Statement on High Level Meeting on Recovery and Resilience in the Caribbean Washington, October 13th, 2017– Leaders and representatives of CARICOM countries and territories, and international partners, including the international financial institutions, and the representatives of territories in the region, convened (Friday) in a high-level round table on recovery and…...
Shift Focus from Coping with Disasters to Managing Risk, Reducing Human Suffering, Secretary-General Says in Observance Message
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction: Millions of lives have been shattered this year by drought, storms, earthquakes, landslides and heatwaves. Last weekend, I witnessed first-hand the dramatic levels of devastation caused by severe hurricanes in the Caribbean. An average of 24 million…...
CDEMA says hurricane damage underscores need to tackle incidences of vulnerability
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 13, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Friday said the damage caused by Hurricanes Irma and Maria last month has highlighted the need to tackle the incidences of vulnerability, which remain a key issue for the Caribbean. CDEMA executive director, Ronald Jackson told…...
Statement on High Level Meeting on Recovery and Resilience in the Caribbean
Washington, October 13th, 2017— Leaders and representatives of CARICOM countries and territories, and international partners, including the international financial institutions, and the representatives of territories in the region, convened today in a high-level round table on recovery and resilience in the Caribbean hosted by the World Bank Group (WBG), as…...
Housing ‘most urgent need’ for hurricane-ravaged Dominica, UN agency reports
10 October 2017 – Three weeks since category 5 Hurricane Maria ripped through Dominica, the scope of the damage remains daunting, with islanders in dire need of water, electricity, food and supplies, the United Nations migration agency reported on Tuesday as it continued to carry out an array of activities…...