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High-level conference to mobilize resources for hurricane-ravaged CARICOM States coming in November

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will hold a High-level Donor Conference on 20-21 November at UN Headquarters in New York to mobilise international resources for its Members devastated by Hurricanes Irma and Maria. This initiative is aimed at rebuilding the devastated Members…...

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UNDP boosts presence in Dominica to coordinate UN-wide building back better phase

A senior UNDP team is now in Dominica to coordinate the UN-wide crisis recovery efforts, looking into the long-term efforts to rebuild a more resilient Caribbean island country after Category Five Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on 18 September. Upon request from the Government, a senior UNDP staff member arrived on…...

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All-star cast for benefit show

CARIBBEAN Love Now, a benefit concert in of aid of the hurricane-battered islands of the Eastern Caribbean islands, is scheduled for Red Stripe Oval on Spanish Town Road in Kingston on Wednesday, November 22. “It’s going to be huge,” Josef Bogdanovich, event organiser, told Jamaica Observer. The list of artistes…...

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CARICOM-Mexico Summit: Secretary-General invites international support for hurricane recovery

Resilience is the cornerstone of our recovery and rebuilding process. These disasters provide an opportunity for our Region to build back better and smarter. It offers the prospect of the affected states becoming the first climate change resilient countries in the world. But CARICOM cannot achieve that goal alone. Cooperation…...

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UN urged to help countries devastated by recent natural disasters to ‘build back better’

Hurricanes Irma, Harvey and Maria may be over, but the devastating impact they had on the countries in their path continues, likewise the effects of successive earthquakes in Mexico, said senior United Nations officials Tuesday, calling for more action at all levels to manage disaster and climate risk and to…...

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