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27 July 2023 | Press Release

Authorities from 16 Countries Approve the Creation of the Regional Tax Cooperation Platform for Latin America and the Caribbean

Treasury, Economy and Finance ministers and high-level officials gathered in Colombia at the First Summit for an Inclusive, Sustainable and Equitable Global Tax Order signed a joint declaration in which they support this new forum for dialogue and exchange, for which ECLAC will act as technical secretariat.

5 November 2013 | Press Release

The Region's Countries Agreed on a Shared Vision for Making Progress with Access Rights in terms of Environmental Matters

ECLAC and the Government of Peru organized a meeting on the application of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

17 October 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls on Latin American and Caribbean Countries to Make Progress in Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Women

Document highlights the deep inequalities affecting over 23 million indigenous women.

19 June 2012 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Agree to Forge Closer Collaboration in order to Improve Use of Statistics

They called for increased use of national data in human development reports, and highlighted progress in the code of good practice for statistics.

26 October 2011 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Parameters for Defining Broadband in Latin America

Some factors considered were speed and user experience.

27 July 2011 | Press Release

ECLAC Analyses Socio-Economic Panorama of UNASUR

Document was presented by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, and the Secretary-General of UNASUR, María Emma Mejía.

20 June 2011 | Press Release

Ban Ki-Moon Urged South America to Play an Even Greater Role in the United Nations

The Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, was part of the delegation that accompanied the leader of the United Nations.

20 June 2011 | Press Release

Ban Ki-Moon Highlights Contribution of South American Countries to Key Issues on the Global Agenda

Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Alicia Bárcena, is part of entourage accompanying the most senior United Nations representative.

29 March 2011 | Press Release

Brazil, Argentina and Colombia Lead Biofuel Production in the Region

United Nations agency studied the opportunities and risks of developing these products in Latin America and the Caribbean.

4 January 2011 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Create a Broadband Observatory in the Region

Officials from the region's governments took part in the second meeting of the Regional Dialogue on Broadband. There was also a round table discussion attended by the region's main Internet operators.

27 December 2010 | Press Release

Conditional Transfer Programmes Benefit Over 100 Million People in the Region

Brazil has the largest number of beneficiaries, followed by Mexico and Colombia.

16 November 2010 | Press Release

Successful Social Innovation Projects to be Presented in the United States

ECLAC will exhibit 25 programmes awarded for their innovation, community participation and low costs, developed to overcome poverty and inequality in the region.

17 de May de 2010 | Press Release

Jurado de Cepal visitó cinco proyectos ganadores de concurso en innovación social

La visita se realizó para conocer en el terreno los factores del éxito y cómo se superaron los obstáculos.