UN System official side event
3 December 2023, 1:15-2:45 horas, SE Room 2
Human Rights, and in line with findings of IPCC’s 6th Assessment Report and the Agreed Conclusions of the 66th Session of the Commission on Status of Women, and in the run up to the 30th
Anniversary of the ICPD, the event will explore how rights-based and gender-responsive approaches, including in climate litigation, lead to more effective and sustainable climate action. The event will highlight recent outcomes of intergovernmental processes regarding human rights and climate change, including the Escazú Agreement.…
Authorities, international officials and young people from Latin America and the Caribbean reaffirmed today the urgency of guaranteeing, protecting and promoting the rights of boys, girls and adolescents at the first regional dialogue “On the road to equality: 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child”, which is being held through Thursday, November 29, at the central headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.
The gathering, organized by ECLAC and the Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Natio…
The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, led a ceremony today to pay tribute to the memory and legacy of Carmelo Soria Espinoza, a Spanish economist and diplomat and official of the United Nations regional organization who was kidnapped, tortured and later murdered by agents of the dictatorship in Chile on July 16, 1976.
The ceremony was held at the Soria Plaque, a memorial in remembrance of Carmelo Soria Espinosa located at ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
Participating in the ceremony along wit…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) welcomed today the Chilean Supreme Court’s final conviction in the homicide of Carmelo Soria, a Spanish economist and diplomat and official of the United Nations regional organization who was kidnapped, tortured and later murdered by the dictatorship’s agents on July 16, 1976.
Six former agents of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), which was the secret police under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973-1990), are among those convicted along with two former members of the Army.
The verdict by Chile’s highest court af…
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…
Inequality is the structural cause of social unrest in the region. For that reason, we need to move from a culture of privileges to a culture of equality and social inclusion, Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), affirmed at the meeting of the World Economic Forum 2020, which concluded today in Davos, Switzerland.
The senior United Nations official participated throughout the week in numerous sessions of the global Forum, addressing the origins and persistence of inequality in the region’s countries as well as the impact th…
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UNFCCC COP28 official side event
9 December 2023, 6:30-8 pm Dubai, SE Room 1 (Blue zone)
This side event aims to generate a multi-stakeholder discussion on how the Escazú Agreement promotes informed and participatory climate actions in support of Sustainable Development Goal 13 and the Paris Agreement. Government representatives, the public, international organizations and other actors will offer experiences and good practices in the mainstreaming of the Escazú Agreement into the design and implementation of national climate policies. Moreover, the interconnections between …
The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 3) to the Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean – known as the Escazú Agreement – began today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on the precise day that International Mother Earth Day is celebrated worldwide.
This event – which will run through April 24 – has brought together authorities and official representatives of countries that are already part of the region’s first environmental treaty as well as observer countries, experts …
Delegates from the 22 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that adhered to the regional initiative for the effective application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in the region—which refers to access to environmental information, participation and justice—will continue negotiations in Santiago, Chile to reach a regional accord on these matters.
Government officials as well as representatives of civil society will meet from November 21 through November 25 in the Fifth meeting of the Negotiating Committee of the Regional Agreement on Access to Informat…
Staff members from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) thanked United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his support in rebuilding the organization’s headquarters, an icon of modern Latin American architecture, after an earthquake that affected central and southern Chile in February 2010. Ban Ki-moon visited Santiago on an official mission from February 26 to March 1.
During his third official visit to Chile, Mr. Ban participated in a high-level event organized by UN Women and Chile’s government, and his agenda included a town-hall meeting at ECLAC’s hea…
On Friday, September 17, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present the Comprehensive Development Plan for northern Central America and south and southeast Mexico to high authorities from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. The Plan addresses the structural causes of irregular migration from a development and integration perspective.
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will present the proposal to the Vicepresident of El Salvador, Félix Ulloa; the Foreign Minister of Guatemala, Pedro Brolo; the Undersecretary for Latin America and the …
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, visited today the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile, where he had meetings with various officials from the regional organization.
Alston, an Australian, was welcomed by ECLAC’s Deputy Executive Secretary, Antonio Prado, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena. His agenda included meetings with ECLAC’s experts on poverty, inequality, education and social protection.
ECLAC is one of the five United Nations regional commissions…