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Statement by the Honourable Gaston Browne Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Minister of Finance and Corporate Governance On the occasion of the Third International Conference on Financing For Development
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Minister of Finance of Ethiopia Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the UN General Assembly Distinguished Heads, Ministers, Excellences Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. President, I stand before you as a representative of a small island state. Better than most, my people…
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UNAIDS announces that the goal of 15 million people on life-saving HIV treatment by 2015 has been met nine months ahead of schedule
The world has exceeded the AIDS targets of Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 6 and is on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 as part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA, 14 July 2015—The AIDS targets of MDG 6—halting and reversing the spread of HIV—have been achieved and exceeded, according to a new report released today…
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At Ethiopia Conference, SG focuses on concessionary financing, debt
The Community recognises that the challenges of development are deep-seated. Significant resources and appropriate and mutually reinforcing policies at national, regional and international levels are required to address the difficulties facing developing countries. CARICOM Member States, therefore, continue to maintain their commitment to regional integration as the platform for securing inclusive sustainable growth. In this regard, the Caribbean Community…
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At Ethiopia Conference on Financing… President Granger champions global action for sustainable development
ON Saturday, President David Granger left the shores of Guyana for Ethiopia as chief of the Guyana delegation to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, the centre of Ethiopia’s economic and political life. “This Third International Conference on Financing for Development… must make a fundamental contribution to the thrust towards greater global cooperation,” President Granger…
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Statement By H.E. Honourable Frederick A. Mitchell, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, The Bahamas At the Third International Conference on Financing for Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 July, 2015
Allow me first to join previous speakers in expressing my sincere gratitude to the Government and people of Ethiopia for the warm hospitality my delegation and I have received since our arrival in this beautiful city of Addis Ababa. At home our brothers and sisters in locks dream of coming to this city. It looms large in their imagination. …
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High CARICOM Expectations for UN Financing for Development Conference
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is attaching great importance to the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, which opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Monday. CARICOM Heads of Government at their recent summit in Barbados stated that they; “…looked forward to the identification of the financial resources, including new resources, required to assist developing countries in addressing their major development challenges,…
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CARICOM considers debt relief proposal
KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Caricom is considering a proposal for the region to pursue gradual write-off of its multilateral debt as a means of economic prosperity. The debt relief strategy was put forward by the Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), at the 36th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, held recently…
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