Days from now, the human family will welcome its seven billionth member.
Some say our planet is too crowded. I say we are seven billion strong.
The world has made remarkable progress since the United Nations was born 66 years ago today.
We are living longer. More of our children survive. More and more of us live at peace, under democratic rule of law.
As we have seen in this dramatic year, people everywhere are standing up for their rights and human freedoms.
And yet ... all this progress is under threat. From economic crisis. Rising joblessness and inequality. Climate change.
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24 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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Dentro de pocos días, la familia humana contará con siete mil millones de miembros.
Hay quien dice que nuestro planeta está demasiado poblado. Yo afirmo que tenemos la fuerza de siete mil millones de personas.
El mundo ha hecho considerables progresos desde el nacimiento de las Naciones Unidas, del que hoy se cumplen 66 años.
Vivimos más tiempo. Sobreviven más hijos nuestros. Somos cada vez más los que vivimos en paz al amparo de un Estado de derecho democrático.
Como hemos podido comprobar en este año dramático, personas de todo el mundo se están alzando para defender sus der…
24 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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Press Release
(21 October 2011) To mark 66th anniversary of the United Nations, authorities and representatives of agencies of the United Nations System in Chile will celebrate United Nations Day on Monday 24 October, at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Santiago.
United Nations Day 2011 will be dedicated to the memory of Dag Hammarskjöld, the former Secretary General of the United Nations (1953-1961) 50 years since his death. Hammarskjöld died on 18 September 1961 while on an official mission in the Congo.
The event will take place at 11 a.m. and will be le…
24 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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(21 de octubre, 2011) Con motivo del 66° aniversario de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas, autoridades y representantes de las agencias del Sistema de la ONU en Chile celebrarán el Día de las Naciones Unidas el lunes 24 de octubre, en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago.
El Día ONU 2011 estará dedicado a la memoria de Dag Hammarskjöld, ex Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas (1953-1961), a 50 años de su muerte. Hammarskjöld falleció el 18 de septiembre de 1961 durante una misión oficial en el Congo.
El acto se realizará a las 11:00 hor…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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Changing precipitation patterns and temperature relate directly to water resources and water security. This report presents the findings of an assessment of the water sector in Grenada with respect to the projected impact of climate change.
Grenada‘s water resources comprise primarily surface water, with an estimated groundwater potential to satisfy about 10%-15% of the present potable requirement. On the smaller islands Carriacou and Petite Martinique, domestic water is derived exclusively from rainwater catchments. Rainfall seasonality is marked and the available surface water during the dry…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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The best description of water resources for Grand Turk was offered by Pérez Monteagudo (2000) who suggested that rain water was insufficient to ensure a regular water supply although water catchment was being practised and water catchment possibilities had been analysed. Limestone islands, mostly flat and low lying, have few possibilities for large scale surface storage, and groundwater lenses exist in very delicate equilibrium with saline seawater, and are highly likely to collapse due to sea level rise, improper extraction, drought, tidal waves or other extreme event.
A study on the impact o…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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This study assesses the potential economic impact of climate change on coastal human settlements in the Caribbean, with specific reference to Barbados, and evaluates the costs and benefits of undertaking various adaptation strategies. The aim is to assist Caribbean territories in developing the strategies and capacity needed to deal with the potential impact of severe weather events that are anticipated to occur with increased frequency and intensity as a result of climate change.
Some of the key anticipated manifestations of climate change for the Caribbean include elevated air and sea-surfac…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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The energy sector is a dominant one in Trinidad and Tobago and it plays an important role in the twin-island republic‟s economy. In 2008, the share of the energy sector in gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to approximately 48% while contributing 57% to total Government revenue. In that same year, the sector‟s share of merchandise exports was 88%, made up mainly of refined oil products including petroleum, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids (Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, 2009).
Trinidad and Tobago is the main exporter of oil in the Caribbean region and the main prod…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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The agricultural sector‟s contribution to GDP and to exports in Jamaica has been declining with the post-war development process that has led to the differentiation of the economy. In 2010, the sector contributed 5.8% of GDP, and 3% to the exports (of goods), but with 36% of employment, it continues to be a major employer. With a little less than half of the population living in rural communities, agricultural activities, and their linkages with other economic activities, continue to play an important role as a source of livelihoods, and by extension, the economic development of the country.
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22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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Climate change is anticipated to have potentially disastrous impacts on the economic viability of the agricultural sector, insomuch as traditional agricultural practices render the agricultural sector climate-dependent. Increased temperatures and increased intensity, timing and occurrence of hydro events are expected to challenge plant and animal viability. Under such circumstances, vector control is expected to become more difficult, which may further prejudice the prosperity of plant, livestock and fisheries growth. The impact is expected to be on the quality of agricultural produce and ther…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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The economic impact of climate change on root crop, fisheries and vegetable production for Trinidad and Tobago under the A2 and B2 scenarios were modeled, relative to a baseline ―no climate change‖ case, where the mean temperature and rainfall for a base period of 1980 – 2000 was assumed for the years up to 2050. Production functions were used, using ARMA specifications to correct for serial autocorrelation. For the A2 scenarios, rainfall is expected to fall by approximately 10% relative to the baseline case in the 2020s, but is expected to rise thereafter, until by the 2040s rainfall rises sl…
22 Oct 2011, 00:00 - 10 Oct 2025, 07:33
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Climate change has the potential to impact on global, regional, and national disease burdens both directly and indirectly. Projecting and valuing these health impacts is important not only in terms of assessing the overall impact of climate change on various parts of the world, but also in terms of ensuring that national and regional decision-making institutions have access to the data necessary to guide investment decisions and future policy design. This report contributes to the research focusing on projecting and valuing the impacts of climate change in the Caribbean by projecting the clima…