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February 21st, 2025
VI Special Envoy & Head of UN ECLAC discuss sustainable development

SANTIAGO, CHILE. Ahead of the upcoming 8th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Virgin Islands (VI) Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley and Executive Secretary H.E. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the Head of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), have held a high-level bilateral meeting on sustainable development.

September 30th, 2024
C'bean Territories & UN deepening collaboration on Sustainable Development

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Caribbean Territories have received strong backing from Governments across the Caribbean to deepen collaboration with the United Nations (UN) system on sustainable development ahead of the 40th Session of the UN Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Lima, Peru.

April 30th, 2024
VI rallies LatAm support for UN Associate Members' sustainable development

SANTIAGO, Chile - As the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) in Antigua and Barbuda approaches, the [British] Virgin Islands (BVI) has rallied support for the 13 Associate Members of UN ECLAC located in the Caribbean at the 7th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development in Chile in Santiago, Chile from 15th-18th April 2024.

August 28th, 2023
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.

October 20th, 2022
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.

June 19th, 2022
Premier Wheatley pledges cooperation on sustainable development

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has pledged his administration’s assistance to Overseas Territories (OTs) seeking United Nations support for sustainable development.

December 16th, 2021
Hon Fahie wants more UN support as region tackles COVID pandemic

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has advocated for more support from the United Nations as the Caribbean region battles the COVID-19 pandemic and its variants.

December 2nd, 2021
VI calls for focus on Climate Financing @ UN ECLAC Associate Members Meeting 2022

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called for a focus on climate financing for the 14 Associate Member Countries (AMCs) of the United Nations (UN) Economic Commission of Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) when the AMCs next meet for high-level talks in 2022.

March 31st, 2021
VI consultations on Sustainable Development Plan moves forward

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Government of the Virgin Islands is engaging stakeholders in a series of public consultations on a National Sustainable Development Plan (NSDP) for the [British] Virgin Islands.

March 16th, 2021
Hon Fahie’s leadership hailed @ UN ECLAC Meeting

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie (R1) has been hailed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN ECLAC) for his steadfast international leadership on pushing sustainable development.

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