1979 - CEPAL Conference

Emissão CEPAL Conference, 18th Ed.

UN Emblem, CEPAL logo

The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, is a regional commission to encourage economic cooperation. It includes 46 member States (20 in Latin America, 13 in the Caribbean and 13 from outside the region), and 13 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 nonprofit institutions. It´s headquarters is in Santiago, Chile.