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.
The United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean will serve as technical secretariat of the platform that will be launched in Colombia and seeks to coordinate joint action between the region’s countries on tax matters.
A new special report on the opportunities and challenges posed by the mineral’s extraction in Latin America and the Caribbean was presented by the organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
The new document will be released at a press conference by the United Nations organization’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, on Thursday, July 6.
The cornerstone of the new North Building in the compound that houses the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in Santiago, Chile was laid on Friday, June 9, 2023.
Representatives of government, international organizations, the private sector and civil society participated in a seminar organized by the Norwegian Embassy in Chile, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso and ECLAC.
Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of ECLAC, inaugurated an international seminar along with Chile’s Minister of Health, María Begoña Yarza, and the Director of PAHO, Carissa F. Etienne.
Mario Cimoli, the regional organization’s Acting Executive Secretary, kicked off the event along with Mercedes Marcó del Pont, Argentina’s Secretary of Strategic Affairs.
Senior authorities, specialists and members of civil society participated in the Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Chile.
On June 22-23, a Special Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place using a hybrid format.
On November 7-11, Argentina will host the region’s main intergovernmental forum on women’s rights and gender equality, the theme of which will be “The care society: a horizon for sustainable recovery with gender equality.” The gathering is organized by ECLAC in coordination with UN Women and the host country.
“The future post COVID-19 needs women,” ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stressed during a virtual seminar organized by UN Women on domestic violence in the context of the current crisis.
Today was the inauguration in Chile of the XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC with support from UN Women and attended by senior authorities from the region as well as United Nations officials.
The XIV Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC with support from UN Women, will take place on November 4-8 in Santiago.
This Friday, September 6, authorities from Chile and Uruguay along with representatives of ECLAC and UN Women will hold a press conference to unveil the details of the regional gathering that will take place in November in Santiago.
On Wednesday, August 7, Peter Thomson will meet with Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional organization, and will hold a press conference afterwards at the Commission’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
On June 26 and 27, authorities analyzed the progress made on the position document that ECLAC will present at the gathering, and shared national priorities regarding policies for women’s autonomy and gender equality.
The Executive Secretary of the United Nations regional organization, Alicia Bárcena, the President of Chile’s Central Bank, Mario Marcel, and the Ambassador of the United Kingdom, Jamie Bowden, inaugurated a seminar in Santiago where the joint initiative was presented.
