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4 March 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Met with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo de León
The United Nations regional economic commission and the Government of Guatemala align efforts to quicken the pace in moving towards more productive, inclusive and sustainable development in the Central American country.
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28 October 2020 | News

Ending Racism is a Task for Everyone and is Central to Building Fairer, More Democratic and Egalitarian Societies
Authorities from the region participated today in the launch of the book Afrodescendants and the matrix of social inequality in Latin America: Challenges for inclusion, presented in the framework of ECLAC’s 38th session.
Portada documento racismo en Guatemala
10 December 2018 | News

New Public Policies Are Proposed to Eradicate Racism and Discrimination in Guatemala
The study, requested to ECLAC by the Presidential Commission on Discrimination and Racism against the Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala (CODISRA), offers recommendations that would allow for moving toward social equality while also promoting cultural diversity.
portada documento mujeres afrodescendientes
10 December 2018 | News

ECLAC: Equality for Afro-descendant Women is Still Pending in Latin America and the Caribbean
A study published by the United Nations regional organization analyzes their autonomy in terms of three key dimensions: economic, physical and in decision-making.
23 October 2017 | Press Release

ECLAC: Despite progress, 7 out of every 10 households in Latin America do not reach minimum levels of simultaneous social and labor inclusion
The United Nations regional organization presents a new study in the framework of the Second Meeting of the Regional Conference on Social Development, which begins tomorrow in Montevideo, Uruguay.
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24 May 2017 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2016
The United Nations regional commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will hold a press conference on May 30 in Santiago, Chile.
31 October 2016 | Press Release

ECLAC Presents to Social Development Ministers an Analysis of Inequality and Proposals to Combat it
The regional United Nations organization will unveil a new study during the first meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Conference on Social Development.
24 March 2016 | Statement

International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
"It is imperative that we work together for equal opportunity, justice and sustainable development for people of African descent", Ban Ki-moon says.
9 August 2014 | Statement

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2014
"The interests of the indigenous peoples must be part of the new development agenda in order for it to succeed", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
31 de March de 2014 | Press Release

CEPAL y UNICEF plantean políticas orientadas a la igualdad en educación secundaria
Alrededor de 20 % de los adolescentes de 12 a 18 años, varones y mujeres, no asiste a un establecimiento educativo en la región, según un estudio conjunto.
25 September 2013 | Press Release

Region's Countries Adopt Montevideo Consensus on Population and Development
Delegates agreed a series of measures around the eight priority areas identified in the regional agenda to follow-up the Cairo Programme of Action beyond 2014.
12 August 2013 | Speech

Opening Meeting of the First session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
12 August 2013 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Discuss New Population and Development Agenda beyond 2014
This is a people's agenda to raise the profile of excluded sectors: children, older adults, women, indigenous people, Afro-descendent people and migrants.
9 August 2013 | Press Release

Montevideo Will Host the First Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
The President of Uruguay will attend the opening of the meeting, which is being organized by ECLAC.
9 August 2013 | Statement

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
"Let us work together to strengthen indigenous peoples' rights and support their aspirations", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
10 December 2012 | Statement

Human Rights Day
Message by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.
9 August 2012 | Statement

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
The focus of this year's celebration is "Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices".
2 August 2012 | Press Release

It Is Imperative to Invest in the Youth of Latin America and the Caribbean
In the report launched in Quito, both UN organizations called for leveraging the current demographic bond experienced in the countries in the region.
25 April 2012 | Press Release

New ECLAC Document Examines Social Gaps in the Context of Indigenous Rights of Mapuche Communities in Ercilla
A study presents a socio-demographic overview of the Mapuche population.
21 March 2012 | Statement

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
"Racism undermines peace, security, justice and social progress", states the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.

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