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WASHINGTON, USA — Antigua and Barbuda will host the tenth Inter-American meeting of education ministers in July 2019. This was confirmed on Monday at a meeting of the Inter-American Council for Integral Development at the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC.

NEW YORK, USA — While the world was in the midst of a crisis largely sparked by interventionism and “savage capitalism”, Nicaragua continued to bolster peace, strengthen security, “and… promote and defend human rights,” minister for foreign affairs Denis Moncada Colindres told the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, underscoring his country’s commitment to the UN Charter.

ROME, Italy — A lasting peace in Colombia will only be possible if small farmers have the right opportunities to develop and prosper, said the associate vice-president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Perin Saint Ange, on the eve of his official visit to the country.

NEW YORK, USA — In his address to the United Nations and the G-77 at the sideline of the UN General Assembly last week, the foreign minister of Guyana, Carl Greenidge, said that “multilateralism is under attack.” He joined a chorus of world leaders at the UN who have condemned the rise of populism, protectionism, disrespect for international treaties and conventions.

NEW YORK, USA — Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Saint Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines are among the countries expected to sign the “Escazú Agreement” on regional environmental matters on Thursday at a high-level ceremony at United Nations headquarters, New York.

The ASTRA County Library Sibiu hosts the first South East European Peace Museum on Monday 1 October 2018 and the first Mobile Peace Museum in the world.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — The US government has evacuated its Peace Corps volunteers from St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) at short notice after their safety was threatened by what appears to be a modern-day equivalent of Eric Gairy’s infamous paramilitary “Mongoose Gang” in neighbouring Grenada.

The Yumi Sanap Strong team, a collective of community based organizations in PNG working with Queensland University of Technology, is currently undertaken outreach programs to address sorcery accusation related violence in communities in PNG.

NEW YORK, USA — Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on Thursday called on the international community to provide the necessary development aid as the Caribbean island nation prepares for the transition nest year of the United Nations mission to a non-peacekeeping presence in the country.

Malawi’s key NGOs UNICEF, Save the Children, Fawema, Rhema and others have stepped up efforts which aims at preserving, promoting and protecting the girl child by holding Open Days to sensitise the public on the importance of the rights of girls.