ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in the forum on New Forms of Solidarity, organized by the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, in which Pope Francis was the main speaker.
The European High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Federica Mogherini, participated as a special guest in ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, which is being held in Mexico.
Head of State underlined the importance of the forthcoming CELAC-EU Summit of Heads of State and Government, scheduled to be held in January 2013 in Chile.
Bárcena held several meetings in Brussels with representatives of member countries of the Council of the European Union, parliamentarians and senior officials from the European External Action Service and the European Commission.