New drone footage shows ISIS’ destruction of treasured monuments in Syrian city Palmyra
AFP From Business Insider Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State in Syria’s Palmyra since jihadists recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage Site late last year. The black-and-white…
UN chief bids farewell
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said goodbye to staff and Caribbean and other Permanent Representatives at UN Headquarters in New York on Friday. Stating that though he had delivered many speeches over his…
Rights experts want Caribbean to do more in supporting breastfeeding
From Antigua Observer WASHINGTON, CMC – United Nations human rights experts are urging Caribbean and other countries to do more to protect, promote and support breastfeeding as a human right. This includes ending the inappropriate marketing of breast-milk substitutes and…
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Caribbean – Hurricane Matthew Fact Sheet #6, Fiscal Year (FY) 2017
REPORT from US Agency for International Development From reliefweb HIGHLIGHTS Increased road access and logistics capacity enable relief agencies to reach more hurricane-affected populations USAID food and relief commodity distributions continue as GoH and UN estimate 806,000 people in urgent…
UN accepts blame for spreading cholera in Haiti but refuses to pay compensation
By Caribbean360 From St Lucia News Online CARIBBEAN360 – The United Nations has finally acknowledged that it played a role in an outbreak of cholera in Haiti in 2010 that has since killed about 10,000 people and continues to sicken…
Australia removed from UN world heritage climate report
From BBC All references to climate change’s impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report. A draft of the report contained a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef and references to Kakadu and…
Falkland Islands lie in Argentinian waters, UN commission rules
Associated Press From The Guardian UK Argentina welcomes decision to expand its maritime territory, despite unresolved dispute with Britain over islands Argentina’s government is celebrating a decision by a UN commission to expand its maritime territory in the South Atlantic…
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Sierra Leone’s stinking seaweed linked to Caribbean invasion
Lisa O’Carroll Fromm The Guardian UK Proliferation of thick brown algae is affecting fishing, tourism and marine life on both sides of the Atlantic, say scientists Saturday 17 October 2015 12.00 BST The pristine white beaches may not be as…
UN chief: Small islands need partnerships to address climate change and unique vulnerabilities
From CARIBBEAN360 NEW YORK, United States, Friday July 31, 2015 – The global challenges facing the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) like those in the Caribbean are the international community’s collective responsibility, the top United Nations official told the Security…
Courtesy visit from UNHCR’s Buti Kale
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin recently visited with Dr. Buti Kale, Deputy Regional Representative, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the Premier’s office at the Government Administration Building. Dr. Kale, who was making a courtesy…
