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Commonwealth still be our main international platform, or will you look for other international partners? the commonwealth will continue to be one of our key platforms on which we function. it has never been the only one. in fact, the main one is caricom, the caribbean community. we have determined that among ourselves within the region, we will treat each other better and stronger than any other group. that is why we have the caricom single market and single economy — no different from the eu...

Let me give you an example. we have been talking for example about the impact of climate on small—island developing states. they have come to the conclusion that we are not heard and not seen, and therefore we are changing the narrative to between the tropics of cancer and capricorn, because those are the countries that are going to be affected in the climate crisis. once we do that, our colleagues in africa become our natural allies. our colleagues in the pacific become our natural allies. an...

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Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 5:29 am Next 18 months seen as pivotal in global efforts to reverse punishing pandemic impacts and boost actions to achieve key goals Even as pandemic erases decades of gains in development, response efforts show signs of renewed global commitment to accelerate SDG progress New York, 6 July – More countries and communities are recognizing the need to bolster efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in light of the toll the COVID-19 pandemic has tak...

The Asian Development Bank has launched a new Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations and Small Island Developing States Approach to guide its support for its most vulnerable developing member countries.

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a health and economic crisis of tragic proportions for lives and livelihoods everywhere. It threatens to derail our aspirations for the world we want by 2030. Protecting lives while accelerating the recovery process has become the world’s priority.

Bangladesh needs coordinated steps for sustainable graduation   Permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN ambassador Rabab Fatima. Permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN ambassador Rabab Fatima has said that they need bold, innovative, improved and coordinated support measures from the development partners, United Nations system, and other international and regional organisations to ensure the sustainability of the graduating and the graduated countries. She wa...

This was their first face-to-face interaction since India entered the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member in January this year for the eighth time.

Jaishankar and Guterres discuss ramping up global supply of vaccines, India’s priorities for UNSC Updated: Updated: May 26, 2021 15:24 IST Mr Jaishankar and Mr Guterres “agreed that greater ambitions required more resources and greater commitment from the developed world” Share Article AAA External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets U.N Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in New York on May 25, 2021.   | Photo Credit: PTI Mr Jaishankar and Mr Guterres “agreed that greater ambitions r...

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday held a comprehensive in-person meeting with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and discussed the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and underlined the importance of finding urgent and effect