Editorial credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Multi-Country Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean will launch of the Partnership of the Caribbean and the European Union on Justice (PACE Justice) Regional Program on 17 October, 2:30pm. The event is a signal of the collective commitment to strengthening the justice […]
Photos courtesy of St Kitts & Nevis Press Secretary Office New York, NY, USA, September 24, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO)- The Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis delivered a compelling address during the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate, under the theme “Rebuilding trust and reigniting global solidarity: Accelerating action […]
Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com By Consulate Connector | September 23, 2023 The issuance of the new Trident ID card, the Immigration Department, staff of the Consulate General of New York. the recent Q in the Community in New York and BTMI’s Taste of Oistins were singled out for praise by Barbadians who came […]
Editorial credit: Alexandros Michailidis / Shutterstock.com By AFP Kenyan President William Ruto on Thursday urged the United Nations to quickly authorize an international security mission to Haiti, which it has agreed to lead, as the impoverished Caribbean nation suffers from devastating gang violence. “Haiti is the ultimate test of international solidarity and collective action,” Ruto […]
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, September 19, 2023 (Press Secretary, PMO)- The Honorable Prime Minister of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Terrance M. Drew, is set to join Heads of State and Government in New York for the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This year’s session, spanning from September […]
Now is the time for a global plan to rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which are woefully off-track halfway towards their 2030 deadline, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday in New York. Mr. Guterres was speaking at the opening of a high-level forum at UN Headquarters where world leaders adopted a political declaration to accelerate action to achieve the […]
By Jorge Heine | August 16, 2023 The kidnapping and subsequent release of U.S. nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter in Haiti in early August 2023 drew brief international attention to crime in the impoverished Caribbean nation. But the truth is that such kidnappings are commonplace for Haitians, and they rarely receive attention from outside the country […]
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 […]