The Week Ahead with the UN in the Caribbean: 24 - 30 June 2024

The Caribbean faces unique waste management challenges, impacting the environment, human health, and tourism. A circular economy offers solutions by emphasizing waste reduction and resource efficiency. Nonprofits play a crucial role but need more collaboration and knowledge sharing to drive effective wastemanagement practices.

On Wednesday 26 June, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Caribbean Sub-Regional Office will host the webinar “Advancing Waste Management and Circular Economy in the Caribbean: Strategies for Non-Profit Entities”. at 9 am (EST) | 10 am (AST). This represents the sixth webinar in their series "Resilient Islands: Zero Waste and Circular Caribbean” which is organised by the EU-funded project Zero Waste in the Caribbean: New Ways, New Waves and implemented by UNEP and its partners, along with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The following link can be used to register to attend virtually: https://bit.ly/45A1RSB

UN Global Principles on Information Integrity

Monday 24 June - UN Secretary-General António Guterres will launch the UN Global Principles for Information Integrity, a framework for coordinated international action to address the pressing global challenge of misinformation, disinformation, hate speech and other risks to the integrity of the information ecosystem. This intitiative will be launched at 12 pm AST via a press conference that will be be broadcast live on UN Web TV at the following link: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1c/k1c1nfpy8n 

Upcoming United Nations Observances

Monday 24 June - International Day of Women in Diplomacy brings visibility to the often overlooked contributions of women who have participated in diplomacy for centuries. It also highlights how women's leadership styles, expertise and priorities broaden the scope of issues under consideration and the quality of outcomes. UN Web TV will broadcast a Commemorative Event to mark the International Day of Women in Diplomacy 2024 at 11:30 am AST.

Tuesday 25 June - Day of the Seafarer 2024 observance will focus on seafarers' contribution to making the maritime sector a safer workplace.

Wednesday 26 June - International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is an observance marked annually with the release of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) annual World Drug Report which contains key statistics and factual data obtained through official sources, a science-based approach and research.

Wednesday 26 June - United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture provides an opportunity to unite in support of the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who have been victims of torture and those who are still tortured today. The day also marks the moment in 1987 when the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment came into effect.

Thursday 27 June - Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day will be observed under the theme Leveraging the Power and Resilience of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) to Accelerate Sustainable Development and Eradicate Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises. 

The United Nations Office in Geneva (UNOG) will mark the day with an event focused on Trade for Climate Change, to be broadcast live at 9 am (AST) on UN Web TV at the following link: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q/k1qmt547zp 

The UN Department Of Global Communications (DGC) will mark the day with an event titled Leveraging Power and Resilience of Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to Accelerate SDGs and Eradicate Poverty in Times of Multiple Crises to be broadcast live at 10 am (AST) on UN Web TV at the following link: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1w/k1wi9cnva0 

Saturday 29 June - International Day of the Tropics celebrates the extraordinary diversity of the tropics while highlighting unique challenges and opportunities nations of the Tropics face.

Sunday 30 June - International Asteroid Day aims to raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard and to inform the public about the crisis communication actions to be taken at the global level in case of a credible near-Earth object threat.

Sunday 30 June - International Day of Parliamentarism presents an opportunity to review the progress that parliaments have made in achieving some key goals to be more representative and move with the times.