On the second day of the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis in New York, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, Alrich Nicolas, said that the drop in remittances, among other secondary effects of the financial crisis “has jeopardized family social protection networks thereby exposing our country to a near cycle [...]
After briefing the Security Council on his recent trip to West Africa, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy comments on the planned drawdown of the UN peacekeeping mission in Liberia (UNMIL), and on preparations for long-delayed elections in Cote d’Ivoire, now scheduled for 29 November 2009. UNTV / FILE
Delegates gather for the second day of the UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis, with Ecuador’s President Raphael Correa Delgado calling to redefine the global financial system and, “liberate the blackmail to which the rich countries have subjected us.” UNTV / FILE