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CARICOM IMPACS and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) collaborate to detect and counter terrorists and serious criminals’ travel…
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UN Confirms Commitment to Saint Lucia During High-level Dialogue to Amplify SDG Progress
Bridgetown, – The United Nations Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean and the Government of Saint Lucia have reaffirmed, at the highest…
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Saint Lucia, UNICEF partner to provide cash and care support as part of COVID-19 response
Ms. Michelle Edwide, Welfare Officer, Vieux Fort (L) presenting a hygiene kit to a family coping with disabilities. Please…
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Carbon Neutrality by 2050: The World's Most Urgent Mission
By António Guterres As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate…
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Women around the globe share an immense stake in ending armed violence. Our peace work should reflect that reality
By: Izumi Nakamitsu, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs and H.E. Amb. Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, Chair of the UN Secretary…
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Sustainability Network of Caribbean Civil Society
The United Nations (UN) took a sober and reflective approach when commemorating its 75th anniversary this past year through a campaign to connect more deeply with and better understand the needs of “we the peoples”. Through its #UN75 global conversation… Read More -
Vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication: WHO officials
In the final World Health Organization (WHO) COVID-19 press conference of the year, on Monday, senior officials warned that the virus is "not necessarily the big one", and that there is a real chance of another, more serious pandemic spreading… Read More
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GOAL OF THE MONTH
Decade of Action to deliver the Global Goals
Today, progress is being made in many places, but, overall, action to meet the Goals is not yet advancing at the speed or scale required. 2020 needs to usher in a decade of ambitious action to deliver the Goals by 2030.
The Decade of Action calls for accelerating sustainable solutions to all the world’s biggest challenges — ranging from poverty and gender to climate change, inequality and closing the finance gap.
In September 2019, the UN Secretary-General called on all sectors of society to mobilize for a decade of action on three levels: global action to secure greater leadership, more resources and smarter solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals; local action embedding the needed transitions in the policies, budgets, institutions and regulatory frameworks of governments, cities and local authorities; and people action, including by youth, civil society, the media, the private sector, unions, academia and other stakeholders, to generate an unstoppable movement pushing for the required transformations.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on all 17 SDGs has shown that what began as a health crisis has quickly become a human and socio-economic crisis. While the crisis is imperiling progress towards the SDGs, it also makes their achievement all the more urgent and necessary. It is essential that recent gains are protected as much as possible. A transformative recovery from COVID- 19 should be pursued, one that addresses the crisis, reduces risks from future potential crises and relaunched the implementation efforts to deliver the 2030 Agenda and SDGs during the Decade of Action.