Barbados seeks to preserve ECLAC’s research role amid UN reform

Barbados wants to preserve the region’s access to critical research and data as United Nations reforms could bring funding cuts and a possible merger for the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Foreign Minister Senator Christopher Sinckler has said.

He told Barbados TODAY that the UN was under pressure because of reduced resources and some countries failing to pay their contributions.

ECLAC had prepared a new strategic direction for the next three to five years, focusing on issues affecting the region, including debt, financial reform, climate change, resilience and artificial intelligence, he said.