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18 April 2024 | Press Release

Eradicating Poverty and Hunger is an Indispensable Requirement for Achieving Sustainable Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authorities and delegates from the region’s countries concluded the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development with a firm commitment to accelerate the pace for achieving the goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
17 April 2024 | Speech

Remarks at the seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2024
Remarks by Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations.
16 April 2024 | Press Release

Countries Call for Revitalizing the Commitment to the 2030 Agenda and Fostering Renewed, Bold Policies and Actions for Accelerating Fulfillment of the SDGs
The seventh meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development was inaugurated today with the presence of the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed.
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16 April 2024 | News

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Implement Major Transformations and Drive Six Key Transitions to Accelerate Progress Towards Fulfilling the SDGs
The seventh report on regional progress and challenges in relation to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development was presented by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.
Meeting banner.
12 April 2024 | Announcement

UN Deputy Secretary-General, ECLAC Executive Secretary and Other High-Level Authorities Will Inaugurate the Seventh Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development
The event, convened each year under the auspices of ECLAC, will be held on April 15-18, 2024 in Santiago, Chile.
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.
9 January 2024 | Press Release

ECLAC and ILO: The Region’s Low Economic Growth Affected Labour Market Dynamism in 2023
According to a new joint publication by these two United Nations organizations, the increase in the regional employment rate, seen in 2022, slowed significantly in the first six months of 2023, while the participation rate declined.
23 November 2023 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion
Despite this improvement in the indicators, more than 180 million people in the region do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 70 million of them lack the income needed to acquire a basic food basket, the Commission warns in its report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023.
Photo showing attendees at the MonCom Seminar 2023
2 November 2023 | News

Caribbean Must Build Knowledge Economy – ECLAC Caribbean Development Seminar 

Speaking at a development Seminar, part of ECLAC Caribbean’s meeting of the Monitoring Committee, the Chair of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), and Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation of Suriname Albert Ramdin urged countries of the Caribbean to leverage their vast human resources to develop knowledge economies.
Infographic on Lecture series.
2 August 2023 | Announcement

Lecture series as part of the seventy-fifth anniversary of ECLAC
We have the honour to invite you to the series of lectures by distinguished scholars to be held in 2023 and 2024 as part of the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of ECLAC.
1 August 2023 | Infographic

Lecture series as part of the seventy-fifth anniversary of ECLAC
We have the honour to invite you to the series of lectures by distinguished scholars to be held in 2023 and 2024 as part of the commemoration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of ECLAC.
Computer screen with the logo of the First Session of the Conference on South-South Cooperation
26 May 2023 | News

How to Follow the First Session of the Regional Conference on South-South Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean
All the main panels at the meeting will be broadcast live on May 30-31. The invitation, on social media, is to participate in the debates using the hashtags #CooperaciónSurSur and #SouthSouthCooperation.
28 April 2023 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Must Pick Up the Pace to Achieve Fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030
Halfway through the period agreed upon by United Nations Member States in 2015, greater progress on the targets will require the participation of all stakeholders as well as structural transformations in the region, delegates warned at the conclusion of the Sixth Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development.
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13 April 2023 | Announcement

The Region’s Countries Will Meet at ECLAC to Evaluate Progress on Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The sixth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development, convened each year under ECLAC’s auspices, will be held on April 25-28, 2023 in Santiago, Chile.
15 March 2023 | Infographic

Infographic What is a DaLA?
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is a pioneer in disaster assessment in the region and developed a methodology called DaLA to assess the damages and losses caused by disasters. Find out in this infographic what it is, how it works and what it is for countries.
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23 December 2022 | News

New Study by ECLAC Analyzes the Impacts of the War in Ukraine on Uruguay’s Economy
A publication by ECLAC’s Office in Montevideo points up effects on inflation, the terms of trade and interest rates, which could jeopardize the economy’s dynamism next year.
31 October 2022 | Op-ed

Towards Transformation of the Development Model in Latin America and the Caribbean
By José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.
Family photo of delegates attending the CDCC meeting
13 October 2022 | Announcement

ECLAC convenes Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee meeting in Suriname

The meeting will be held on 14 October 2022 in Paramaribo, Suriname.
14 July 2022 | Press Release

ECLAC Urges for Implementing Enabling Policies that Would Allow for Effective Fulfillment of the SDGs
Mario Cimoli, the organization’s Acting Executive Secretary, and Arnoldo André Tinoco, the Foreign Minister of Costa Rica, participated in a meeting of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2022, focused on listening to messages from the regions. Prior to that, both authorities spoke at a virtual side event on Development in Transition.
6 June 2022 | Press Release

War in Ukraine Quickens Inflation, Reduces Growth and Increases Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new special report by ECLAC indicates that the economic deceleration, higher inflation and the slow and incomplete recovery of labor markets will increase poverty, extreme poverty and food insecurity in the region in 2022.

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