Since the 1980s, a UN Environment Program (UNEP) convention to deal with pollution issues affecting the wider Caribbean region. Since then, the climate crisis has been added to the risks facing the region.
Christopher Corbin, the acting coordinator (...)
The Council of Ministers, chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh Tuesday appreciated the countries and organizations that were forthright in the condemnation of the cowardly attack that targeted an (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud chaired the Cabinet's session held at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh today.
At the outset of the session, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques briefed the Cabinet on the outcomes (...)
The UN Joint SDG Fund announced on Monday an additional $54.5 million in investments for projects across five countries, to try and get the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) back on track.
"The Fund is in a position to bridge the gap in giving (...)
Conflict, health crises and the climate emergency may have dominated headlines this year but, behind the scenes, countless unsung heroes were working tirelessly to put the values of the UN into action. Here are some of the inspiring personal stories (...)
A $10 million contribution from the United States will assist the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in its work on COVID-19 response and addressing threats to human, animal and environmental health, including future pandemics.
The funding, (...)
When Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley stood up in front of the United Nations General Assembly earlier this year, she was not in a mood to pull punches. In front of world leaders, she decried the "faceless few" who were pushing the world (...)
A Caribbean-based prime minister, a scientist, a group of indigenous women, and an entrepreneur were announced on Tuesday as this year's winners of the United Nations' Champions of the Earth awards.
According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), (...)
Queen Elizabeth will have one less realm after this week, when Barbados severs its final imperial links to Britain by removing the 95-year-old as its head of state and declaring itself a republic.
The former British colony -- which gained (...)
After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, "reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the (...)
A world where every car, bus and truck sold is electric and affordable, where shipping vessels use only sustainable fuels, and where planes can run on green hydrogen may sound like a sci-fi movie, but here, at COP26, many governments and businesses (...)
At least 200 million boys and girls, live in 31 countries which do not have the resources to deal with remote learning during any future emergency school closures, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, said in a study released on Thursday.
More than half, (...)
Barbados has elected its first ever president as it prepares to become a republic, removing Queen Elizabeth as head of state, BBC reported on Thursday.
Dame Sandra Mason, 72, is set to be sworn in on 30 November, which will mark the country's 55th (...)
The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the organisation is a place where "youth voices are heard, and their ideas lead", as he spent the day in Barbados which hosts a major UN conference on trade and development, (...)
ABHA — Saudi Arabia has become one of the few countries that provide electronic visa service around the world. This visa is designed exclusively to open up the Kingdom for international tourism for the first time by facilitating the inflow of (...)
Small island nations across the world are bearing the brunt of the climate crisis, and their problems have been accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has severely affected their economies, and their capacity to protect themselves from possible (...)
Hurricane Elsa raced toward Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Saturday, where it threatened to unleash flooding and landslides before taking aim at Cuba and Florida.
The Category 1 storm was located about 395 miles (635 kilometers) east-southeast (...)
The U.S National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Friday that tropical storm Elsa had strengthened a little and was very close to the Lesser Antilles.
Elsa is located about 70 miles (110 km) east-southeast of Barbados, with maximum sustained winds of (...)
The UN launched a $29.2 million global funding appeal on Monday to aid citizens of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines affected by the major eruptions spewing from La Soufrière volcano, pledging to remain a "steadfast partner".
The funding will provide (...)
Following a series of powerful eruptions from La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, the UN chief on Monday expressed deep solidarity with the country's people and government.
"This crisis comes at the most difficult time, as (...)
Last week's eruption of La Soufrière volcano in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, has left the entire population of the main island without clean water and electricity, the UN spokesperson said on Monday.
Citing reports from the UN Office for the (...)
The end of this year is set to make 2020 the year with the fewest concluded licensing rounds of the 21st century, a Rystad Energy analysis shows, as only 43 rounds have been completed so far, with very little upside potential left.
Awarded acreage (...)
Emerging market (EM) sovereigns will suffer long-lasting revenue losses due to the coronavirus crisis, with governments' ability to implement and enforce effective revenue-raising measures set to be a key credit driver over the coming years, Moody's (...)
Saudi Gazette
RIYADH — Remembering Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, popularly known as Bapu, was part of @GandhiAt150 celebrations organized by the Embassy of India at the magnificent Cultural Palace in the Diplomatic Quarter here on Oct. 1.
The (...)
Endurance athlete Cameron Bellamy completed the longest recorded ocean channel swim on Sunday, covering the 151.7 km (94 miles) from Barbados to St. Lucia in the Caribbean in 56 hours and 36 minutes, according to the official website tracking his (...)
