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United Nations Authorities Underscore the Urgency of Supporting the Development of Landlocked Developing Countries with Concrete Actions

June 12, 2019

The midterm review meeting of Latin American countries regarding implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for the Decade 2014–2024 is taking place at ECLAC’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. (June 11, 2019) The Midterm review meeting of Latin American countries preparatory to the comprehensive high-level midterm review of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries […]

Caribbean Countries Agree to Protect Endangered Largetooth Sawfish

June 6, 2019

Dutch Proposal to List the Species under the Cartagena Convention Succeeds Today, on World Environment Day, the critically endangered largetooth sawfish gained a lifeline as Caribbean countries unanimously agreed to add the species to Annex II of the Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Protocol under the Cartagena Convention. Seventeen member governments are thereby obligated […]

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Caribbean RADO Gets New Chairman

June 5, 2019

Patrick Werleman is the new Chairman of the Caribbean Regional Anti-Doping Organization (RADO). Werleman, the Board Member representative for Aruba, has been elected to serve for the next term following the 14th Annual Board Meeting in Tortola, British Virgin Islands on Sunday June 2nd 2019. Werleman who is also Director of Sports Development of the […]

ECLAC Calls for Creating Participatory Policies, Based on Evidence and Open Information, to Tackle Air Pollution

June 4, 2019

On the occasion of World Environment Day 2019, the central theme of which is air pollution, the United Nations organization calls on Latin American and Caribbean States to advance on coordinated action at a local, national, regional and international level to address this problem. (June 4, 2019) The serious episodes of atmospheric pollution that Latin America […]

Caribbean Tourism is Robust and Resilient

May 31, 2019

CHTA’s Director General Advises Investors: Greater Collaboration From Public and Private Sectors Needed to Increase Tourism Growth MIAMI (May 31, 2019) – Frank Comito, CEO and Director General of the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA), reassured investors that it was a great time to be in the tourism industry, which continues to be the major economic […]

Four Countries in the Caribbean Undertake National Safe School Policy Consultations

May 21, 2019

Roseau, Dominica, May 20, 2019 – Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Saint Lucia and St. Kitts and Nevis have commenced consultations toward the development of a National Safe School Policy. The Consultations are being held over a two week period, from May 13 – 24, 2019. The National Safe School Policy will provide the context for the […]

Little Bay Port Development Launched to Boost Economy, Connectivity

May 21, 2019

The Government of Montserrat and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in cooperation with the United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF) launched today with the Little Bay Port Development one of the largest projects in recent times in Montserrat. “Today’s launch of the port project marks one of the first steps towards the fulfilment of the […]

IICA Praised by OAS Member States

May 20, 2019

At the OAS, Member States praise IICA’s contributions to economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean Following the presentation made by the Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) on his agency’s work in 2018, the Ambassadors and High-level Representatives to the Organization of American States (OAS) of […]

Observer Group Describes Belize Vote as ‘Credible, Transparent and Inclusive’

May 13, 2019

A Commonwealth Observer Group (COG) deployed to observe a referendum in Belize has described the vote as “credible, transparent and inclusive”. An interim statement has been released by the COG’s chair, former Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert A Ingraham, which lays out the group’s initial observations. It says Belizeans who took part in the process had the […]

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