Information Centre (LACNIC, which is the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry) and the Internet Hub for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Ms. Bárcena was received by Raúl Echeberría, Executive Director of LACNIC, Pablo Bello, Secretary-General General of the Latin American Association of Research Ce…
The UN stand’s main topic was the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Human Rights Charter, the 75 years since ECLAC’s founding, and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.…
(Lima, 23 de noviembre, 2010) La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, visitó hoy la sede de la Comunidad Andina de Naciones (CAN) en Lima, Perú, en donde fue distinguida con la insignia de la institución y además firmó el libro de visitantes ilustres.
"Ha llegado la hora de la igualdad", dijo durante su visita a la sede de la CAN, ocasión en la cual hizo también un llamado a los gobiernos a que diseñen políticas mucho más profundas para cerrar la brecha entre ricos y pobres.
Alicia Bárcena fue recibida en una sesión solemn…
(April 30, 2015) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, ended today a four-day official visit to Cuba, where she met with senior authorities from that country and participated in a seminar on the economic development of Latin America and the Caribbean island.
Bárcena held a conversation with Cuban President Raúl Castro, in which she reaffirmed ECLAC’s full willingness to continue accompanying the country’s process to bring its economic model up to date. During the talk, she also acknowledged the achievements made in Cuba.…
(10 February 2012) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, made an official visit to Cuba from 6 to 8 February, which involved several meetings with senior government officials.
The head of this regional commission of the United Nations and Cuban authorities agreed to broaden the partnership agenda to support Cuba's efforts to update its economic model. According to Ms. Bárcena, this process coincides with ECLAC thinking, in particular, with respect to the main objective of guaranteeing equal rights and opportunities by s…
A group of approximately 30 parliamentarians and experts from the Finnish Parliament’s Committee for the Future visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile on Tuesday, October 13, 2015. There they met with the institution’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, and learned about the United Nations organization’s main lines of work in the region.
The delegation was led by Carl Haglund, President of the Finnish Parliament’s Committee for the Future, and included various members of that body as well as education experts f…
On the third day of the journey, Elyx arrived in Santiago, Chile, and was welcomed with open arms by UN Staff who showed the way to the ECLAC headquarters. The 500-year-old city is home to the regional hub of United Nations (UN) activities in South America. This is the regional headquarters for the UN – called the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC or CEPAL in Spanish). They coordinate the economic development efforts, strengthen economic ties and promote social development throughout the region.
Elyx enjoyed the tour of the building he only knew from pictures on In…
(Lima, 23 November 2010) The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, visited the headquarters of the Andean Community in Lima, Peru, where she was handed the seal of the institution and signed the special visitors' book.
"The time for equality has arrived", she said during her visit to the Andean Community headquarters, and she also called on governments to design more in-depth policies to narrow the gap between rich and poor.
Alicia Bárcena was welcomed at a formal ceremony attended by the acting Secretary-General of the And…
On Thursday 12 September, India's Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Farooq Abdullah, visited the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Santiago, Chile, where he met with Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and other experts from the United Nations regional commission.
During the meeting, Minister Abdullah and his delegation joined ECLAC officials in analysing recent trends in the use of renewable energies worldwide and especially in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The ECLAC Executive Secretary thanked the Minister for his visit, and highl…