🇸🇽🇸🇽 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧! 🇸🇽🇸🇽
UN Resident Coordinator,
@joannakazanaun
, is on her first mission to
#SintMaarten
where she is presenting credentials and discussing the UN's cooperation with the Government and people of Sint Maarten
Celebrating
#PeaceDay
with Rotary!
Resident Coordinator
@joannakazanaun
attended a Rotary Club fundraiser on Sunday where she lauded Rotarians for engaging youth leaders, nurturing peacebuilding and advancing sustainable development in 🇹🇹.
I am sorry to see that despite years of talk, gender inequality is on full display at the
#UNGA
General Debate.
Less than 10% of speakers this week are women.
This is unacceptable – especially when we know gender equality delivers for peace, climate action and much more.
The world is on course to careen past the global limit of a 1.5 degree temperature rise, warned UN Secretary-General
@antonioguterres
, at the opening of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), pointing to the rise in "human disasters" driven by fossil fuels.
#UNGA79
"The catalogue of human misery must stop. Our world needs peace. Peace is the ultimate prize for all humanity. And as this International Day of Peace reminds us – the solutions are in our hands." - UN Secretary General
@antonioguterres
🕊️
#PeaceDay
🕊️
🕊️Cultivating a culture of peace🕊️
#PeaceDay
has always been a time to lay down weapons and observe ceasefires. Now, it must also be a time for people to see each other’s humanity.
🌏Our survival depends on it.🌏
Learn how you can play your part:
#BREAKING
UN General Assembly ADOPTS resolution demanding that Israel “brings to an end without delay its unlawful presence” in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and do so within 12 months
Voting result
In favor: 124
Against: 14
Abstain: 43
From new approaches to peace, to a better digital world, to reform of the global financial system – this September’s Summit of the Future is set to address some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity.
Learn more:
#OurCommonFuture
🧠 Rethinking, 💡 reimagining and ✨transforming the economies of the Caribbean!
@eclac_un
Executive Secretary, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, met with our UN Country Team yesterday to discuss challenges and opportunities to promote economic dynamism and transformation.
The 🇺🇳 family was proud to support Caribbean SIDS during the CDCC meeting hosted by
@eclac_un
in 🇹🇹.
Our team from
@WFP
,
@UNDPTT
,
@FAOCaribbean
and
@UNFPACaribbean
joined the UN Resident Coordinator to discuss rollout of UN support for the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS.
Extending a heartfelt thanks to T&T's Permanent Representative to the UN, His Excellency Dennis Francis, for his stewardship of the UN General Assembly over the last year! Thank you, sir!
And it's a wrap for 🇺🇳
#UNGA78
!
78th
@UN_PGA
H.E. Dennis Francis 🇹🇹 handed over the gavel to his successor 79th PGA H.E. Philemon Yang 🇨🇲 after PGA-elect took his oath of office.
Data insufficiency presents a fundamental challenge to the accomplishment of a range of development imperatives. We have steadfastly led the effort to alleviate
#Caribbean
data limitations through statistical capacity building:
#ECLAC
Executive Secretary
@JoseMSalazarX
at
#CDCC
.
I am very pleased to see such strong solidarity & collaboration among the
@UN
country teams here in the
@Caribbean
. We will need to work effectively together, as the Antigua & Barbuda Agenda for
#SIDS
, the outcome of
@SIDS4AB
, makes formidable demands on the
#UN
:
@JoseMSalazarX
.
💬Executive Secretary
@JoseMSalazarX
at
#CDCC
: In the face of multidimensional vulnerability, the common challenges to
#sustainabledevelopment
in the
#Caribbean
cannot be tackled successfully without regional solidarity & advocacy that extends beyond the borders of the subregion.
#ECLAC
remains steadfast in its commitment to pursue innovative solutions to the persistent challenges that confront the
#Caribbean
countries. For every step you take towards resilient growth and prosperity, we will walk with you:
@JoseMSalazarX
at
#CDCC
in 🇹🇹.
Excerpts from
@eclac_un
Executive Secretary Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs’ remarks at the opening of the
#Caribbean
Development Roundtable in 🇹🇹 yesterday. He spoke about development challenges in the Caribbean and the importance of the multidimensional vulnerability index.
September’s Summit of the Future will bring together leaders to create a path for a better world for us all.
Here's what you can expect from this once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape
#OurCommonFuture
:
❤️🇹🇹 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐨! 🇹🇹❤️
The UN Resident Coordinator and the team at the UN in T&T extend best wishes to all Trinbagonians on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of the nation's independence.
Andre Medford, a beneficiary of the RCI in 🇹🇹 just received feed processing & packaging machinery! This will help local farmers reduce reliance on costly imported aquaculture feeds, lowering operational costs & supporting resilient aquaculture in the C'bean. Thanks to SRE/AMEXID.