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Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 21, 2022 (SKNIS): The Department of Statistics in the Ministry of Sustainable Development, will hold an island-wide drive-through on Saturday, September 24 scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. from the office located at Bladen’s, Basseterre, and traveling east around the island. The purpose of the drive-through is to further educate the general public on the Population and Housing Census which was rolled out in April 2022. Corneil Williams, Social Statistician and Deputy Census Officer with responsibility for field operations for the Population and Housing Census, explained the aim of the drive-through. “The purpose of this drive-through is to go across…

At this moment, the world is confronted with different challenges: from stalled efforts on climate change to the energy shortage and disruption of supply chain in wake of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The United Nations, as the largest and most important forum of global cooperation, bears the burden of tackling these challenges. Taiwan, with the willingness to work with the international community to resolve these issues, is once again excluded from participating in the current 77th United Nations General Assembly, due to the relentless suppression by China. Taiwan has proven again and again its willingness and capability to advance…

Washington, D.C., 21 September 2022 (PAHO/WHO) – Ministers of Health and other high-level representatives from countries and territories of the Americas will meet from 26-30 September in Washington, D.C., for the Pan American Health Organization’s (PAHO) 30th Pan American Sanitary Conference. The Pan American Sanitary Conference is the Organization’s highest decision-making body, meeting every five years to determine general policies of the Organization to improve the health and well-being of the population in the region.The conference will open on Monday, September 26 at 9.00 a.m., with the participation of the PAHO Director Carissa F. Etienne, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, President of Argentina Alberto Fernandez, President of…

Governor General: On theoccasion of the 39 th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, I convey the warmest congratulations to you and to the people of the Federation.Receive the testimony of my highest consideration and esteem, Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez President of the Republic of Cuba Excellency Sir Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton Governor General of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

Buenos Aires, 21 September 2022 (IICA) – Argentina’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MinCyT) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) took the first formal step in their collaborative effort to strengthen bioeconomy development and the digitalization of the rural and agrifood sector in the country and in the wider hemisphere. Leading experts participated in an academic conference and shared experiences and best practices, in the presence of agricultural producers and researchers from the public and private sectors. The event was staged in the modern auditorium of the Cultural Center of Science in Buenos Aires and featured a presentation…

Inclusive and sustainable development needed, FAO Director-General tells CAF Development Bank of Latin America 20/09/2022 New York – Latin America is an agricultural powerhouse yet has suffered a sharp rise in hunger in recent years, highlighting the need for robust actions to transform the region’s agrifood systems to be more efficient, more inclusive, more resilient and more sustainable, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, said Tuesday. “The increase in hunger, poverty and malnutrition is a paradox for a region that contributes significantly to the world’s food supply and produces enough food to feed its entire…

17 September 2022 – Panama City, Panama – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently trained 79 participants including fisheries officers from Panama, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua in Analysis and Interpretation of Fisheries and Aquaculture Data for the Panama Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP).The course took place virtually from 27 June 2022 to 1 July 2022, and introduced Fisheries Statistics based on the International Training Course in Fisheries Statistics and Data Collection developed by FAO in collaboration with the Department of Oceanography and Fisheries of the University of Ghana and the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture of Ghana. It was the first time in over 15 years that regional course in…

Basseterre, St. Kitts, September 20, 2022 (SKNIS): The Speakers of the Senate and the House of Commons in Canada have extended best wishes to St. Kitts and Nevis on the occasion of the twin-island Federation’s 39th Anniversary of Independence. In a letter dated September 19, 2022, the Honourable George J. Furey, Speaker of the Senate, and the Honourable Anthony Rota, Speaker of the House of Commons, extended the warmest congratulations to St. Kitts and Nevis’ Speaker of the National Assembly, the Honourable A. Michael Perkins, on behalf of the Parliament of Canada and all Canadians “The importance of our close partnership is…