57th Session of the Commission for Social Development
Panel Discussion: Interactive Dialogue with senior officials of the UN System on the priority theme “Addressing inequalities and challenges to social inclusion through fiscal, wage and social protection policies”
United Nations Headquarters, New York, 13 February 2019
Highlights of the presentation of Ms Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
The world is currently facing a series of global disruptions which pose enormous challenges to sustainable development and people’s welfar…
The Comprehensive Development Plan, promoted by El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico, will change the paradigm not only of migration and development but also of cooperation between northern Central America and Mexico, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said today in Marrakech.
The senior United Nations official accompanied the foreign ministers María Dolores Agüero, of Honduras; Sandra Jovel, of Guatemala; Carlos Castaneda, of El Salvador; and Marcelo Ebrard, of Mexico, at the initiative’s presentation during a…
Experts from Latin America and Europe stressed the importance today of integrating non-traditional data sources into national statistical systems, during a high-level seminar that is being held through Tuesday, October 2 at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The main aim of the event, organized by ECLAC and the European Statistical Office (EUROSTAT), is to present and analyze different tools in the process of the innovative use of non-traditional data sources for official statistics.
The seminar was inaugurated by…
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…
In the last six months, Caribbean island states have suffered the consequences of the worst hurricane season this century with more than 102 deaths and territories that were completely devastated, such as Barbuda, Anguilla, Saint Martin, Dominica, Cuba and Puerto Rico, among others. To help in their reconstruction and future adaptation to natural disasters, the criteria enabling them to access financing must be changed, according to the senior international officials gathered in New York at a special session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), convened to address the ef…
Government authorities, international officials and representatives of civil society in Havana, Cuba today looked back on the policies in favor of gender equality and women’s rights implemented over the past 40 years in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, which make up the Regional Gender Agenda, and debated the main challenges that lie ahead.
This Thursday, October 5, the Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated at the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. It was organized by the Economic Commission fo…
Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), advocated today in New York for developing mechanisms for governance of official and unofficial statistics to measure the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which she said would entail the participation of all stakeholders, including States and major companies.
“We have to combine traditional statistics with big data and georeferenced data for sustainable development and humanitarian purposes,” ECLAC’s most senior representative said at a high-level side event entitl…
Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the region can pave the way for moving toward a knowledge-based economy that promotes innovation, increases productivity, creates quality employment and allows for reducing inequality, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, stated today during a keynote speech in Mexico City.
The senior United Nations official made a presentation entitled The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the Superior School of Economics of Mexico’s National …
Vice-presidents, ministers and vice-ministers of finance from several Latin American and Caribbean countries attending a seminar at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile, today called for fiscal responsibility to be maintained in order to promote growth and equality, particularly in light of the current complex economic and political context.
The officials and other international experts were attending the Twenty-ninth Regional Seminar on Fiscal Policy, which is to run until tomorrow, Friday 24 March. Organized by ECLAC, the meeting is also supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), t…
Latin America and the Caribbean is going through a difficult economic, political and social phase but has the opportunity to change its development trajectory towards more inclusive growth, with more sustainable investment and consumption patterns, Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, said during the XX Annual Conference of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America.
The senior United Nations official added that the macroeconomic toolbox must be expanded to include fiscal policies that put greater emphasis on tax evasion and avoidance, which in the region represents 6.7% of regional …
“Greater and better governance of natural resources is necessary to fulfill the goals of sustainable development. This necessitates moving towards greater efficiency in the use of material resources, particularly non-renewable natural resources,” ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, said today during a side event to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, which is taking place in New York.
The senior United Nations official headed the meeting entitled “How to Leave No One Behind: Sustainable Natural Resource Management,” which was organized by the International…
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…
"Today I ratify Mexico's commitment to the integration and sustainable development of our region so that the Americas can be a hemisphere of inclusion and prosperity," Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said today at the inaugural ceremony of ECLAC's thirty-sixth session, which will be held through Friday, May 27, in Mexico City.
At the opening of the gathering in the Los Pinos Official Residence, other speakers included the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena, Peruvian Minister of Development and Social Inclusion Paola Bu…
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…
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 to its 45 member countries a report on recent 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.
Mexico’s Foreign Minister, Claudia Ruiz Massieu, and ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, signed the agreement today through which Mexico becomes the venue for the Thirty-sixth s…
(April 17, 2015) ECLAC’s member states launched a consultative process for the creation of a Forum on Sustainable Development for Latin American and Caribbean Countries during an extraordinary session of the regional UN organization’s Committee of the Whole, held on Thursday 16 April in Santiago, Chile.
The Committee of the Whole is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that allows the governments of its member countries to meet between official sessions of the Commission. In its thirteenth period of sessions held on March 19-20 in New York, t…
(March 23, 2015) ECLAC’s member countries discussed the results of the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Consultation on Financing for Development—held in Chile on March 12 and 13—during the 30th session of the Committee of the Whole of this United Nations regional organization, which took place in New York on March 19-20.
The Committee of the Whole is a subsidiary body of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) that allows the governments of member countries to meet in the periods between the Commission’s official sessions. Along with presenting the results of …
“No social actor, on their own, can achieve fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Without cooperation and without partnerships, there is no 2030 Agenda.” With this declaration by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the official inauguration took place this Tuesday, April 1 of the eighth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the main intergovernmental gathering on the 2030 Agenda in the region, which is held each year under the auspices of ECLAC.
Senior government authorities from…
Social development authorities from 10 Latin American and Caribbean countries and international officials asserted the role of dialogue and regional integration for furthering inclusive social development policies and strengthening social protection systems in the region, during a high-level event held on March 21, 2024 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The Dialogue on Inclusive Social Development Policies in the Region: Strengthening Social Protection Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated by José…
Representatives of government, international organizations, the private sector, civil society and academia shared experiences, good practices and challenges today in relation to fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s SDG 6 (Clean water and sanitation), SDG 7 (Affordable and clean energy), SDG 9 (Industry, innovation and infrastructure) and SDG 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), on the second day of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
The Forum, which has drawn more than 1,000 participants, was officially inaugurated on Wedn…