S/2012/40 Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) LC/G.2566-P BIENNIAL REPORT (2010-2011)* ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS, 2012 SUPPLEMENT No. 20 Santiago, Chile, 2013 * Includes resolutions adopted at the thirty-fourth session of the Commission, held in 2012. United Nations publication LC/G.2566-P E/2012/40 Sales No. E. EOR 2012 Sup.20 ISSN 0257-1811 Copyright © United Nations, May 2013. All rights reserved Printed in Santiago, Chile – United Nations Applications for the right to reproduce this work, either in whole or in part, are welcomed and should be sent to the Secretary of the Publications Board, United Nations Headquarters, New York, N.Y. 10017, United States. Member States and their governmental institutions may reproduce this work without prior authorization, but are requested to mention the source and inform the United Nations of such reproduction. CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 1 ISSUES REQUIRING ACTION BY THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OR BEING BROUGHT TO ITS ATTENTION ................................................................................. 1 A. Issues requiring action by the Council ...................................................................................... 1 B. Issues being brought to the attention of the Council ................................................................ 1 REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION FROM JANUARY 2010 TO DECEMBER 2011 ....................................................................................................................... 3 Foreword ............................................................................................................................................. 7 PART I INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 9 About ECLAC .................................................................................................................................... 11 Highlights of biennial results .............................................................................................................. 15 PART II MAIN RESULTS AND ACTIVITIES BY AREA ............................................................................. 23 Executive direction and management ................................................................................................. 25 Subprogramme 1: Linkages with the global economy, regional integration and cooperation ......... 31 Subprogramme 2: Production and innovation .................................................................................. 37 Subprogramme 3: Macroeconomic policies and growth ................................................................. 43 Subprogramme 4: Social development and equality ........................................................................ 49 Subprogramme 5: Mainstreaming the gender perspective in regional development ....................... 55 Subprogramme 6: Population and development .............................................................................. 61 Subprogramme 7: Planning of public administration ...................................................................... 69 Subprogramme 8: Environment and human settlements ................................................................. 75 Subprogramme 9: Natural resources and infrastructure ................................................................... 81 Subprogramme 10: Statistics and economic projections ................................................................... 87 Subprogramme 11: Subregional activities in Mexico and Central America ...................................... 93 Subprogramme 12: Subregional activities in the Caribbean .............................................................. 101 National offices ................................................................................................................................... 109 Technical cooperation ......................................................................................................................... 115 Improving results-based management ................................................................................................ 123 iii Page REPORT OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE COMMISSION .................................. 125 A. ATTENDANCE AND ORGANIZATION OF WORK ....................................................... 127 Place and date of the session ................................................................................................. 127 Attendance ............................................................................................................................ 127 Election of Officers ............................................................................................................... 128 Organization of work ............................................................................................................ 128 Documentation ...................................................................................................................... 128 B. AGENDA .............................................................................................................................. 128 C. SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS ....................................................................................... 129 D. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE COMMISSION AT ITS THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION ............................................................................................. 147 659(XXXIV) ECLAC calendar of conferences for the period 2012-2014 ........................ 148 660(XXXIV) Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee ................................ 152 661(XXXIV) Place of the next session .............................................................................. 154 662(XXXIV) Admission of Bermuda as an associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ............................................................................................... 155 663(XXXIV) Admission of Curaçao as an associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................................ 156 664(XXXIV) Admission of Guadeloupe as an associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................................ 157 665(XXXIV) Admission of Martinique as an associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................................ 158 666(XXXIV) San Salvador resolution ............................................................................... 159 667(XXXIV) Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................................ 161 668(XXXIV) Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ..................................... 163 669(XXXIV) Activities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean in relation to follow-up to the Millennium Development Goals and implementation of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields ........................................................ 165 670(XXXIV) Ad Hoc Committee on Population and Development of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................................ 167 671(XXXIV) Support for the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning ................................................ 169 iv 672(XXXIV) Establishment of the Conference on Science, Innovation and Information and Communications Technologies of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ........................................................................................ 170 673(XXXIV) Programme of work and priorities of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for the 2014-2015 biennium ........................................................................ 176 674(XXXIV) Regional dimension of development ........................................................... 179 675(XXXIV) South-South Cooperation ............................................................................ 180 Annex 1 Report of the Committee on South-South Cooperation ..................................................... 182 Annex 2 Disassociation statement of the United States ................................................................... 185 Annex 3 Documents presented at the thirty-fourth session of the Commission ............................... 186 Annex 4 List of participants ............................................................................................................. 189 v Introduction This report of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean comprises three sections. The first is devoted to issues requiring action by the Economic and Social Council or being brought to its attention; the second contains the report on the activities carried out by the Commission between January 2010 and December