联合国拉丁美洲和加勒比经济委员会(UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)在纪念其成立70周年的研讨会上，强调了各地区对完全采用不断变化的税收透明度标准的重要性，如果发现这些标准被发现不符合要求，就会对各地区的经济产生声誉影响。

拉加经委会执行秘书AliciaBarcena在研讨会上说:“这个新的周年纪念日给我们提供了机会，让我们有机会重振我们的使命，并重申我们对支持我们日常工作的价值观的承诺。”“现在应该成长得更平等，更平等地成长。”我们必须打破特权文化，这体现在逃税和避税以及非法资本流动中。平等加强民主，和在提供公共物品方面提供的帮助。

拉加经委会是联合国五个区域委员会之一。它的成立目的是促进拉丁美洲的经济发展，并为此协调相关行动，加强各国和世界其他国家之间的经济联系。

该研讨会由拉加经委会的三名前执行秘书发起，他们在1972年至2008年期间任职。1972年至1985年领导该组织的EnriqueIglesias指出:“拉加经委会是第一个根据其所服务的国家的现实情况直接了解发展问题的机构。”

他补充说:“拉加经委会在走向未来的过程中，必须为一个由技术变革、气候变化和不断增长的不满足的社会需求所主导的新世界做准备，同时还要继续争取更大的平等，这一直是这个机构在历史上的中心主题。”

拉加经委会1988年至1997年任职的执行秘书Gert Rosenthal强调，该组织需要适应新时代和现实情况。他强调说:“拉加经委会必须适应这些变化，它也具备这样做的工具。”

他补充说:“拉加经委会在走向未来的过程中，必须为一个由技术变革、气候变化和不断增长的需要不断满足的社会需求所主导的新世界做准备，同时还要继续争取更大的平等，这一直是这个机构在历史上的中心主题。”

By Courtesy of Lowtax

ECLACReinforces Need For 'Fair Tax' In LatAm, Caribbean

At a seminar to markits 70th anniversary, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and theCaribbean highlighted the importance of territories in the region towholeheartedly adopting evolving tax transparency standards, given thereputational impact on their economies if they are found to be non-compliant.

"This newanniversary gives us the opportunity to revitalize our mission and reaffirm ourcommitment to the values that underpin our daily work," ECLAC ExecutiveSecretary Alicia Barcena told the seminar. "Now is the time to grow to bemore equal, and be more equal to grow. We must break with the culture ofprivileges, which is manifested in tax evasion and avoidance as well as inillicit capital flows. Equality strengthens democracy and helps in theprovision of public goods."

ECLAC is one of thefive regional commissions of the United Nations. It was founded with the purposeof contributing to the economic development of Latin America, coordinatingactions directed towards this end, and reinforcing economic ties amongcountries and with other nations of the world.

The seminar wasaddressed by the three prior executive secretaries of ECLAC, who served between1972 and 2008. Enrique Iglesias, who led the organization between 1972 and1985, noted: "ECLAC was the first institution created to think aboutdevelopment problems in their comprehensiveness, based on direct knowledge ofthe realities in the countries that it serves."

"Moving towardthe future, ECLAC must prepare itself for a new world dominated bytechnological transformations, climate change, and growing unsatisfied socialdemands, while also continuing to fight for greater equality, which has beenthe central theme of this institution throughout its history," he added.

Gert Rosenthal,ECLAC's executive secretary between 1988 and 1997, stressed the need for theorganization to adapt to new times and realities. "ECLAC must 'accommodateitself' to these changes and it has the tools to do so," he emphasized.

"Moving towardthe future, ECLAC must prepare itself for a new world dominated bytechnological transformations, climate change, and growing unsatisfied socialdemands, while also continuing to fight for greater equality, which has beenthe central theme of this institution throughout its history," he added.

By Courtesy of Lowtax