Dear Chair, Excellencies, all protocols observed.
Middle-income countries, or MICs, comprise 107 states worldwide.
They constitute a large share of countries in the Arab Region, Asia Pacific and Latin America and the Caribbean, and thirty out of 54 African countries are middle-income.
They represent over 75% of the world’s population and are home to 62% of the world’s poor.
They account for a third of global GDP, 45% of total investment, and 30% of total exports.
These figures speak for themselves about the importance of the MICs in the world and for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda…
Opening Ceremony of the thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
26–28 October 2020
Virtual meeting
Opening remarks by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena
Dear friend, António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,
Your Excellency, Carlos Alvarado, President of the Republic of Costa Rica,
Your Excellency, Miguel Díaz-Canel, President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba,
Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,
Kristalina Geo…
Discurso de apertura de Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL, en la ceremonia de inauguración del trigésimo octavo período de sesiones de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
26 al 28 de octubre de 2020
Reunión virtual
Querido António Guterres, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas,
Excelentísimo señor Carlos Alvarado, presidente de la República de Costa Rica,
Excelentísimo señor Miguel Díaz-Canel, presidente de los Consejos de
Estado y de ministros de la República de Cuba,
Estimado Ángel Gurría, Secretario General de la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo…
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