Prime Minister in New York
WILLEMSTAD, NEW YORK - Premier Eugene Rhuggenaath is currently in New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly 2017 until September 21st. On Monday, the Prime Minister met with members of the Curaçao More...
Court dismisses last lawsuit against UN over Haiti cholera epidemic
NEW YORK - A US federal judge has thrown out the last class-action lawsuit that had been filed against the United Nations (UN) over the 2010 cholera epidemic in Haiti. The suit had contended that the UN should More...
Who is Latin America and the Caribbean leaving behind?
Last month at the High Level Political Forum in New York, more than 40 countries – 11 from Latin America and the Caribbean – shared their progress in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), within More...
Premier Rhuggenaath participates High Level Political Forum in New York
WILLEMSTAD, NEW YORK - The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is currently being held in New York. This is a forum of the highest political level of the United Nations (UN) with regard to Agenda 2030. A global agenda More...
A few good men – and women – wanted as Haiti begins to rebuild army
PORT-AU-PRINCE - With just over three months to go before the United Nations mission ends its tour of duty in Haiti, the Jovenel Moise administration has officially launched a recruitment drive to rebuild an army. A More...
Curaçao takes refugees temporarily
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao will temporarily grant asylum for political refugees. That is what the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie said after a visiting from the UN Refugee Organization UNHCR. Curaçao has not signed More...
Venezuela’s instability poses humanitarian crisis for the Caribbean
NEW YORK - UN report confirms that the Caribbean region is completely unprepared to deal with the humanitarian crisis that would follow a flood of refugees, should there be any further deterioration in the internal More...
Camelia-Römer: “UNEP misinformed”
WILLEMSTAD - According to Minister Suzy Camelia-Römer, The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was wrongly informed by third parties about the development of Oostpunt (east point of the island). The UNEP More...
ILO: In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour
GENEVA – This year, World Day Against Child Labour on 12 June focuses on the impact of conflicts and disasters on child labour. In times of conflict, in times of disaster, when livelihoods are disrupted, basic More...
Kingdom of the Netherlands in March 2018 chairman UN Security Council
NEW YORK - The Kingdom of the Netherlands will be a member of the United Nations Security Council as from January 1, 2018. Minister Koenders of Foreign Affairs was present in New York today at the UN General Assembly, More...
