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12 July 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes that Caribbean Focus Efforts on Gender Equality, Climate Change and Debt Relief to Meet 2030 Agenda

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the organization, presented the outlook for the subregion during an event held in New York in the framework of the United Nations High-Level Political Forum.
10 July 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC Underscores Leadership and Political Commitment by the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean to the 2030 Agenda
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional organization, participates in the annual session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development inaugurated today at United Nations headquarters in New York.
10 de July de 2017 | Press Release

Autoridades y especialistas recalcan importancia de inclusión financiera e igualdad de género para el desarrollo sostenible
Presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, encabezó presentación de informe de la Superintendencia de Bancos e Instituciones financieras del país en la sede de la CEPAL.
3 July 2017 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena: Focus on gender and life cycle in public policy is crucial to guaranteeing the rights of women, children and adolescents

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in the high-level meeting of the United Nations initiative “Every Woman Every Child,” inaugurated by the President of Chile, Michelle Bachelet.
30 June 2017 | Press Release

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Reaffirm their Commitment to Promote, Protect and Respect the Rights and Dignity of Older Persons
The Fourth ECLAC Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons came to a close today in Asunción, Paraguay.
27 June 2017 | Press Release

Regional Conference on Ageing Opens with a Call for Empowering and Raising the Visibility of Older Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean
The intergovernmental meeting will be held through Friday, June 30, in Asunción, Paraguay.
22 de June de 2017 | Press Release

CEPAL: envejecimiento provocará caída de la población de América Latina y el Caribe hacia 2060

En el décimo capítulo del programa “Horizontes CEPAL” el Director del Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (CELADE), Paulo Saad, profundizó en los desafíos que enfrenta la región, que en 25 años pasó de ser joven a madura.
20 June 2017 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls on Women to Break the Glass Ceiling through Emancipation and Autonomy
During a presentation in the framework of the Forbes Powerful Women Forum 2017, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stressed the need to achieve equality with entitlement to rights.
19 June 2017 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Rethinking the Economic Model and Implementing a New Paradigm
ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in a high-level event in the framework of the International Economic Association's World Congress, held in Mexico City.
8 de June de 2017 | Press Release

CEPAL: Pese a avances recientes, América Latina sigue siendo la región más desigual del mundo
Laís Abramo, Directora de la División de Desarrollo Social, desmenuza las múltiples dimensiones de la desigualdad en la región en un nuevo capítulo del programa “Horizontes CEPAL”.
6 June 2017 | Press Release

Trade via Containers in the Region’s Ports Falls 0.9% in 2016
ECLAC’s new ports ranking confirms the decline in the region’s foreign trade last year and marks a loss in activity not seen since the crisis of 2009.
30 May 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC: High Levels of Inequality in Latin America Constitute an Obstacle to Sustainable Development
This is a structural phenomenon that manifests itself via multiple vicious circuits, according to the Social Panorama 2016 annual report released today.
29 May 2017 | Press Release

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Visits ECLAC’s Headquarters in Santiago
Keith Rowley met with the Commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, agreeing to increase bilateral cooperation.
25 May 2017 | Press Release

Ministers and Senior Officials for Women’s Affairs Review at ECLAC the Implementation of the Montevideo Strategy for Gender Equality
The fifty-fifth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today in Santiago, Chile.
22 de May de 2017 | Press Release

CEPAL y UNICEF piden reforzar sistemas de protección social de la infancia por vulnerabilidad ante desastres

La frecuencia de desastres en América Latina y el Caribe ha aumentado 3,6 veces en medio siglo, y los niños y niñas experimentan sus efectos en forma desproporcionada, alertan ambos organismos de las Naciones Unidas.
18 May 2017 | Press Release

Moving toward a New Platform for Inclusive Cooperation is Necessary for Sustainable Development
ECLAC, the OECD Development Center and the European Commission call for renewed dialogue with middle-income countries.
17 May 2017 | Press Release

Strategic Alliance between the European Commission and ECLAC is Renewed
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the regional United Nations organization, met in Brussels with Neven Mimica, the European Union Commissioner in charge of International Cooperation and Development.
15 May 2017 | Press Release

“One Belt One Road” is a Civilizing Proposal of Interconnectedness and Shared Prosperity: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, indicated that Latin America and the Caribbean “cannot be left behind” during a high-level Forum held in Beijing.
11 May 2017 | Press Release

Labour Conditions Seen Continuing to Weaken in 2017 and Urban Unemployment Could Exceed 9% in the Region
New ECLAC-ILO report indicates that the increase in average regional unemployment in 2016 was the biggest annual rise in two decades. It also includes an analysis regarding the characteristics of immigrants’ insertion in the world of work.
2 May 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary is Awarded the “Gustavo Martínez Cabañas” Medal for International Administrative Merit

Alicia Bárcena received this important distinction from Mexico’s National Institute of Public Administration for her contribution “to strengthening the country’s prestige abroad.”

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