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By Alejandra Y. Castillo WASHINGTON, USA – Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) plays an important role in regional economies across the country. The United States is home to the largest total of FDI in the world, according to SelectUSA, a program of the department of commerce’s international trade administration, which promotes and facilitates foreign business investment in the US. This means year after year, that more and more businesses from across the globe are choosing to make business investments in our […]

By Charlotte Watts – UK Chief Scientific Adviser Charlotte Watts at the UN Scientific, Technology and Innovation Forum Co-chairs, excellencies, I am delighted to speak on behalf of the United Kingdom, as co-chair of this, the 8th Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals. Our meeting today comes at a critical moment on our path to 2030. We know we are off-track with progress towards the SDGs, and we urgently need to accelerate progress. I […]

NEW YORK, USA – Corruption and its staggering costs have hobbled sustainable development in all countries, but fresh efforts are making inroads, the President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) said on Tuesday at a special meeting to tackle the scourge and give the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development a much-needed boost. “Corruption drains more than 5 percent of the global GDP,” said Lachezara Stoeva. “Of the approximately $13 trillion in global public spending, up to 25 percent is lost to corruption.” That translates […]

Press Freedom Today marks the 30th anniversary of May 3 being proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly as ‘World Press Freedom Day’, a hallmark day of reflection about the critical role journalists serve in upholding democratic principles worldwide. Much has changed with the profession since the first World Press Freedom Day in 1993. In Canada, we are all-too-familiar with being asked to ‘do more with less’ and fight the seemingly sisyphean battle against increasingly secretive government agencies and broken […]

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — St Vincent and the Grenadines prime minister Ralph Gonsalves is in Brussels as part of his role as president pro-tempore of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and European Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen His visit coincides with the planning of the EU-CELAC Summit which will be held in Brussels on 17 and 18 July 2023. Ralph Gonsalves Prime Minister of Saint Vincent […]

GENEVA, Switzerland – A new progress report is being jointly released today by the 13 signatory agencies of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3 GAP). The report entitled “What worked? What didn’t? What’s next?” reflects four years of joint work by major multilateral agencies outlining what has and has not worked in strengthening collaboration and support to accelerate country progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year marks the halfway point toward the SDGs, […]

WASHINGTON, USA – The following is a statement by US Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen on the selection of Ajay Banga as World Bank president: “I warmly congratulate Ajay Banga on his election to lead the World Bank. Ajay Banga will bring to this important role the right leadership and management skills, experience living and working in emerging markets, and financial expertise to lead the World Bank at a critical moment in its history. Ajay understands that the challenges […]

OTTAWA, Canada – Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on World Press Freedom Day: “Journalists work tirelessly to report the truth, help hold governments accountable, and provide Canadians with accurate, reliable, and trustworthy information. Today, as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day, we are reminded of the fundamental role that a free and independent press plays in our democracy. “Today, we express our gratitude to the journalists who continue to report the facts, […]

– DHS conducted more than 1.2 million expulsions, removals, returns in first half of fiscal year 2023 WASHINGTON, USA – During the first half of fiscal year (FY) 2023, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) increased removals and returns to 225,483, up from 170,896 over the same period in FY 2022. The FY 2023 figures include nearly 66,000 removals, 48,381 of which were conducted via US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removal flights and are in addition to US […]