NAIROBI, Kenya (CMC), December 7, 2019 — The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Saturday, December 7, inaugurated it diplomatic office in Nairobi, with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley saying it could become the most important contact between the 15-member bloc and the United Nations.
“I would like to suggest to those here that perhaps, more than any other location — more than Geneva, more than New York — the CARICOM representation in Nairobi is going to be the one that is going to have the greatest impact in how our nations function, how we build, how we trade, how we deal with our food security, and, above all else, how we deal with our water security, because one of the more silent consequences of this climate crisis has been on our ground water supply across the region,” Mottley said.
The United Nations Office at Nairobi is one of four major United Nations office sites where numerous different UN agencies have a joint presence. Nairobi is the global headquarters for two UN programmes — the UN Environmental Programme and the UN Human Settlements Programme.
Mottley said CARICOM needs technical support as well as the amplification of the financial development resources, noting the Warsaw Development Mechanism for Loss and Damage as a consequence of climate change. https://www.iwnsvg.com/2019/12/07/caricom-inaugurates-diplomatic-office-in-kenya/
