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25 Mar 2011
15 March 2011: The Acting Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, said the Caribbean region needs to intensify its quest for development finance to support the tourism industry in the region.Applewhaite was speaking at the opening of the Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 March 2011. Applewhaite's call for intensified finance-seeking was delivered in light of the critical importance that tourism represents for the region...
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11 March 2011: The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) has launched a new weekly newsletter publication titled "CCCCC News Update," which contains a review of climate change news and events relevant to the Caribbean region.The first issue, published on 4 March 2011, reviews climate change news for the week of 28 February-4 March. The second issue was published on 11 March 2011, and contains a review of news for the week of 7-11 March. The issues summarize both international and...
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16 March 2011: An Interactive Dialogue between the UN General Assembly (UNGA) and the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP) took place on 16 March 2011, in New York, US.
After an update from the Co-Chairs on the second meeting of the GSP, speakers on behalf of small island States emphasized the urgency of concrete action and the importance of marine resources. Other speakers said the problems and solutions are known, and asked the Panel for concrete...
