Mensaje Secretario Ejecutivo CEPAL por el Día Internacional de las Personas con Discapacidad 2024

ECLAC Calls for Transforming Development Models in Latin America and the Caribbean and Building a Society that Prioritizes People and the Planet on the Occasion of the International Day of Care and Support

On October 29, 2024, the International Day of Care and Support will be commemorated, as proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2023. This day aims to highlight the centrality of care in our societies as a public good, recognizing its essential role in ensuring the sustainability of life and the planet, and its key contribution to the well-being and prosperity of individuals, societies, sustainable development, and equality. As global, regional, and national demands for care increase, ECLAC reaffirms its commitment to the countries of the region to design and implement comprehensi…

La CEPAL llama a transformar los modelos de desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe y a construir una sociedad que priorice el cuidado de las personas y del planeta, con ocasión del Día Internacional de los Cuidados y el Apoyo

El 29 de octubre de 2024 se conmemora el Día Internacional de los Cuidados y el Apoyo, proclamado por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas en 2023. Esta fecha busca visibilizar la centralidad del cuidado en nuestras sociedades como un bien público, reconociendo su rol esencial para la sostenibilidad de la vida y del planeta, y su contribución clave para el bienestar y la prosperidad de las personas, las sociedades, el desarrollo sostenible y la igualdad. A medida que las demandas globales, regionales y en cada país por los cuidados crecen, la CEPAL reafirma su compromiso con los países d…

8th Caribbean Development Roundtable and 30th Meeting of Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee

The eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable and the thirtieth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) are being held at a time when the subregion is animated by the recently concluded Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, which set a decisive agenda for SIDS in pursuit of resilient growth and sustainable development with the support of the international community. Indeed, in the very year that the United Nations convenes a Summit of the Future to inspire global dynamic action to safeguard the well-being of future generat…