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Barbados Foreign Minister, Hon Maxine McClean addresses the Plenary Session at the UN Oceans Conference, UN General Assembly Hall, New York, Tuesday 6 June 2017
Mr. President, Barbados is pleased to participate in this important Conference, convened under the theme “Our Oceans, our future: partnering for the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14)”. It provides an important opportunity to focus the attention of the international community on our collective responsibility to preserve and protect our marine environment. We are especially pleased with the…
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CRFM representatives attending UN Oceans Conference in New York
NEW YORK CITY, USA; Sunday, 4 June 2017 (CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is participating this week in a high-level United Nations Conference being convened to advance the implementation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14, to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for development. The event, being held at the United Nations Headquarters in New…
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Caribbean Community to push for strong outcome at critical UN Oceans Conference
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will participate actively and pursue positive outcomes at the 5-9 June 2017 High Level United Nations Conference, which is expected to agree on a Call For Action to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development. The Conference supports implementation of Goal 14 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to…
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CARICOM heightens preparation for UN oceans Conference
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CARICOM Secretariat – Small Island Developing States (SIDS) including those of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are heightening their preparations ahead of the United Nations (UN) Conference on the sustainable use of the oceans (SDG14), scheduled for June 5-9 in New York. CARICOM Member States and the CARICOM Secretariat participated in a forum from 29-31 March 2017, in Jeju,…
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CARICOM prepares positions on imminent UN oceans agreement
Senior environment officials from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met recently in Belize as CARICOM rationalises its position on the United Nations (UN) process to establish an international legally binding agreement on sustainable use of marine resources. The two-day workshop held 20-22 February 2017, in Belize City, Belize, was titled, ‘CARICOM Regional Workshop on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine…
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First Marine Climate Change Report Card for Caribbean in works
(CRFM)—The Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) has been working with other Caribbean agencies and the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), a marine science and technology agency sponsored by the UK’s Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs. The agencies are preparing the first ever marine climate change report card for the Caribbean, under the Commonwealth Marine Economies Programme funded…
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Workshop participants pleased with prep for CBD COP
Dr. Thérèse Yarde from Caribbean Community on Vimeo. Participants at a CARICOM workshop geared at preparing Member States’ representatives for the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to be held in Mexico in December said they were very pleased with the activity. The workshop, which was being hosted by the CARICOM ACP-MEAs project at the Grand Coastal…
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