Bridgetown 25 January 2023: With only seven years left to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals, Caribbean Governments and the United Nations have renewed their commitment to intensifying efforts to achieve the vision of the 2030 Agenda, under the new UN Muti-country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (MSDCF) 2022-2026. An inaugural meeting of a sub-regional Joint […]
The Government of Barbados has signed a two-year Country Implementation Plan (CIP) with the United Nations Development System that will guide the planning and implementation of country-specific UN development activities under the umbrella of the UN’s five-year regional Multi-Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (MSDCF). The CIP will operationalize the outcomes of the MSDCF at the […]
The Secretary-General remains gravely concerned about the situation in Haiti, which is facing an outbreak of cholera amid a dramatic deterioration in security that has paralyzed the country. The blockage of the Varreux fuel terminal has brought critical services required to prevent the rapid spread of the disease to a stand-still, including the distribution of […]
H.E. Csaba Kőrösi, President of this 77th Session of the UNGA. H.E. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General Excellencies Heads of State and of Government Heads of Delegation Ladies and gentlemen Mr. President, Please accept my warmest greetings and congratulations on your election to the presidency of this 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). I […]
September 21, 2022 – Prime Minister of Grenada, the Honourable Dickon Mitchell, met with the ‘World’s Most Powerful Girl’, Zuriel Oduwole, on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 77) currently underway in New York. Prime Minister Mitchell welcomed the opportunity to sit down with Zuriel who, over the […]
Young Leaders for the SDGs is a flagship initiative of the Office of the Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth which recognizes exceptional young people around the world 21 September 2022 (UN Headquarters, NY) – The United Nations today announced the latest group of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), during the start of […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – September 7, 2022: The United Nations (UN) and the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) today signed an agreement to further strengthen ties and deepen the partnership between the two institutions. The agreement outlines cooperation in four critical areas for the region, namely economic diversification, innovative finance, resilience and vulnerability and data and knowledge […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Simon Stiell of Grenada as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The appointment has been made after consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau. He will succeed Patricia Espinosa of Mexico to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her […]
by Ambassador Peter Thomson, UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean With every breath we take, we are connected to the ocean. The ocean gives us oxygen, provides us with food and livelihoods. It stabilises our climate, absorbing most of the heat trapped in the Earth’s system. Billions of humans, animals and plants rely on […]
