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Timely disaster training for Tobago officials

With the “rainy” season in Trinidad and Tobago beginning next month, The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean is taking its Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) methodology training to Tobago from 23-25 May 2018. ECLAC’s DaLA training course will provide participants with an increased capacity and awareness for disaster risk reduction on the island. The training course is designed for policymakers and professionals involved directly with disaster risk management and risk reduction. In addition to officials of …

A Blue Path for the Caribbean: Ocean Sustainability for Prosperity and Resilience

Climate change and challenges for tourism in Central America

Tourism has been a very dynamic activity worldwide over the last fifteen years (until the 2008-2009 economic crisis);. Some developing countries have been very active in promoting this activity and have been successful. Among these countries are several from the Central American region, where tourism accounted for more than 8% of Costa Rican and Panamanian GDP in 2006. Tourism is a very broad activity, which includes leisure, business and family visits, but statistics for this region do not allow a distinction between these categories. Some countries are more specialized in leisu…

Ban Ki-moon will visit Chile to express solidarity and assess humanitarian aid effort after earthquake

(4 March 2010) The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon, will arrive in Santiago on Friday, 5 March to express solidarity and sympathy with the people and government of Chile following the 27 February 8.8 magnitude earthquake and to assess the humanitarian assistance effort and the scale of the disaster for himself. The Secretary-General is expected to meet on Friday with President Michelle Bachelet and President-elect Sebastián Piñera, as well as senior government officials in charge of national disaster and emergency humanitarian assistance. He will also reiterate that the Un…

Ban Ki-moon visits quake-stricken area in southern Chile

See photo gallery (6 March 2010) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived this morning in Concepción, a major city over 300 miles south of the capital, to see for himself the damage caused by the 27 February earthquake that devastated three large regions in the country. "Words fail to describe my feelings after what I have seen. Remember that we are with you, and our hearts are with you," he said to members of the local community as he stood by what has been called the "zero zone". In this downtown area, a brand-new, 15-floor building collapsed on its side during the earthquake, tra…

Ban Ki-moon visitará Chile para expresar solidaridad y evaluar asistencia humanitaria tras terremoto

(4 de marzo, 2010) El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, Ban Ki-moon, llegará este viernes 5 de marzo a Chile para expresar su solidaridad con el pueblo de Chile y conocer en persona los daños y necesidades urgentes del país tras el violento terremoto de magnitud 8,8 grados que azotó la zona central de Chile el pasado 27 de febrero. Durante su visita, Ban Ki-moon se entrevistará con la Presidenta Michelle Bachelet, el Presidente electo Sebastián Piñera y funcionarios de gobierno encargados de la asistencia humanitaria. Ban Ki-moon reiterará el compromiso de las Naciones Unidas con el g…

Ban Ki-moon visita zona devastada por terremoto en el sur de Chile

Vea galería de fotos (6 marzo 2010) El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas Ban Ki-moon llegó esta mañana a Concepción, ciudad a más de 500 kilómetros al sur de Santiago, para ver los daños causados por el terremoto del 27 de febrero que devastó a tres regiones del país. "Me faltan palabras para describir lo que siento luego de lo que he visto. Recuerden que estamos con ustedes, y nuestros corazones están con ustedes," dijo a miembros de la comunidad local cerca de lo que se ha llamado la "zona cero". En este sector del centro de Concepción, un edificio nuevo de 15 pisos colapsó dur…

Inició visita de evaluación del proyecto RIDASICC

Evaluarán los resultados obtenidos durante la ejecución del proyecto de implementación regional, RIDASICC…