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The future of Small Island Developing States like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean is very closely linked to the ocean.
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‘Instead of nationalism, we need global cooperation’; Caribbean leaders call for united front against COVID-19 pandemic

UN Affairs

Leaders from the Caribbean, in pre-recorded addresses to the UN General Assembly, stressed that their small economies are largely dependent on one or just a few industries, and called for strengthened global cooperation and financing mechanisms to overcome the health crisis sparked by the coronavirus pandemic and recover from its massive socio-economic fallout. 

Prime Minister Allen Michael Chastanet of St. Lucia addresses the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Unfair, misapplied global policies stack odds against island States, Saint Lucia tells UN Assembly

UN Affairs

At the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, Allen Michael Chastanet, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, painted a dire picture of the challenges natural hazards pose for small island developing States and middle-income countries, saying that while the international community widely acknowledges them, “little or nothing changes.”