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Caribbean News Round-Up: a weekly 15-minute news magazine on developments at the United Nations concerning the Caribbean.

small island

During a presentation by major groups, the representative of Grenada Ambassador Dessima Williams, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small-Island States(AOSIS)said the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), as a whole, is of singular importance to small island developing states.

Jamaica says agriculture in small island developing states is beset by natural disasters

natural disaster's fallout

There are some new emerging challenges that have to be coped with in agriculture. One is in the loss of preferential arrangements for the trading of products such as sugar and banana. Climate change and the frequency of natural disasters have the potential to literally wipe out the agricultural sector overnight.

Antigua and Barbuda points to the challenges facing SIDS in implementing the Barbados Programme of Action

Janil Greenaway

Antigua and Barbuda said it appreciated the presentation on the three themes of particular importance to the sustainable development of small island developing states -namely- agriculture, climate change adaptation and the ensuing financial crisis. Counsellor at the Antigua and Barbuda Mission to the UN, Janil Greenaway, said the Mauritius Strategy for Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action remains the most comprehensive framework for the sustainable development of SIDS.

Producer: Donn Bobb
Duration: 14'46"