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Israel bars UN Secretary-General from entering country
REUTERS
JERUSALEM, Israel- Israel's foreign minister said on Wednesday that he was barring U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres from entering the country because he had not "unequivocally" condemned Iran's missile attack on Israel.
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.
Decolonisation 'a matter exclusively for the people'- UN Special Committee
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation (C-24) has rated its visit to the Virgin Islands (VI) as successful.
UN Special Committee on Decolonisation on visiting mission to VI from today
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonisation, currently chaired by Menissa Rambally of Saint Lucia, will undertake a visiting mission to the Virgin Islands from today, August 26 to 27, 2024.
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.
VI, UN signs second Country Plan for more technical assistance
NEW YORK, NY - Virign Islands (VI) Premier Dr. Hon. Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has signed the Virgin Islands’ second United Nations (UN) Country Implementation Plan (CIP) that expands programming and technical assistance to the Territory from UN agencies serving the Caribbean region.
VI will continue pushing for removal of reserved Order in Council– Premier tells UN C-24
NEW YORK, NY, USA– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says the [British] Virgin Islands will continue pressing the United Kingdom (UK) to remove its reserve Order in Council to suspend the local constitution if triggered.
'We are just as vulnerable as other islands'- Premier tells SIDS conference
ST JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on United Nations (UN) Members to live by the mantra, “Leave no one behind”, adopted by the international community if states are going to building climate resilience or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Decolonisation mission to visit VI in 2024 – Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced that on February 15, 2024, the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation, also referred to as the C-24, approved the [British] Virgin Islands' request for an official Visiting Mission to the Territory.
UN expresses concern @ possibility of colonial style UK direct rule in VI
NEW YORK, NY, USA – With the Order in Council on hold to suspend the [British] Virgin Islands Constitution still active, the United Nations (UN) has expressed deep concern about the continuing possibility of United Kingdom's direct rule over the [British] Virgin Islands in its Resolution on the Question of the British Virgin Islands adopted at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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