By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – Transforming ACP cities, leaving no one behind engaging in large scale investments in slums is the central theme of the three-day 3rd ACP-EC-UN-Habitat International Tripartite Conference in Brussels, headquarters of the European Union and the capital of Belgium. The African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is an […]
79 ACP Countries Get Ready for UN Climate Change Conference
By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The Intra-ACP GCCA Plus Programme, which has several success stories to tell, is supporting 79 members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) in preparing for the UN Climate Change conference in December in Katowice, Poland. The ACP Secretariat and the Programme hosted a Joint Policy […]
Blue Economy Key to Small Islands’ Survival & Prosperity
By Shanta Roy NEW YORK (ACP-IDN) – When the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States – along with the government of Seychelles – sponsored a high-level forum at the United Nations on September 26, the primary focus was the emerging new “blue economy” underlining the protection and preservation of the world’s heavily-exploited […]
79-Nation ACP Group and IFAD Agree to Strengthen Cooperation
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (ACP-IDN) – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), an international financial institution and specialized United Nations agency based in Rome, and the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States with Secretariat in Brussels plan to intensify their collaboration in several areas of common interest, such as joint financing, […]
UN Chief Implores ‘Faith and Inspiration’ Kofi Annan Embodied
By J Nastranis NEW YORK (IDN) – “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” This quote from Edmund Burke, the 18th century Irish statesman as well as an author, orator, political theorist and philosopher, was one of late Kofi Annan’s favourites, his son Kojo told the […]
Remembering Kofi Annan, UN Recalls His Contributions
By UN News NEW YORK (IDN) – In yet another move to honour the contribution of late Kofi Annan to the United Nations as Secretary-General from 1997 to 2005, who died at the age of 80 on August 18, UN News carried an article on September 20, saying that he “championed everything from stronger human […]
The Group of 77 at UN HQ in Vienna Celebrates 20th Anniversary
By Reinhard Jacobsen VIENNA (IDN) – China’s Foreign Minister WANG Yi has praised the Group of 77 (G-77) countries in Vienna, one of the four headquarters of the United Nations, along with New York, Geneva and Nairobi, for its important role as a platform for developing countries to engage in multilateral affairs. The Group of […]
Catalysing Deep and Lasting Changes in the Minerals Sectors
A global conference in Zambia aimed at the improvement of the miners’ productivity and its cumulative impact on poverty reduction at local and national levels. By Dr. Patrick I. Gomes The author is Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States comprising 79 member countries – 48 from sub-Saharan Africa, 16 […]
Seychelles and 79-Nation ACP Secretariat to Focus on ‘Blue Economy’ at the UN
By Robert Johnson BRUSSELS (ACP-IDN) – The Secretariat of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the government of 115-island Seychelles east of mainland East Africa are organizing a joint event at the margins of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 25, 2018 – enabling Small Island Developing States (SIDS) […]
Test-Ban Treaty Will Produce Tangible Benefits for Humankind
Viewpoint by Dr Lassina Zerbo NEW YORK (IDN-INPS) – In a keynote address at the High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly to commemorate and promote the International Day Against Nuclear Test on September 6, 2018, CTBTO Executive Secretary Dr Lassina Zerbo exhorted “all countries – small and large – that have not yet signed […]