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New UNDP report highlights the need to rethink the methods for ranking development in the region’s countries

13 September 2016

Bridgetown, September 12, 2016 – Caribbean countries need a new generation of public policies to increase gains in the economic, social and environmental fronts while boosting climate and financial resilience and protecting people throughout their life cycles, says the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report (HDR) for the…

Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and Caribbean – UN

01 September 2016

UN relief wing monitoring situations in Italy and Myanmar after strong earthquakes

25 August 2016

'We have to be the hope' for people most in need, says top UN humanitarian official

19 August 2016

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World Bank joint report- Deaths because of air pollution cost the world over 200 billion dollars

Air pollution is recognized today as a major health risk. Exposure to air pollution, both ambient and household, increases a person’s risk of contracting a disease such as lung cancer, stroke, heart disease, and chronic bronchitis. According to the latest available estimates, in 2013, 5.5 million premature deaths worldwide, or 1 in every 10 total deaths, were attributable to air pollution. Air pollution has posed a…

71st UN General Assembly, Refugee and Migrant Summit