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VI joins Chile & Colombia’s call for stronger response to disaster displacement
BOGOTA, Colombia, SA- The [British] Virgin Islands (VI) has joined the Governments of Chile and Colombia in jointly calling for the strengthening of the regional framework for response to forced displacements caused by disasters such as hurricanes in Latin America and the Caribbean.
VI & UN Refugee agency strengthen ties as C’bean irregular migration rises
WASHINGTON DC, USA - The Virgin Islands and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have pledged to strengthen engagement between the two, as the Caribbean region is seeing a steady rise in irregular migration, alongside an increase in asylum cases and the number of refugees across the subregion.
UN Associate Members push for more financing @ SIDS4 conference
ST JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda - The Virgin Islands and other Associate Members of the United Nations (UN) regional commissions (ECLAC and ESCAP) have completed successful participation at the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda that ended on May 30, 2024.
VI & UN positioning Eastern Caribbean SIDS for climate & development finance
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados- In response to the high costs faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to adapt to the negative effects of climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, the [British] Virgin Islands (VI) and United Nations (UN) are collaborating to help position several Eastern Caribbean governments to gain better access to development finance for sustainable development and climate resilience.
VI secures support for 13 C’bean territories @ UN SIDS Meetings
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent & the Grenadines- The [British] Virgin Islands (VI), through Special Envoy to the Premier Mr E. Benito Wheatley, has secured support for 13 British, Dutch, French, and United States (US) Territories in the Caribbean at the United Nations (UN) Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Regional Preparatory Meeting in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
‘People have a right to hear’ HoA Committee Stage discussions - E. Benito Wheatley
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – More transparency in government is the call of Special Envoy to the Premier Mr E. Benito Wheatley, who said, moving forward, the Government of Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has to push more transparency.
VI completes Vice Chairmanship of UN body CDCC
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, SA- The [British] Virgin Islands has successfully completed its Vice Chairmanship of the Caribbean Development Cooperation Committee (CDCC) that is a subsidiary body of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
VI to encourage UK to 'reconsider' reserved Order in Council- VI tells UN
NEW YORK CITY, USA- The Virgin Islands delegation that will travel to the United Kingdom (UK) in November, 2022, will, among other things, encourage the UK Government to reconsider its current position on maintaining an Order in Council in reserve.
E. Benito Wheatley was main interlocutor in BVI-UK discussions- Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has indicated that his brother, Mr. E. Benito Wheatley; who also serves as Special Envoy of the Premier, was the main interlocutor in BVI-UK discussions on the CoI recommendations since early May, 2022.
‘No secrecy’ in negotiations between UK & VI– Skelton-Cline
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI - Pastor and commentator Mr Claude O. Skelton-Cine has called for transparency in the negotiations between the Virgin Islands (VI) and the United Kindom (VI) on the way forward, following the publishing of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) report and its sweeping recommendations.
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