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PM Drew Leads Saint Kitts and Nevis Delegation at the 78th United Nations General Assembly
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 […]
UN General Assembly adopts declaration to accelerate SDGs
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 […]
Prospect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action
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 […]
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
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 […]
The International Order is Broken – Where are the Enlightened Leaders to Remake It?
New York, USA – September 29, 2021: The world nations flags flying in front of the United Nations General Assembly and Secretariat buildings during the 76 GA regular session at UN Headquarters in NYC. (Shutterstock) By Sir Ronald Sanders The international order, which has existed, although shakily, since the end of World War II and […]
CARICOM Pappyshow at the UN
Ravi B Maharaj
When news first broke regarding the joint CARICOM – UN meeting on the Venezuelan crisis, I was initially perplexed about what they were going have on the agenda. With no prior evidence that either side of the conflict were willing to mediate, it almost appeared that the CARICOM delegation was simply distributing brochures of different […]