Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations - table of contents
UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION
FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (ECLAC)
Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)
Nations Unies Commission Économique pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes (CEPALC)
HEADQUARTERS
Edificio Naciones Unidas Postal Add: Casilla 179-D
Avenida Dag Hammarskjöld 3477 Telephone: [56](2)210-2000/206-1519
Vitacura Facsimile: [56](2)208-0252
Santiago Telex: 340295 UNSTGO CK
Chile 240077 UNSGO CL
Cable: UNATIONS
E-mail: cepal@eclac.cl
Internet: www.eclac.org
Executive Secretary: ... José Antonio OCAMPO
Deputy Executive Secretary: ... Reynaldo F. BAJRAJ
Secretary of the Commission, a.i.:... Daniel BLANCHARD
Chief, Programme Planning
and Operations Division: ... Ms. Miriam KRAWCZYK
Chief, Economic Development Div.: ... Manuel MARFÁN
Chief, Social Development Div.: ... Rolando FRANCO
Chief, International Trade,
and Integration Division: ... Ms. Vivianne VENTURA DIAS
Officer-in-Charge, Production
Productivity and Management Div.: Wilson PERES
Officer-in-Charge, Statistics and
Economic Projections Division: ... Hubert ESCAITH
Chief, Sustainable Development and
Human Settlement Division: ... Ms. Alicia BÁRCENA
Chief, Natural Resources and
Infrastructure Division: ... Fernando SÁNCHEZ-ALBAVERA
Officer-in-Charge,
Population Division: ... Miguel VILLA
Chief, Documents and
Publications Division: ... Ms. Laura LÓPEZ
Chief, Administration Division: ... Ms. Katya HANUCH
Special Adviser, Latin American and
Caribbean Institute for Economic
and Social Planning (ILPES): ... Juan MARTIN
SUBREGIONAL OFFICE IN MEXICO
Presidente Masaryk 29 Postal Add: Apartado Postal 6-718
11570 Mexico, DF 06600 Mexico, DF
Mexico Telephone: [52](555)263-9600
[52](555)263-9700 (Chief)
Facsimile: [52](555)531-1151
Telex: [022]1771055 ECLAME
E-mail: cepal@un.org.mx
Chief: ... Ms. Rebeca GRYNSPAN
SUBREGIONAL HEADQUARTERS FOR THE CARIBBEAN
3rd and 4th Floor, Chic Building Postal Add: P.O. Box 1113
63 Park Street Telephone: [1](868)623-5595
Port-of-Spain [1](868)623-5428
Trinidad and Tobago Facsimile: [1](868)623-8485
Telex: [0294]22394ECLACWG
E-mail: registry@eclacpos.org
Chief a.i.: ... Daniel BLANCHARD
WASHINGTON OFFICE
1825 K Street, NW Telephone: [1](202)955-5613
Suite 1120 [1](202)955-5614
Washington, DC 20006 [1](202)955-5618
USA Facsimile: [1](202)296-0826
E-mail: info@eclac.org
Chief: ... Ms. Inés BUSTILLO
BOGOTA OFFICE
Carrera 13A Postal Add: Apartado Aéreo 75471
28-38 Manzana 2, Oficina 210 Telephone: [57](1)336-8472/336-8494
Santafe de Bogota, DC [57](1)336-8494/336-8483
Colombia [57](1)336-8665
Facsimile: [57](1)336-8501
Telex: [035]43316 UNCO
E-mail: cepal@netcolombia.com
Chief: ... Juan Carlos RAMÍREZ
BRASILIA OFFICE
SBS Edificio BNDES-17 Andar Postal Add: Caixa Postal 08.751
CEP 70.076-900 Brasilia, D.F. Telephone: [55](61)321-7540
Brazil [55](61)321-3232/321-5494
Facsimile: [55](61)321-4247
Telex: [038]611697 ECLA BR
E-mail: cepal@tba.com.br
Chief: ... Renato BAUMANN
MONTEVIDEO OFFICE
Juncal 1305 Piso 10 Postal Add: Casilla de Correo 1207
Montevideo Telephone: [598](2)916-1576
Uruguay [598](2)916-1580
Facsimile: [598](2)916-1776
E-mail: cepal@adinet.com.uy
Chief: ... Pascual GERSTENFELD
BUENOS AIRES OFFICE
Paraguay 1178 - 2 y 3B Postal Add: Casilla de Correo 4191
1057 Buenos Aires 1000 Buenos Aires
Argentina Telephone: [54](11)4815-7810
[54](11)4815-3238 (Director)
Facsimile: [54](11)4815-2534
E-mail: bkosacoff@cepal.org.ar
Chief: ... Bernardo KOSACOFF
LANGUAGES: Arabic, English, French, Russian, Spanish
ESTABLISHMENT AND FUNCTIONS
The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) was founded in 1948 by the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations to coordinate policies for the promotion of economic development in Latin America and to foster regional and international trade. Later, its work was extended to the Caribbean countries and its program of action expanded to promote social development.
ECLAC member governments in 1996 updated the mission through Resolution 553 (XXVI) in an effort to increase the relevance of activities sponsored in the region. Under the new guidelines, the Commission must act as a center of excellence to aid member states in the integral analysis of the development process. This process includes formulating, evaluating, and following up on public policies as well as providing assistance in areas of specialized information. ECLAC experts also offer advice, training and support for regional and international cooperation and coordination.
COMPOSITION
41 member countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela
7 Associate members: Anguilla, Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands
STRUCTURE
Commission and Committee of the Whole
The Commission meets every two years in one of the Latin American or Caribbean capitals. The Committee of the Whole meets for special purposes and usually in years in which no session of the Commission has been scheduled.
Subsidiary Bodies of the ECLAC
Central American Economic Cooperation Committee (Committee for Economic Cooperation of the Central American Isthmus), established in August 1952 as a permanent organ of the organization, is charged with advising the Central American Governments and providing technical assistance in connection with the Central American Economic Integration Program. The Mexico City Office serves as secretariat for the Committee.
Committee on Population and Development. The creation of ECLAC Sessional Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development was agreed upon at its XXVth Session (resolution 536(XXV), Cartagena de las Indias, 1994) for the follow-up and review of issues related to population and development, including the Latin American and Caribbean Regional Plan of Action on Population and Development and the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, 1994). The Committee holds, since 1996, its meetings every two years, at the same time as the ECLAC Sessions. In addition to the review of the progress made reagarding priority population and development issues, at each meeting a substantive topic is being dealt with too (such as: population, reproductive health and poverty; population and youth; and sociodemographic vulnerability). Additionally, the Presiding Officers generally have an open-ended meeting, in between Sessions, to provide the necessary follow-up to priority issues.
Caribbean Development and Co-operation Committee (CDCC), established in 1975, is in charge of advising Governments in the Caribbean region with regard to integration and their relationship with the rest of Latin America. It acts as a coordinating body for activities relating to development and cooperation in the Caribbean, and carries out research and studies in connection with social and economic development needs.
Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. By resolution 2000/7 of July 25, 2000, the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations approved the establishment of the Conference as a subsidiary body of the Commission.
The objectives of the Conference are:
To promote the development and improvement of national statistics and their international comparability, bearing in mind the recommendations made by the United Nations Statistical Commission, specialized agencies and other relevant organizations.
To further international, regional and bilateral cooperation among national offices and international and regional agencies.
To prepare a biennial programme of regional and international cooperation activities designed to meet the demands of the countries of the region, subject to the availability of resources.
See also Latin American Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES).
GENERAL PUBLICATIONS
Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean(Spanish and English versions, annual); Preliminary Overview of the Economy of Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish and English versions, annual); Social Panorama of Latin America (Spanish and English versions, annual); Report on Foreign Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish and English versions, annual); Latin America and the Caribbean in the World Economy (Spanish, annual); Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean (bilingual, Spanish and English, annual); CEPAL Review (Spanish and English versions, three issues a year); ECLAC Notes (Spanish and English versions, bi-monthly): Notas de Población(Spanish and abridged version in English, semi-annual).
A wide variety of other documents are also published in the format of books, studies, reports, and bibliographical bulletins, and also as issues of the following series: Reformas Económicas, Política Fiscal, Financiamiento del Desarrollo, Desarrollo Productivo, Políticas Sociales, Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos, Mujer y Desarrollo, Temas de Coyuntura, Recursos Naturales e Infraestructura; Comercio Internacional, Distribución del Ingreso, Estudios Estadísticos y Prospectivos, Estudios y Perspectivas, Gestión Pública, Información y Desarrollo, Informes y Estudios Especiales, Macroeconomía del Desarrollo, Manuales, Población y Desarrollo, Reformas de Política Pública, Seminarios y Conferencias
UPDATED: May 19, 2003
Directory of Economic, Commodity and Development Organizations - table of contents
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