United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
 United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
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 ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile |
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 Map showing United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean members |
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| Org type | Primary Organ - Regional Branch |
| Acronyms | ECLAC / CEPAL |
| Head |  Alicia Bárcena[1] |
| Status | Active |
| Established | 1948 |
| Headquarters |  Santiago, Chile |
| Website | English version |
| Parent org | ECOSOC |
The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC, UNECLAC or in Spanish CEPAL, is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 44 member States (20 in Latin America, 13 in the Caribbean and 11 from outside the region), and eight associate members which are non-independent territories in the Caribbean. ECLAC publishes statistics covering the countries of the region[2] and makes cooperative agreements with nonprofit institutions.[3] ECLAC's headquarters is in Santiago Chile.
ECLAC was established in 1948 as the UN Economic Commission for Latin America, or UNECLA. In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the name.[4] It reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
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Member states [edit]
The member states are Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Germany, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Japan (27 July 2006), Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Korea (5 June 2007), Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The associate members are Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos Islands (24 March 2006) and United States Virgin Islands.
Locations [edit]
- Santiago, Chile (headquarters)
- Mexico City, Mexico (Central American subregional headquarters)
- Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean subregional headquarters)
- Buenos Aires, Argentina (country office)
- Brasília, Brazil (country office)
- Montevideo, Uruguay (country office)
- Bogotá, Colombia (country office)
- Washington, DC, United States of America (liaison office)
Executive Secretaries of ECLAC [edit]
| Name | Country | Served |
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| Gustavo Martínez Cabañas | Mexico | December 1948 – April 1950 |
| Raúl Prebisch | Argentina | May 1950 – July 1963 |
| José Antonio Mayobre | Venezuela | August 1963 – December 1966 |
| Carlos Quintana | Mexico | January 1967 – March 1972 |
| Enrique V. Iglesias | Uruguay | April 1972 – February 1985 |
| Norberto González | Argentina | March 1985 – December 1987 |
| Gert Rosenthal | Guatemala | January 1988 – December 1997 |
| José Antonio Ocampo | Colombia | January 1998 – August 2003 |
| José Luis Machinea | Argentina | December 2003 to June 2008 |
| Alicia Bárcena Ibarra | México | July 2008 to present |
See also [edit]
- United Nations System
- eLAC eLAC2007, eLAC2010 and eLAC2015: Strategies for the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean
References [edit]
- ^ eclac.cl, ECLAC: Office of the Executive Secretary [1]
- ^ CEPALSTAT page at official ECLAC site
- ^ ECLAC signed a cooperation agreement to promote science and technology in the region (with Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management) at ECLAC.org
- ^ ABOUT ECLAC at official ECLAC site
Bibliography [edit]
Paul Berthoud, A Professional Life Narrative, 2008, worked with CEPAL-ECLAC and offers testimony from the inside of the early years of the organization.
External links [edit]
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