The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 24-26 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, its thirty-ninth session, the United Nations regional commission’s most important biennial meeting. There, ECLAC will give an account of its activities in the 2020-2022 biennium and participants will address the priorities of the sustainable development agenda in the region in a scenario characterized by multiple global crises. In addition, policies and proposals for a transformative recovery based on productivity, sustainability and inclusion will be presented.

The event, which will be held in a hybrid way (in-person and virtual) from the Kirchner Cultural Center of the Argentinian capital, will bring together representatives of ECLAC’s 46 member countries and 14 associate members. It will be inaugurated on Monday, October 24, at 9 a.m. local time in Argentina (GMT -3) by Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina, the country which will take charge of ECLAC’s presidency pro tempore from that moment on; a high-level representative from the government of Costa Rica, in his/her capacity of outgoing president of the organization; and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary.

The Commission will present the region’s countries with a proposal for recovery and development contained in the position document entitled Production, inclusion and sustainability: Latin America and the Caribbean and the crises of globalization, which will be unveiled by the Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, on Monday, October 24, too.

In addition, ECLAC will present its activities report on the work carried out in 2021, including by its subsidiary bodies, and participants will define the mandates that will guide its work over the next biennium (2023-2024). In conjunction with this, a dialogue to reflect upon the current regional context and the post-pandemic economic recovery will take place between foreign ministers and other political figures from Latin America and the Caribbean.

The session will also bring together researchers and members of civil society, along with academics and officials from nearly 30 intergovernmental, specialized and United Nations System entities.

ECLAC’s thirty-ninth session will be transmitted online via distinct platforms: 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 programme of the meeting, along with general information, is available on the session’s special website: https://periododesesiones.cepal.org/39/en.

What: Thirty-ninth session of ECLAC.

When: Monday, October 24 through Wednesday, October 26, 2022.

Who:

Inauguration, Monday, October 24, 9 a.m. local time in Argentina (GMT -3):

• Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina
• High-level representative from the government of Costa Rica
• José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary

Where: Kirchner Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Sarmiento 151, C1041 Buenos Aires).

Also by virtual connection via several platforms:

• ECLAC’s website: www.cepal.org 
• Website: https://live.cepal.org/.
• Official Twitter account: https://twitter.com/cepal_onu
• Official Facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu

For queries related to journalistic coverage of this event, contact ECLAC’s Public Information Unit in Santiago, Chile. Email: prensa@cepal.org; Telephone: (56) 22210 2040.