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23 January 2024 | Press Release

UN ECOSOC Calls for International Cooperation and Joint Efforts to Foster Decent Work and Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda

For the second time in its history, one of the United Nations’ most important organs is holding a Special Meeting at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, on the topic of “The future of work: towards a productive, inclusive and sustainable global society.”

13 December 2022 | Press Release

Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean Call for Driving Action and Moving Towards Achievement of the Ageing Agenda on a Regional and Global Level

The Fifth Regional Intergovernmental Conference on Ageing and the Rights of Older Persons was inaugurated today at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile.

28 October 2021 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Reaffirmed the Importance of Safeguarding the Region’s Progress on Social Development and Preventing Setbacks amid the Crisis Unleashed by the Pandemic

Today marked the close of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, organized by ECLAC in conjunction with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and with support from the Government of Antigua and Barbuda.

26 October 2021 | Press Release

Latin America and the Caribbean Needs New Social and Fiscal Compacts to Transform and Provide Financial Sustainability to its Social Protection Systems, with the Aim of Confronting the Current Overall Context of Disasters

Authorities from Antigua and Barbuda and Mexico along with representatives of ECLAC and UNDP participated in the inauguration of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually through Thursday, October 28.

25 October 2021 | News

ECLAC Calls for Articulating Social Protection Systems with Disaster Risk Management Policies in Pursuit of a Transformative Recovery with Equality and Sustainability in the Region

The United Nations regional organization presented a document on this issue in the framework of the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is taking place virtually on October 26-28.

20 October 2021 | Announcement

Social Development Authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean Will Discuss Disasters, Inequality and Social Protection Systems in the Current Context of Protracted Crisis

On October 26-28, the Fourth Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean will take place, under the organization of ECLAC, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, and UNDP.

9 July 2020 | Statement

Building Back Better Requires Transforming the Development Model of Latin America and the Caribbean

Message by the United Nations' Secretary-General, António Guterres, for the launch of policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on Latin America and the Caribbean.

5 June 2020 | Press Release

Parliaments are Relevant Actors for Convening a New Fiscal and Social Compact: Alicia Bárcena

At a virtual meeting of parliamentarians from throughout the region, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary stressed the importance of having more efficient and open legislative bodies to tackle the crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 May 2020 | Press Release

Prioritizing Security and Health Policies at Work is Necessary for the Post COVID-19 Reactivation of Production and Employment to be Safe and Healthy

ECLAC and the ILO presented a new joint publication in which they analyze labour challenges in the wake of the pandemic. The organizations indicate that the crisis will likely cause 11.5 million more people to be unemployed in Latin America and the Caribbean.

21 November 2019 | Announcement

ECLAC Will Present New Poverty and Inequality Figures and an Analysis of Middle-Income Strata in the Region

On Thursday, November 28, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will launch in Chile the Social Panorama of Latin America 2019 report.

20 December 2017 | Press Release

Poverty Increased in 2016 in Latin America and Reached 30.7% of the Population, a Percentage Seen Holding Steady in 2017

In Mexico today ECLAC launched its report Social Panorama 2017, which includes an update to the methodology used to estimate monetary poverty in the region.

18 December 2017 | Announcement

In a New Report, ECLAC Analyses Trends in Regional Poverty and the Situation of the Pension Systems in Latin America

The United Nations organization will unveil its report Social Panorama 2017 at a press conference in Mexico on Wednesday 20 December.

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4 September 2017 | News

Countries Will Analyze Policies to Strengthen Links between Social and Productive Spheres with a View to Overcoming Poverty and Inequality

The Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, a subsidiary body of ECLAC, will be held on October 25-27, 2017 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Imagem do seminário sobre proteção social que abrió a série de três diálogos nacionais preparatórios da Conferência Regional.

4 September 2017 | News

National Dialogues Pave the Way for the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Social Development

The government of Uruguay, with support from the United Nations System, organized a series of gatherings in preparation for the ECLAC event that will take place in late October in Montevideo.