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2016 United Nations Political Declaration on Ending AIDS sets world on the Fast-Track to end the epidemic by 2030
NEW YORK/GENEVA, 8 June 2016—UNAIDS welcomes the new goals, targets and commitments of the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Political Declaration on Ending AIDS. Countries have agreed to a historic and urgent agenda to accelerate efforts towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030. The Political Declaration provides a global mandate to Fast-Track the AIDS response over the next five years.…
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CARICOM has made great strides in HIV/AIDS reduction but challenges remain, Prime Minister Harris tells the United Nations
Basseterre, St. Kitts, June 08, 2016 (SKNIS): Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and CARICOM Lead Head with responsibility for Human Resources, Health and HIV/AIDS, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, has addressed the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on June 08. The meeting runs from June 8-10, 2016.…
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UN adopts declaration on ending AIDS
UNITED NATIONS, Jun 8, CMC – The United Nations Wednesday adopted a progressive, new and actionable Political Declaration on Ending AIDS which includes a set of specific, time-bound targets that must be reached by 2020 to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals. The declaration was adopted by member states during the United…
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Haiti scraps election; interim president says could stay for months
Haiti’s interim president, Jocelerme Privert, has told the Reuters News Agency that he will stay in office until next year to transfer power to an elected president unless parliament rules otherwise. He adopted this positioon after the electoral council on Monday scrapped the results of a disputed presidential vote. The Haiti presidential first-round vote was held last October, but a second-round run-off was…
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Caribbean integration is possible, St Vincent PM tells ACS summit
HAVANA, Cuba (ACN) — Dr Ralph Gonsalves, prime minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, reaffirmed on Saturday in Havana that integration in Latin America and the Caribbean is a possible, realistic path and that its consolidation will make it possible for countries in the area to face common challenges. Speaking at the seventh summit of the Association of Caribbean…
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Competition Law, Policy Training Seminar for St. Kitts and Nevis
Ministry of International Trade, Industry, Commerce and Consumer Affairs, together with the CARICOM Competition Commission, is hosting a training seminar on Competition Law and Policy on Monday 13 June, 2016, at the Customs and Excise Department. This introductory Level I training programme is designed to raise knowledge and awareness of Competition Law and Policy, and build institutional capacity within St. Kitts and…
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Putting together policy and strategy to work for small and medium agricultural producers
Making policy and planning strategies that are practical, useful and workable was the main objetctive at the Ninth Regional Planners Forum on Agriculture in the Caribbean, currently taking place in Trinidad and Tobago. Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, June 7, 2016 – A common complaint in any field of work is that high level strategies and policies are made without the…
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Allen Chastanet sworn in as new Saint Lucia Prime Minister
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – An emotional Allen Michael Chastanet was sworn in Tuesday as the sixth Prime Minister of St Lucia since the island attained political independence from Britain in 1979, vowing to unite the country following Monday’s general election. Chastanet, an economist and hotelier, took the oath of office before Dame Pearlette Louisy at Government House on the outskirts of the capital.…
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Guyana gets greenlight to award Caribbean Vocational Qualifications
Guyana has been given the green light to award the Caribbean Vocational Qualifications or CVQs, as they are commonly called, in Technical Vocation Education Training (TVET). Deputy Chief Education Officer (Technical,) Ministry of Education, Patrick Chinedu Onwuzirike, in a recent interview, told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that the country received the go-ahead from the Caribbean Association of National Training…
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Saint Lucians vote for change
The United Workers Party (UWP) led by businessman and former Tourism Minister Allen Chastenet was voted into office in St. Lucia’s general elections, Monday. Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister-elect, Allen Chastanet, has asserted that his new government will be committed to delivering to the people of this country. Chastanet, whose United Workers Party (UWP) won eleven of the 17 seats…
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