🇧🇿 Addressing
#UNGA79
General Debate,
#Belize
Foreign Affairs Minister
@fwfonseca16
reminded the world that small island developing States (
#SIDS
🏝️) contribute less than 1% of global emissions, while G20 nations contribute ~80%, urging stronger mitigation efforts from the bloc.
🇧🇿 At Summit of the Future,
#Belize
Prime Minister
@johnbricenobze
urged his counterparts to see the adoption of the Summit Outcome documents—Pact for the Future; Global Digital Compact; & Declaration on Future Generations— not as an end, but as a beginning of significant change.
“We can’t build a future for our grandchildren with a system for our grandparents” — UN chief
@antonioguterres
.
This month,
@UN
will welcome world leaders to the Summit of the Future where they will discuss and agree on transformative actions needed to secure
#OurCommonFuture
🌎
🇧🇿🌱 Through support from FAO,
@IFAD
,
@EUinJamaica
, and
@PressACP
, the
@FO4ACP
programme aims to improve access to markets and finance for smallholder farmers.
Read more here👉🏾
📢 Calling
#Belize
youth for an opportunity to start a
@UN
career! 🇺🇳
The 2024 YPP placement exams are open under 3 areas: Political Affairs & Human Rights; Human Resources & Administration; Finance & Budget.
Successful candidates could be hired!
👉
🇧🇿 🎉IT’S OFFICIAL: The NEW Belize Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) has been signed!
▶️We look forward to the successful implementation of this key initiative that will strengthen economic growth, productive employment and decent work for all!
👏👏👏
🇧🇿 In the lead up to Belize’s🆕Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP), tripartite partners are engaged in a results-based management training focused on measuring implementation progress📊
Here are some📸from the first 2 days of the workshop👇
🇧🇷🇧🇿Happening now:
@ILOCaribbean
Director Dr Joni Musabayana addresses tripartite policymakers, development partners and other key stakeholders at the Brazil-Belize knowledge exchange for the prevention and elimination of child labour!
#Belize
is one of 8
#Caribbean
countries that stand to benefit from a new CA$10 million project aimed at improving the livelihoods of women and youth in climate-resilient agriculture value chains — implemented by
@FAOCaribbean
and funded by the Government of Canada 🌾🇧🇿
Farmers & entrepreneurs across 8
#Caribbean
countries stand to benefit from
@FAOCaribbean
's new CA$10 million project aimed at contributing to improving the livelihoods of women & youth in climate-resilient agriculture value chains 🌾🇧🇿🇩🇲🇬🇩🇬🇾🇯🇲🇱🇨🇻🇨🇸🇷
🇧🇿 Thank you to the Honourable Oscar Requena, Minister of Labour for Belize, for hosting a productive discussion with the
@ILOCaribbean
team to address national labour market issues as well as the ratification of ILO Conventions📝
🏝️ Islands are way more than just dots on a map!
A new campaign will highlight what's at stake if 🌎 fails to address the crises of climate change & debt threatening island life as we know it
#SIDSStories
🫵 Check out "imagine a world without islands" 🔗
🇧🇿
@ILOCaribbean
Director Dr Joni Musabayana & team are in Belize for meetings with tripartite representatives! Our discussion with Luke Martinez, President, National Trade Union Congress of Belize focused on the country's labour movement and legislation reform⚖️
With over 60% of the 🇧🇿 population comprised of persons under the age of thirty, the UN in
#Belize
has joined the country's Government in hosting hosting the first-ever National Youth Conference on the Sustainable Development Goals!
Read about it here 👉
🎙🇧🇿 High Commissioner of Belize to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Gale Miller Garnett
@hcbze_guy
, shares the impact of
@FAOCaribbean
& the Government of Belize’s collaboration to advance sustainable agriculture.
#FAOAmericasConference
#LARC38
More📷
🇧🇿💧Today
@FAOInvest
launches a guide on prioritizing
#water
management initiatives & investments in
#Belize
.
Learn how this innovative approach aims to enhance agricultural resilience and bolster
#ClimateAdaptation
👉🏾
Guidebook📕
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 📢 The United Nations in Belize expresses its deep concern over the recent tragic incidents that have claimed the lives of women and children both in their homes and public spaces.
Read here 👉
The UN
#Belize
Country Team and Higher Education Academia have forged a partnership to advance the Sustainable Development Goals with the signing of a joint Declaration of Intent (DOI) between the UN and the country's four universities!
🔗 More here 👉