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Published: 15 March 2021
The “High-level meeting on the challenges faced by Associate Members of ECLAC in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held ahead of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021.
(March 15, 2021) Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and sustainable development and identifying common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level meeting with Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Chair of the Commission, Costa Rica. United Nations Resident Coordinators and intergovernmental organizations serving the Caribbean also participated.
15 February 2021
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today opened its remote sixty-ninth session, hearing opening remarks by Peggy Hicks, Director of the Thematic Engagement, Special Procedures and Right to Development Division at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Renato Zerbini Ribeiro Leão, Chair of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, in his opening remarks, said he was glad the Committee was able to continue its work despite the pandemic.
Ms. Hicks said COVID-19 had revealed and exacerbated existing social and economic inequalities. The work of the Committee was all the more critical than ever to ensure that economic, social and cultural rights were protected in the pandemic response and recovery process. The Office had just put in place the Surge Initiative to boost its capacity and support to strengthen country level implementation of economic, social and cultural rights and the Sustainable Devel