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Jamaica's Simpson Miller to UN: Don't Ignore Middle-Income Countries

Above: Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller (UN Photo/J Carrier) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller addressed the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, urging the assembled states not to ignore middle-income countries like Jamaica on […]

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Ban: "CARICOM and the United Nations Are Good Partners"

Above: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (UN Photo/Mark Garten) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is committed to dealing with the biggest issues in the Caribbean, from debt and climate change to transnational organized crime, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said […]

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Dominican Republic's Medina: Current Poverty Indicators "Inadequate"

Above: Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina (UN Photo/Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff International institutions need to devise new measures of human development to break the cycle of global poverty, Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina said during his speech […]

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Haiti: United Nations Migration Official Urges Progress on Tent Camps

Above: a UN peacekeeper provides medical help after Tropical Storm Isaac (MINUSTAH Photo/Victoria Hazou) By the Caribbean Journal staff Thousands of people were supported by Haiti’s Civil Protection office during Tropical Storm Isaac, and many of the vulnerable people in […]


Haiti: United Nations Increasing Humanitarian Relief Efforts

Above: flooding in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is ramping up its humanitarian relief efforts following Tropical Storm Isaac. The storm, which departed from Haiti this weekend, continued to pose flooding risks and […]


UN Human Rights Official Visiting Haiti

Above: Assistant Secretary General Ivan Simonovic (UN Photo/Ryan Brown) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti will host a visit Wednesday from Ivan Simonovic, the United Nations’ Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights. Simonovic, who will be in Haiti for a […]

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UN Deplores Murder of Jamaican Lawyer

Above: UNHCR headquarters in Geneva By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations Refugee Agency is “deploring” the abduction and murder of Jamaican lawyer Clover Graham. Graham, who was the UN High Commissioner for Refugee’s honorary liaison in Jamaica, was […]


Guyana, United Nations Sign Memorandum to Combat Drug Smuggling

Above: US Ambassador to Guyana Brent Hardt and Guyana Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at preventing the smuggling […]


Op-Ed: Cholera in Haiti

By Irwin Stotzky Op-Ed Contributor The earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12, 2010, more than nineteen months ago, left a huge trail of destruction.  Approximately 350,000 people died, 500,000 were injured, almost half of them children, an estimated two […]

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United Nations "Concerned" as Haitians Continue Fleeing Country By Sea

Above: Haiti’s northwest coast (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The death of a Haitian migrant who drowned trying to reach the Bahamas this week was the latest in a series of incidents of Haitians fleeing their country […]


UN: Haiti Takes Step Toward Stability

Above: UN Haiti Chief Mariano Fernandez (UN Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Mariano Fernandez Amunategui, the special representative for United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Haiti, is hailing the move by authorities to implement a new council on […]


UN: Fighting Crime and Illegal Drugs Must Be on Development Agenda

Above: UN Anti-Drug Chief Yury Fedotov (UN Photo/R Bajornas) By the Caribbean Journal staff Fighting crime and the illicit drug trade must become an “integral” part of the development agenda, according to Yury Fedotov, the executive director of the United […]