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CARICOM Secretary-General Calls for Development Finance for Tourism
admin | 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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Global Sustainability Panel Receives Input on SIDS
admin | 25 Mar 2011 | IISD
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...
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