Co- Chair Session II: Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Executive Director, Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre The CARICOM SIDS recognized very early their vulnerability to the projected impacts of climate change and sea level rise soon after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its first report. As a consequence it…...
Remarks by Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ms. Ursula Mueller
Madam Chair, Secretary-General, Honorable Prime Ministers, Ladies and gentlemen, The impact of disasters has already been profound in countries with high-levels of exposure and vulnerability to climate change and this has especially been the case in Small Island [Development] States. I am the Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator of the United…...
Remarks by President Bill Clinton at the CARICOM-UN High Level Pledging Conference
Thank you very much Prime Minister Mitchell, Madam Deputy Secretary General, distinguished Heads of State and Government. And thanks, so Director Steiner and Regional Director Piateva, and to the UNDP. Ambassador LeRoc, CARICOM, and all the supporters of the Caribbean community are here. Prime Mitchell did not overstate the case…...
Statement by HE Mr. Omar Hilale, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Morocco High-level pledging conference for Caribbean countries affected by hurricanes November 21, 2017, 9h-13h, 14h-17h United Nations Headquarters, Room 4
Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, First of all, I would like to thank the UNDP Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Office of the UN Secretary-General for organizing this Conference on pledges for the reconstruction of the Caribbean countries. recently hit hurricanes. My delegation is convinced that…...
Remarks by Dr. Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica
Address by Dr. Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica On the occasion of High-Level Conference for the Reconstruction and resilience of CARICOM Countries Affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria SALUTATION: United Nations Secretary General President of the General Assembly Colleague Prime Ministers Excellences Ladies and…...