United Nations Radio

July 2009
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31

Services

Caribbean News

Barbados urges radical reform of the international financial system and institutions

Real

General Assembly agrees on a sweeping action plan to help blunt the impact of the global economic downturn

Real

CARICOM States says the current economic conditions are the worst since independence

Real

Jamaica says poverty and hunger will never be eradicated if the creation of wealth is pursued at the expense of social justice

Real

The World Health Organization declares the H1N1 influenza a pandemic

Real

General Assembly calls for an intensification of efforts to assess the security challenges of climate change

Real

General Assembly announces a rescheduling of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development

Real

Hip hop pioneer Russell Simmons appointed Goodwill Ambassador for a Permanent Memorial to honor victims of slavery

Real

Guyana aurges globalresponsibility to forge a new international policy for the environment

Real

Grenada tells the Commission on Sustainable Development small island developing states are strongly dependent upon sustainable development strategies

Real

Barbados tells the Bretton Woods institutions global economic and financial crisis on CARICOM States has been severe

Real

UN Secretary-general Ban Ki-moon urges the Fifth Summit for the Americas to come up with effective solutions for a more sustainable future for Latin America and the Caribbean

Real

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges short-term financial assistance to Haiti to meet its outstanding humanitarian needs

Real

The UN Security Council welcomes progress made in stabilizing Haiti

Real

Commission on Population and Development concludes its General Debate

Real

The United Nations remembers the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade

Real

Haiti is making headway in judiciary and security sector reform

Real

Barbados says it can proudly claim a tradition of respect for the rights of women and men

Real

Antigua and Barbuda says changing rainfall patterns can exacerbate drought conditions in small- island developing States

Real

Grenada calls on the international community to support and integrate sustainable agricultural practices for SIDS

Real

Caribbean education experts meet on child friendly schools

Real

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stresses the need for stepped-up cooperation between the UN and CARICOM

Real

They’re trying a new approach for the sustainable development of tourism in The Bahamas

Real

Antigua and Barbuda concludes its chairmanship of the Group of 77 developing countries and China

Real

UN Works toward immediate and durable ceasefire in Gaza

Real

The UN General Assembly meets in a special emergency session to address the mounting death toll and suffering in Gaza

Real

UN Security Council calls for a ceasefire in Gaza

Real

Guyana says great progress has been made in the region in the promotion and protection of human rights

Real

The Alliance of Small Island States demanded an immediate reduction in emissions

Real

A Jamaican is among the recipients of the 2008 United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

Real