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End HIV/AIDS by 2030 – PM Harris urges Caribbean leaders
Basseterre, St. Kitts: Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis committed Caribbean leaders to pursue ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2030, at a UNAIDS Symposium held at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, U.S.A. on Sunday, September 27. We in the Caribbean wholeheartedly support the Global Strategy proposed by UNAIDS to achieve the bold…
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PM Harris addresses UN General Assembly
Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris told the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 26 that his Government of National Unity is fully committed to sustainable development goals. The Prime Minsiter was at the time speaking during the 70th Regular Session of the United Nations being held under the theme ‘Transforming our…
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CARICOM SG presses the case for Debt Relief and Concessional Financing for the Region
The issues of debt and the criteria for access to concessional financing need urgent attention in the context of financing for development if the Caribbean is to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). So said Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque as he addressed an Interactive Dialogue at the United Nations Summit on the Post 2015…
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President Granger reaffirms Guyana’s commitment to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -at UN Summit
President David Granger said that unity of effort is essential to confront the difficult but necessary choices, which must be made to realise the goal of sustainable development. He was at the time delivering his address to world leaders at the United Nations (UN) Summit on Sustainable Development in New York. Seeming to reference the on-going threat to Guyana's sovereignty…
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CARICOM at forefront of sustainable development issues
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and his delegation in the Plenary of the United Nations Summit for the adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, held at UN Headquarters, New York, 25-27 September 2015. The Summit had as its main goal the official adoption of a new historic agenda entitled: “Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development,” which was…
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Sustainable development and climate change inextricable linked – CARICOM Chair
The recent devastation in Dominica on a national scale, left in the wake of the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, reminds us starkly of the serious recurring challenges that our small islands face, not only in the Caribbean, but also in the Pacific and elsewhere where Small Island States can be found. Barbados and other CARICOM countries are firmly of…
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CARICOM Heads among world leaders addressing sustainable development
The Prime Ministers of St. Lucia Dr. Kenny Anthony (right) and Dr. Ralph Gonsalves meet on the floor of the United Nations Summit for the Adoption of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. Prime Minister Gonsalves addressed the Summit on the opening day Friday and Prime Minister Anthony will do so on Saturday. The summit ends on Sunday. CARICOM and other world…
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CARICOM and UNDP exchange views on sustainable development goals
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque held discussions with Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Ms. Helen Clarke in New York, Thursday. The Secretary-General and his team joined CARICOM Heads of Government, other world leaders and heads of global institutions for the United Nations launch on Friday, of a landmark new framework “Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda…
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