UN forum sees ‘moderate’ recovery for Latin American and Caribbean economies in 2018
Dec 15, 2017, at 05:04 am
New York, Dec 14(Just Earth News): New economic projections for Latin America and the Caribbean show moderate recovery in 2018 and growth the following year – with favoured expansions in consumption and domestic investment, the United Nations reported Thursday.
Nov 22, 2017, at 11:09 am
New York, Nov 22(Just Earth News): Caribbean countries need “a new and better deal” – one that includes access to concessional finance and adequate insurance – if they are to build climate resilience, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said On Tuesday at an international conference to mobilize support for the reconstruction of communities devastated by a series of powerful hurricanes
Latin America and Caribbean falling off ‘zero hunger’ path towards 2030 – UN report
Oct 13, 2017, at 05:09 am
New York, Oct 12(Just Earth News): The total number of persons that suffer from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased, reversing decades of progress, even as overweight and obesity emerged as a major problem in all countries in the region of the Americas, a United Nations-backed report shows.
Sep 28, 2017, at 04:13 pm
New York, Sept 28(Just Earth News): To help children and families affected by the series of natural disasters that have devastated countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday said it has scaled up its humanitarian response the region.
Sep 23, 2017, at 01:28 pm
New York, Sept 23(Just Earth News): In the wake of successive hurricanes Irma and Maria, which tore through the Caribbean and left communities in desperate conditions, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla urged the international community to “give the highest priority to this situation and mobilize resources to assist the small Caribbean Island States and territories.â€
Latin America and Caribbean at difficult juncture as foreign direct investment shrinks – UN
Aug 17, 2017, at 01:02 pm
New York, Aug 17(Just Earth News): The United Nations Latin America commission has reported that foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to the region declined by 7.9 per cent to $167.043 billion in 2016, due to low commodity prices, sluggish economic growth and global trend of shifting investment in developed economies.
Zika could end up costing Latin America and the Caribbean up to $18 billion, UN reports finds
Apr 07, 2017, at 01:58 pm
New York, Apr 7(Just Earth News): In addition to the impact on public health, the tangible impact of the Zika outbreak, such as on gross domestic product (GDP), could cost the Latin American and the Caribbean region as much as $18 billion between 2015 and 2017, a new United Nations report has revealed.
Latin America and the Caribbean can make hunger history – UN agricultural agency
Jan 26, 2017, at 01:41 pm
New York, Jan 26 (Just Earth News): With continued and strengthened implementation of a regional food security plan, Latin America and the Caribbean could become the first developing region to completely eradicate hunger, the head of United Nations agricultural agency said on Wednesday.
Processed foods drive surge in obesity rates in Latin America and Caribbean – UN-backed report
Jan 20, 2017, at 01:22 pm
New York, Jan 20 (Just Earth News): Obesity and overweight are on the rise throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, and are prevalent particularly among women and children, according to a new United Nations-backed report.
UN report reveals stark gap between urban and rural employment in Latin America and the Caribbean
Oct 21, 2016, at 01:46 pm
New York, Oct 21 (Just Earth News): A new United Nations labour report has revealed that more than half of the 52 million workers in rural areas of the Latin American and Caribbean region are in a state of vulnerable employment, characterized by lower wages, lower social protections and the prevalence to poverty.
UN agencies ramp up response in Caribbean as relief teams assess damage by Hurricane Matthew
Oct 07, 2016, at 02:33 pm
New York, Oct 7(Just Earth News): After deploying field teams to Caribbean countries affected by Hurricane Matthew, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) are on Thursday heading to Haiti, where they are preparing for a major upsurge in cholera.
Rural Latin American and Caribbean areas need targeted agricultural policies, investments – UN
Oct 01, 2016, at 04:26 am
New York, Sept 30 (Just Earth News): Economic growth is not enough to eliminate poverty in rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean, and governments need targeted policies and investments for agricultural development and correct historic inequality experienced by millions of people across the region, says a United Nations report released today.
Time to improve governance in labour migration in Latin America and Caribbean – UN
Sep 02, 2016, at 04:38 am
New York, Sept 1 (Just Earth News): With migrant workers representing 64 per cent of the 232 million migrants in the world in 2015, it is urgent to deal “correctly†with labour migration by implementing good governance mechanisms, a United Nations report on these movements in Latin America and the Caribbean has warned.
Turkey's Erdogan visits UN regional commission in Latin America and Caribbean
Feb 03, 2016, at 02:47 pm
New York, Feb 3 (Just Earth News/IBNS): Appealing for international collaboration to cope with the crisis of Syrian refugees and the challenges to peace in the Middle East, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at a recent keynote lecture delivered at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), that his country would like to broaden its political and trade relationships with the region.
Peru: UN conference addresses poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Nov 04, 2015, at 01:19 pm
New York, Nov 4 (IBNS): As policymakers start putting into practice the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by world leaders in September, United Nations officials and Government representatives are meeting to discuss how to continue reducing poverty and inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean, despite the region's economic slowdown.
Economic ‘slowdown’ predicted for Latin America and Caribbean in 2015: UN forum
Jul 30, 2015, at 02:05 pm
New York, Jul 30 (IBNS): Panama will lead Latin America and the Caribbean countries in economic growth that will average 0.5 per cent in 2015, according to United Nations projections released on Wednesday, which not that to reverse the region’s economic slowdown, more investments are needed to boost growth and improve productivity.
Peru's President says development must align with core UN Charter principles
Sep 26, 2014, at 07:52 pm
New York, Sept 26 (IBNS) Among several speakers from the Latin American and Caribbean region addressing the General Assembly on Thursday, Peru’s President, Ollanta Humala Tasso, outlined in his address several ways his country was making strides in sustainable development without straying away from the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, such as peace and security and human rights.