The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present on Thursday, October 15, 2020 at 11 a.m. local time in Chile (GMT-3) its Special Report COVID-19 No. 8, entitled Political and social compacts for equality and sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the post-COVID-19 recovery, which poses, among other things, that the rule of law and human rights must be at the center of the recovery.
The document will be presented during a web seminar by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, and will be commented upon by Beatriz Paredes Rangel, Senator from the Republic of Mexico; Benito Baranda, President of América Solidaria; Laura Flores, Director of the Americas Division of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs; Cecilia López, President of the International Center for Social and Economic Thought (CISOE); and María Fernanda Espinosa, President of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. Luis Yáñez, ECLAC’s Secretary of the Commission, will serve as moderator.
The event will be transmitted online via distinct platforms: the institution’s website; the site https://live.cepal.org/; and the United Nations regional commission’s accounts on Twitter (https://twitter.com/cepal_onu) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu).
The full electronic version of this new document and the presentation by Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena will be available on ECLAC’s website and on the webpage of the COVID-19 Observatory in Latin America and the Caribbean on Thursday, October 15, after the seminar has concluded.
What: Launch of ECLAC’s Special Report COVID-19 No. 8: Political and social compacts for equality and sustainable development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the post-COVID-19 recovery.
Who:
When: Thursday, October 15, 2020, 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. local time in Chile (GMT -03:00).
Where: Virtual connection via distinct platforms.
