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United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Specialized body of the United Nations

Summary

Specialized body of the United Nations

Field	Value
image	United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean Logo.svg
image_size	120px
name	United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
map_size	180px
type	Primary Organ – Regional Branch
abbreviation	ECLAC
leader_title	Head
leader_name	Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Costa Rica José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs
status	Active
formation
headquarters	Santiago, Chile
website	English version
parent_organization	United Nations Economic and Social Council

Costa Rica José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC or ECLAC; , CEPAL) is a United Nations regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. ECLAC includes 46 member states (20 in Latin America, 13 in the Caribbean and 13 from outside the region), and 14 associate members which are various non-independent territories, associated island countries and a commonwealth in the Caribbean. ECLAC publishes statistics covering the countries of the region and makes cooperative agreements with non-profit institutions. The headquarters of ECLAC is in Santiago, Chile.

ECLAC was established in 1948 as the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). In 1984, a resolution was passed to include the countries of the Caribbean in the name. It reports to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

Executive secretaries

Name	Country	Served
José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs	Costa Rica	September 2022 –
Alicia Bárcena Ibarra	Mexico	July 2008 – March 2022
José Luis Machinea	Argentina	December 2003 – June 2008
José Antonio Ocampo	Colombia	January 1998 – August 2003
Gert Rosenthal	Guatemala	January 1988 – December 1997
Norberto González	Argentina	March 1985 – December 1987
Enrique V. Iglesias	Uruguay	April 1972 – February 1985
Carlos Quintana	Mexico	January 1967 – March 1972
José Antonio Mayobre	Venezuela	August 1963 – December 1966
Raúl Prebisch	Argentina	May 1950 – July 1963
Gustavo Martínez Cabañas	Mexico	December 1948 – April 1950

Themes and programmes

Implementing Sustainable Development Goals

A mapping of ECLAC's activities to the Sustainable Development Goals (in 2023) shows that its current work emphasizes four SDGs; namely, SDG 17 on partnerships, SDG 8 on decent work, SDG 10 on reduced inequalities, and SDG 16 on peace and justice. In practice, ECLAC strives toward its own regional paradigm, called Global Environmental Keynesianism, which promotes multidimensional equality as the purpose of development. The commission seeks to balance the new SDGs with its earlier focus on equality and to better emphasize the environmental dimension of economic development.

ECLAC has been working on a debt-swap strategy since 2016, titled the Debt for Climate Adaptation Swap and Caribbean Resilience Fund. This fund aims to reduce the debt and fiscal constraints for investment in green industries, stimulate growth, promote economic transformation, and expand fiscal space for public investment such as for the SDGs.

Locations

Santiago, Chile (headquarters)
Mexico City, Mexico (Central American subregional headquarters)
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean subregional headquarters)
Bogotá, Colombia (country office)
Brasília, Brazil (country office)
Buenos Aires, Argentina (country office)
Montevideo, Uruguay (country office)
Washington, DC, United States of America (liaison office)

Member states

Map showing the member states of ECLAC

The following are all member states of ECLAC:

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
Mexico
Netherlands
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
South Korea Republic of Korea
Spain
Suriname
Turkey
Trinidad and Tobago
UK
Uruguay
Venezuela

Associate members

The following are all associate members of ECLAC:

Anguilla
Aruba
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Curaçao
Guadeloupe
Martinique
Montserrat
Puerto Rico
Sint Maarten
Turks and Caicos Islands
United States Virgin Islands United States Virgin Islands
French Guiana

Former member states

References

(2024). "United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)". [[Union of International Associations]].
(1 September 2022). "United Nations Secretary-General appoints Mr. José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs of Costa Rica as Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean".
"Member States and associate members". Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
link. (May 19, 2012 page at official ECLAC site)
link. (2013-08-01 (with Brazilian Center for Strategic Studies and Management) at ECLAC.org)
(2009). "The process of economic development". London & New York: Routledge.
Fajardo, Margarita. (2023). "CEPAL, the "International Monetary Fund of the Left"?". The American Historical Review.
"Origins and creation of ECLAC". Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
van Driel, Melanie. (2023). "The UN Regional Commissions as Orchestrators for the Sustainable Development Goals". Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations.
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. (n.d.). "Date of Admission of Member States (46) and Associate Members (13) of ECLAC". United Nations.
(2026-01-08). "These are the 66 global organizations the Trump administration is leaving".

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