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Small islands say climate summit is of utmost urgency
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The Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is in Copenhagen to engage constructively, deliberately and in good faith over the next remaining days of the Climate Summit. That's what the chair of the 43-member grouping Dessima Williams of Grenada told reporters Thursday. The islands around the world as well as low lying coastal states, are in the Pacific region, in the African Indian Ocean and in the Caribbean region.
St. Kitts-Nevis says Caribbean Community reaffirms commitment to children
The lives of the peoples of the CARICOM region have for decades been characterized by a struggle for freedom, justice and peace. That's what the representative of St. Kitts-Nevis Ambassador Delano Bart told the General Assembly's committee that deals with social, humanitarian and cultural affairs during its discussion on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.
Haiti benefits from South-South cooperation
Haiti is benefiting from South-South cooperation among three developing countries, India, Brazil and South Africa. The three countries set up a Trust Fund in 2004 which today constitutes a pioneer and unique initiative to enhance South-South cooperation for the benefit of nations of the south. Its purpose is to identify replicable and scalable projects that can be disseminated to interested developing countries as examples of best practices in the fight against poverty and hunger... IBSA - the acronym for India, Brazil and South Africa's project "Haiti: Collection of Solid Waste as a Tool to Reduce Violence" has organized and mobilized a community with a history of violence and gang clashes around the collection and recycling of the community's waste. At an event here at the United Nations this week, Brazil's representative Ambassador Maria Luiza Viotti talked about the initiative.
A report on the economic growth of Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and Caribbean countries could show 4.1 percent economic growth next year, in a faster-than-expected recovery from the global economic crisis, the United Nations' regional economic agency said Thursday. UN Radio's Diane Bailey reports.
Producer: Donn Bobb
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