23rd session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Between 3 and 11 May of this year, ECLAC held its twenty-third session in Caracas, Venezuela. The following pages contain the texts of the addresses delivered on that occasion by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC, Mr. Gert Rosenthal, when opening the Ministerial-level phase of the session on 9 May; the President of Venezuela, Dr. Carlos Andrés Pérez, at the closure of the session on 11 May; the Minister of the Economy of Chile, Mr. Carlos Ominami, speaking on behalf of the Chilean delegation on 10 May; the Minister of Planning and the Budget of Mexico, Dr. Ernesto Zedillo, likewise on 10 May, and the EEC Director of Relations with Latin America, Mr. Angel Viñas (Spain), speaking on behalf of the Commission of the European Communities, on 11 May.