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'Family Photo' of delegates at the Inter-Regional Preparatory Meeting for the Midterm Review of the SAMOA Pathway which was held in Apia, Samoa from 30 October – 1 November 2018.

CARICOM records concerns about pace of SIDS' development in Samoa meeting

CARICOM, Georgetown, Guyana, November 14, 2018 - As the global community prepares for a Midterm Review of the progress in addressing the priorities of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is concerned about the pace of implementing the modalities for SIDS’ sustainable development.

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Blockade of Cuba Isolates United States at the UN

Blockade of Cuba Isolates United States at the UN

United Nations, Oct 31 (Prensa Latina) The international community demonstrated on Wednesday at the UN, for the umpteenth time, its rejection of the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba for almost six decades.

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Gold miners form a human chain while digging an open pit at the Chudja mine near the village of Kobu, in northeastern DRC, Feb. 23, 2009.| Credit: Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

The Golden Laundromat: Conflict Gold May Be Entering US Through Gold Trading Network

Washington, DC – A new investigative report released by The Sentry, an investigative initiative co-founded by George Clooney and John Prendergast, spotlights how gold mined from conflict areas in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo may be reaching international markets, including the supply chains of major U.S. companies and in products that consumers use every day.

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Alternate permanent representative of Cuba to the UN, Ana Silvia Rodriguez

Cuba Rejects U.S. Blockade at UN as Unilateral Measure

United Nations, Oct 9 (Prensa Latina) The U.S. blockade against Cuba continues being applied today with rigour and even in that adverse circumstance, the people of the island is set on the construction of a prosperous, democratic and sustainable nation.

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness at a High-Level Meeting of twenty Heads of Government yesterday (Wednesday, September 26) where he was designated Co-Chair of the UN Climate Change Initiative.

JAMAICA | PM Holness to Co-Chair UN Climate Change Financing Initiative

NEW YORK, NY September 27, 2018 - Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness, has, together with the President of France Emmanuel Macron, been asked by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, to lead a political initiative to mobilise Climate Financing to support the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

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