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Washington D.C., 21 September 2022 (PAHO) – While COVID-19 continues to take around 4,000 lives each week in the Americas, and monkeypox cases rise, the polio virus has now been detected among unvaccinated communities in New York. In light of this, the Pan American Health Organization Director (PAHO) has called on countries to urgently strengthen surveillance […]

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished Delegates I congratulate you on your election as President of the General Assembly of this august body.  I also pause to salute your predecessor in office, His Excellency, Abdulla Shahid, the Foreign Minister of the Maldives for his sterling tenure .  I recognized The Secretary General, Mr. Antonio Guterres, […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts (September 22, 2022) – The participation in the series of meeting leading up to COP27 in Egypt which was held under the theme “Together for Implementation” was intentional on part of the Minister of Environment and Climate Action, Hon. Dr. Joyelle Clarke, to ensure that St Kitts and Nevis is once again […]

23 September 2022, Basseterre, Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis – The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) Timothy N. J. Antoine has advised that there are no immediate plans to make changes to the EC polymer notes and coinsfollowing the death of Queen Elizabeth the II. Responding to a question during a live interview ‘Conversation with the Governor’ in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Governor […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (SKNIS): Minister of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), the Honourable Konris Maynard, is among the Federation’s delegation travelling to Romania for the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU) upcoming quadrennial Plenipotentiary Conference from September 26 to October 14, 2022.  The Plenipotentiary Conference is a key event in the world where ITU […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (SKNIS) – In his first presentation to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew called on the international community to increase its efforts at combating the devastating effects of climate change. The St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister’s […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (SKNIS): St. Kitts and Nevis has pledged to continue working to advance gender equality and youth empowerment within the local population and in the international arena as it vigorously pursues Goal 5 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Goal 5 advocates for member states to “Achieve Gender […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (SKNIS): The education landscape of St. Kitts and Nevis was highlighted by Prime Minister the Honourable Dr Terrance Drew when he addressed the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) for the first time on the evening of Friday, September 23, 2022. ”I am happy to report […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022—The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) Special Session was convened on 22nd September 2022.  The Rt Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas deliberated with his CARICOM counterparts on the pressing issues connected to the UN agenda and with which the Caribbean Community is currently confronted. The robust agenda included a substantive item […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022—Following last week’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) Global Conference in the Republic of Korea, Hon. Dr. Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment, is currently attending a series of global meetings that are targeting Climate Finance and private sector partnership for climate action at the […]