Editorial credit: oliverdelahaye / Shutterstock.com By Sir Ronald Sanders The Mexican government has taken the significant step of asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to “suspend Ecuador as a member of the United Nations” and also to “initiate the process of expulsion under Article 6 of the United Nations Charter.” Mexico took this action […]
New York City and State are in the midst of government budget negotiations, and the expiration of Federal emergency Covid relief funding has pushed our ongoing child care crisis into both conversations. It’s a major crisis for families and also for child care providers. The Federal government recommends that affordable child care should cost no more […]
Editorial credit: arindambanerjee / Shutterstock.com GENEVA — Amidst the rapidly deteriorating security, human rights and humanitarian situation in Haiti, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has issued today new legal guidance to ensure that international refugee protection is provided for Haitians who need it. Indiscriminate gang violence in Haiti has led to an alarming escalation of […]
By Ernesto Sagás | The Conversation Haiti is fast becoming a failed state. Armed gangs control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and have forced the shutdown of the capital’s international airport and gasoline refinery. Most businesses are closed or are being extorted by the gangs. Ordinary Haitians fear for their safety without the umbrella of law and order that only […]
Editorial credit: arindambanerjee / Shutterstock.com Reprinted with permission By Jason Marczak and Wazim Mowla | Atlantic Council Haiti’s recent turmoil proves true the saying that “each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.” That is the unfortunate history of the first independent Caribbean state, forced from its 1804 birth to pay for its survival at a high cost, […]
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will intensify its lobby for increased resources for Climate Action in the Region at the 28th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) scheduled November 30 – December 12, 2023, at Expo City, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Bank will use the seminal summit to highlight the challenges the […]
Editorial credit: Ruben2533 / Shutterstock.com By Will Freeman | October 5, 2023 What’s the scale of the current migrant crisis in New York City? The city typically receives tens of thousands of new arrivals each year. But since spring 2022, numbers have been rising especially quickly. More than 118,000 migrants and asylum seekers, most of […]