The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will hold on October 9-11 its Fortieth session [1], the most important biennial gathering of this United Nations regional organization, where ECLAC will present its proposal for a transformation to move towards a more productive, inclusive and sustainable development model in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The event will be inaugurated on Wednesday, October 9, at 2 p.m. local time in Peru (GMT -5) by Dina Boluarte Zegarra, President of Peru; Amina Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (pre-recorded video); and José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC. Also participating will be a representative of Argentina, the country serving as Chair of the thirty-ninth session of ECLAC.
During the meeting – in which representatives from ECLAC’s 46 Member States and 14 associate members will participate, along with researchers, academics, representatives of civil society and international officials – the Commission will unveil its position document entitled Development Traps in Latin America and the Caribbean: Vital Transformations and How to Manage Them, which will be presented by ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
In addition, a gathering of foreign ministers and senior authorities from ECLAC member countries will take place to discuss the outcomes of the Summit of the Future [2], which was held on September 22-23, 2024 in the framework of the United Nations General Assembly’s 79th session.
Website
On the website [1] created for this occasion, you can find general information on the event, a detailed programme, reference documents, instructions for accessing interpretation in Spanish, English and French, as well as news, a press kit and links to ECLAC’s social media, among other resources.
Live transmission
All the session’s panels will be transmitted live via the following platforms:
- ECLAC’s website www.cepal.org [3]
- Website https://live.cepal.org/ [4]
- Official account on Twitter https://twitter.com/cepal_onu [5]
- Official account on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu [6]
Any media outlet or organization is free to replicate this transmission on their own Internet portals.
X (former Twitter)
We will be tweeting in Spanish and English from both of our institutional accounts, @cepal_onu and @eclac_un, using the hashtags:
#PSEScepal2024 - #SESeclac2024
#TrampasDelDesarrollo - #DevelopmentTraps
We will share all the meeting’s news via our Facebook pages (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu/ [7] and https://www.facebook.com/eclac [8]), along with the main messages delivered by ECLAC’s highest authority, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs.
YouTube
The entire event will be available on our YouTube channels for later consultation. Subscribe to https://www.youtube.com/user/CEPALONU [9] and https://www.youtube.com/user/ECLACUN [10].
Flickr
Photographs of the event will be published on our institutional accounts on Flickr, with the corresponding photo credits: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cepal/ [11] and https://www.flickr.com/photos/eclac [12].
Mobile app
Another way to access event information is by downloading this mobile application, available at the Apple Store [13] and Google Play [14]: https://www.cepal.org/en/publications/apps [15]