Participants in the debates taking place on the second day of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, which is being held virtually under the Presidency of Costa Rica, posed the need to close the financial, climatic and health asymmetries present in the world today, to guarantee financing for development, and to create global public goods – including an equitable vaccine against COVID-19 – in order to move towards a transformative recovery in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
During Panel 1: Health and…
Participantes en los debates del segundo día de la cuarta reunión del Foro de los Países de América Latina y el Caribe sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebra de forma virtual bajo la Presidencia de Costa Rica, plantearon la necesidad de cerrar las actuales asimetrías financieras, climáticas y sanitarias presentes en el mundo, garantizar financiamiento para el desarrollo y crear bienes públicos globales -entre ellos una vacunación equitativa contra el COVID-19- para avanzar hacia una recuperación transformadora en línea con la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible.
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Os participantes dos debates do segundo dia da quarta reunião do Fórum dos Países da América Latina e do Caribe sobre o Desenvolvimento Sustentável, que está sendo realizado de forma virtual sob a Presidência da Costa Rica, propuseram a necessidade de fechar as atuais assimetrias financeiras, climáticas e sanitárias presentes no mundo, garantir o financiamento para o desenvolvimento e criar bens públicos globais - entre eles uma vacinação equitativa contra a COVID-19 - para avançar em direção a uma recuperação transformadora em linha com a Agenda 2030 para o Desenvolvimento Sustentável.
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The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Government of France renewed their cooperation agreement to support initiatives that the United Nations regional organization is carrying out with the region’s countries to promote a transformative recovery from the crisis prompted by the effects of COVID-19 and fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, especially in relation to environmental matters.
The agreement was signed today by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the Ambassador of France in Chile, Roland Dubertrand, during a virtua…
La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) y el Gobierno de Francia renovaron su convenio de cooperación para apoyar iniciativas que el organismo regional de las Naciones Unidas realiza con los países de la región para promover una recuperación transformadora de la crisis generada por los impactos del COVID-19 y el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, en especial en materias ambientales.
El acuerdo fue firmado hoy durante una ceremonia virtual por la Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, Alicia Bárcena, y el Embajador de Francia en Chile, Roland Dubertra…
The President of the Argentine Republic, Alberto Fernández, will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in the framework of his state visit to Chile.
The Argentine leader will deliver a virtual keynote lecture starting at 11:00 a.m. local time (UTC/GMT -3:00), speaking from the United Nations organization’s central headquarters, where he will be received by Alicia Bárcena, the regional commission’s Executive Secretary.
Also participating in the event, to be inaugurated by Alicia Bárcena, will be Ennio Vivald…
El Presidente de la República Argentina, Alberto Fernández, visitará la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el miércoles 27 de enero de 2021, en el marco de su visita oficial a Chile.
El primer mandatario argentino ofrecerá a las 11:00 a.m. locales (UTC/GMT -3:00) una conferencia magistral virtual desde la sede central del organismo de las Naciones Unidas, donde será recibido por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión regional.
En el evento, que será inaugurado por Alicia Bárcena, intervendrá también Ennio Vivaldi, Rector de la Universidad de Chil…
"COVID-19 represents a time of choices. Both regions – Europe and Latin America and the Caribbean – need to take urgent measures to overcome the current health and economic crisis and to build a new path for development in the framework of a renewed partnership," Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), said today during a high-level meeting between foreign affairs ministers from both regions that was organized by the Government of Germany.
In her remarks, Bárcena stressed the importance of middle-income countries and the debat…
“Los tiempos del COVID-19 son tiempos de decisiones. Ambas regiones -Europa y América Latina y el Caribe- deben adoptar medidas urgentes para superar la actual crisis sanitaria y económica y construir un nuevo camino de desarrollo en el marco de una asociación renovada”, dijo hoy Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), durante una reunión de alto nivel entre ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de ambas regiones organizada por el Gobierno de Alemania.
Bárcena subrayó en su intervención la importancia de los países de renta medi…
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, …