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

Fisherman in Haiti

The Caribbean Community-CARICOM continues to be concerned about any situation which negatively affects any of them.
That's what Jamaica's Ambassador Raymond Wolfe told the Security Council this week during a meeting on the situation in Haiti.
Ambassador Wolfe says the natural affinity they share goes far beyond being neighbors sharing the same hemispheric space or common bodies of water.
He says CARICOM States have a common desire to see Haiti return to the path of sustainable stability and security, thereby enhancing the prospects for economic growth and prosperity of its citizens.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warns that more than 20,000 nuclear weapons remain in global arsenals

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon this week opened the DPI/NGO Latin American and Caribbean Conference in Mexico City under the theme "For Peace and Development: Disarm Now! More than 1,200 representatives of civil society will discuss a strategy for promoting disarmament.

rural population

Jamaica gets a US$15 million loan for Jamaica to increase income among the rural population

The World Bank Board of Directors has approved a US$15 million loan for Jamaica to increase income among the rural population by improving market access for small-scale agricultural producers and tourism service providers.

Producer: Donn Bobb