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Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC or CEPAL) 

• Established by E/RES/106 (VI) of 5 Mar. 1948
  • 1948-1984: Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA)
    • Spanish: Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL)
• Renamed by E/RES/1984/67 of 27 July 1984
  • 1984- : Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC or CEPAL)
• Biennial report
  • Supplement 20 to the Economic and Social Council Official Records (ESCOR)
  • Document symbol pattern: E/year/40 - LC/G.--
    • example: E/2012/40 - LC/G.2566-P
  • Search results in ECLAC Repository for "Informes al ECOSOC"
  • As of 2017, E/2014/40 is the latest
• Flagship publications
  • Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Social Panorama of Latin America
  • Statistical Yearbook for Latin America and the Caribbean
• Data and Statistics
• Digital Repository
• ECLAC Libraries
  • ECLAC Research Guides
• Executive Secretaries
  • 2022- : José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs (Costa Rica)
    • Press release SG/A/2145 [2022]
  • 2008-2022 : Alicia Bárcena Ibarra (Mexico)
    • Press release SG/A/1135 [2008]
  • 2003-2008: José Luis Machinea (Argentina)
    • Press release SG/A/856-BIO/3540-REC/127 [2003]
  • 1998-2003: José Antonio Ocampo (Colombia)
    • Press release SG/A/651-REC/11 [1997], SG/A/654-REC/12 [1997], SG/A/666-BIO/3135-REC/17 [1998]
  • 1988-1996: Gert Rosenthal (Guatemala)
    • Press release SG/A/390 [1987]
  • 1985-1987: Norberto González (Argentina)
    • Press release SG/A/333-ECLAC/293 [1985]
  • 1972-1985: Enrique V. Iglesias (Uruguay)
    • Press release SG/A/117-BIO/917-ECLAC/190 [1972]
  • 1967-1972: Carlos Quintana (Mexico)
  • 1963-1966: José Antonio Mayobre (Venezuela)
  • 1950-1963: Raúl Prebisch (Argentina)
  • 1948-1950: Gustavo Martinez-Cabanas (Mexico)