All posts tagged "UN"

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  Governor Deposes before UN Special Committee on Decolonization

  SAN JUAN – Gov. Alejandro García Padilla was in New York Monday, attending a session of the United Nations’ (UN) Special Committee on Decolonization, which was again considering Puerto Rico’s request to make decisions in a sovereign manner.  Following the...

  • Posted June 20, 2016
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  Former Gov. Acevedo Vilá to Demand Decolonization at UN Hearing Monday

  SAN JUAN – Former Gov. Aníbal Acevedo Vilá was presenting his case Monday before the United Nations’ Special Committee on Decolonization, saying the United States reneged on the positions it presented in the 1950s regarding the political...

  • Posted June 20, 2016
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  Rosselló to Ask for Puerto Rico’s Decolonization at UN

  SAN JUAN – The president of the New Progressive Party (NPP), Ricardo Rosselló, will return Monday to the United Nations to deliver his message in favor of decolonization. “Following the results of the 2012 plebiscite, this forum...

  • Posted June 19, 2016
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  PDP Leaders to Demand Puerto Rico’s Decolonization Before UN

  Party's president, Gov. García Padilla to speak Monday

  • Posted June 17, 2016
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  UN Asks Critic to Join Zika Group but then Revokes Invite

  GENEVA – One of the leading critics of the World Health Organization says he was recently invited to sit on the U.N. health agency’s Zika emergency committee, only to have his invitation rescinded when he refused to...

  • Posted June 14, 2016
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  Mediterranean Sea Disasters Swallow Up over 1,000 Migrants

  Three incidents south of Italy in the last few days

  • Posted May 31, 2016
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  UN Commission Hears Puerto Rico Call for Debt Restructuring

  Island's secretary of State emphasizes importance of involvement in ECLAC

  • Posted May 29, 2016
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  Bar Association Asks Governor to Join UN Decolonization Hearing

  Bar president to request the initiation of a decolonization process

  • Posted May 14, 2016
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  UN Paints Bleak Picture of Stagnating World Economy

  Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to see the region's economies contract by 0.6 percent for the second straight year

  • Posted May 13, 2016
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  Puerto Rico Reports 78 New Zika Cases; 785 So Far

  UN Establishes a Trust Fund to Help Combat the Virus

  • Posted May 6, 2016