Birgit Gerstenberg News Today

The United Nations’ agencies in Belize will now be operating under one roof, after its offices were officially

Several of the resident organizations affiliated with the United Nations (UN) will be moving to common premises in Belmopan beginning today, Friday.

A new e-course concerning mandatory reporting of child abuse, human trafficking and family violence will be launched on Friday morning in Belize City under the aegis of UNICEF Belize, Pathlight Belize, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology and National Organization for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NOPCAN).

Belize has become the first of 18 countries in the English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean to officially launch the new 2022-2026 United Nations Multi-Country Sustainable Development Framework (MSDCF).

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MOHW) on Monday, November 1, 2021, received 20 patient monitors as the first set of equipment Belize procured through a US$1 million fund approved by the Government of India through a multi-partner fund.

Government authorities, United Nations officials and representatives of civil society urged for providing urgent support to Caribbean countries so they can advance on fulfilling the 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a context of acute financial weakness due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of natural disasters, among other factors, during a session of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development. The ...