MOU with University of the West Indies will contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals

MOU with University of the West Indies will contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals

UB President Satish K. Tripathi signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Sir Hilary Beckles, vice chancellor of the University of the West Indies. Photo courtesy: Nancy J. Parisi By Laurie Kaiser | University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo President Satish K. Tripathi signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leaders of the […]

Is Ecuador’s Expulsion from the UN Really the Answer to the Diplomatic Crisis with Mexico?

Is Ecuador’s Expulsion from the UN Really the Answer to the Diplomatic Crisis with Mexico?

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 […]

Caribbean Economist Calls for Caribbean Support of U.N. Tax Convention

Caribbean Economist Calls for Caribbean Support of U.N. Tax Convention

Editorial credit: QubixStudio / Shutterstock.com The United Nations will from next week begin negotiations on an international tax convention which the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists say will ‘tackle inequality and tax abuse”. Nigeria has taken the lead calling for a legally binding UN Tax Convention. The resolution, filed on Oct. 11 on behalf of […]

Amid Unprecedented Violence, Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti, International Specialized Armed Force Urgently Needed, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council

Amid Unprecedented Violence, Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti, International Specialized Armed Force Urgently Needed, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council

PORT-AU-PRINCE – AUGUST 21: People buying and selling stuffs in front of a collapsed building in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on August 21 2010. (Shutterstock) By press.un.org Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the Security Council briefing on Haiti, in New York today: Thank you for the opportunity to make introductory remarks on the […]

Why the US Should Tread Carefully as it Weighs Supporting Armed Intervention in Haiti Again

Why the US Should Tread Carefully as it Weighs Supporting Armed Intervention in Haiti Again

Dajaban Haiti – July 15, 2011: Haitian woman carries a bucket of goods on her head while men carry a poultry crate and sack of grains at Haitian Dominican Republic border market. (Shutterstock) By Claire Antone Payton, The Conversation Haiti appears to be on the precipice of foreign intervention yet again. Gangs have been blockading […]

Address by Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Address by Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Thursday, October 1, 2020 — Statement by Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Hon Ralph Gonsalves, at the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Saturday, September 26 2020. Click here to view speech to UNGA

Minister For Foreign Affairs and Labour of Grenada, Hon. Peter David, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Minister For Foreign Affairs and Labour of Grenada, Hon. Peter David, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Thursday, October 1, 2020 — Statement by the Honourable Peter David, Minister For Foreign Affairs and Labour of Grenada, to the General Assembly Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Click here to view address to UNGA. 

Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Hon. Kenneth Darroux, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Hon. Kenneth Darroux, addresses the general debate of the 75th Session of the General Assembly of the UN

Thursday, October 1, 2020 — Statement by the Honourable Kenneth Darroux, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica, to the General Assembly Debate of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 29, 2020. Click here to view address to UNGA.