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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 […]

San Jose, 23 September 2022 (IICA) – The upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP 27), to be held in November in Egypt, will provide agriculture in the Americas with an opportunity to showcase the progress it has achieved in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and to call upon developed countries to meet their commitment to fund climate […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): The Right Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, continued his busy agenda on Thursday 22nd September with bilateral meetings with Saint Kitts and Nevis’ close partners. Foreign Minister Dr. Douglas met with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, H.E. Mr. Nasser Bourita, […]

The call to provide agriculture with a larger platform at COP27 was made by ministers and senior officials of more than 30 countries in the Americas. Among them were Fernando Mattos, of Uruguay; Juan Carlos Torrico, of Bolivia; Ariel Martínez, of Argentina; Esteban Valenzuela, of Chile; Colin O’Keiffe, of Antigua and Barbuda; Sol Ortíz, of […]

In attendance at the meeting were Ariel Martinez, on behalf of the Minister of Argentina, Juan Jose Bahillo; Santiago Bertoni, Minister of Agriculture of Paraguay; Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA; Fernando Mattos, Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and Fisheries of Uruguay; Lloyd Day, Deputy Director General of IICA; Esteban Valenzuela, Minister of Agriculture of Chile; […]

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (Ministry of Foreign Affairs): The Right Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs, continued his busy agenda on Thursday 22nd September with bilateral meetings with Saint Kitts and Nevis’ close partners. Foreign Minister Dr. Douglas met with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Morocco, H.E. Mr. Nasser Bourita, in a productive bilateral meeting to discuss […]

United States Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, warned that farmers alone cannot shoulder the costs for adaptation to natural disasters produced by climate change.San Jose, 23 September 2022 (IICA) – Tom Vilsack, United States Secretary of Agriculture, appealed to his peers in the Americas to work together, without delay, to build a resilient agriculture sector that […]

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 coins following the death of Queen Elizabeth the II. Responding to a question during […]

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, September 23, 2022 (SKNIS) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew is set to address world leaders and the wider international community when he makes his first presentation to the General Debate of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly later today, Friday, September […]