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VI & UN Refugee agency strengthen ties as C’bean irregular migration rises
WASHINGTON DC, USA - The Virgin Islands and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have pledged to strengthen engagement between the two, as the Caribbean region is seeing a steady rise in irregular migration, alongside an increase in asylum cases and the number of refugees across the subregion.
VI, UN signs second Country Plan for more technical assistance
NEW YORK, NY - Virign Islands (VI) Premier Dr. Hon. Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has signed the Virgin Islands’ second United Nations (UN) Country Implementation Plan (CIP) that expands programming and technical assistance to the Territory from UN agencies serving the Caribbean region.
VI will continue pushing for removal of reserved Order in Council– Premier tells UN C-24
NEW YORK, NY, USA– Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) says the [British] Virgin Islands will continue pressing the United Kingdom (UK) to remove its reserve Order in Council to suspend the local constitution if triggered.
'We are just as vulnerable as other islands'- Premier tells SIDS conference
ST JOHN’S, Antigua & Barbuda– Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has called on United Nations (UN) Members to live by the mantra, “Leave no one behind”, adopted by the international community if states are going to building climate resilience or achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UN Decolonisation mission to visit VI in 2024 – Premier
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Virgin Islands Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has announced that on February 15, 2024, the UN Special Committee on Decolonisation, also referred to as the C-24, approved the [British] Virgin Islands' request for an official Visiting Mission to the Territory.
UN expresses concern @ possibility of colonial style UK direct rule in VI
NEW YORK, NY, USA – With the Order in Council on hold to suspend the [British] Virgin Islands Constitution still active, the United Nations (UN) has expressed deep concern about the continuing possibility of United Kingdom's direct rule over the [British] Virgin Islands in its Resolution on the Question of the British Virgin Islands adopted at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.
Guyana appeals to US & UN as Venezuela advances annexation of territory
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, SA- Guyana has turned to the United Nations and the United States for help as the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, announced a series of measures intended to advance its annexation of two-thirds of the independent South American nation’s territory.
Premier tells UN he remains ‘firmly opposed’ to UK Order in Council
NEW YORK, NY, USA- Virgin Islands (VI) Premier and Minister of Finance, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has reiterated calls for the United Kingdom (UK) to remove its 'reserved' Order in Council to suspend the VI’s constitution should the government fail to implement reforms recommended in the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) Report.
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Premier Wheatley to attend Monaco Yacht Show; Hon Smith @ helm of VI
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley )(R7) is away from the Territory attending the Monaco Yacht Show until October 1 and the United Nations Meeting in New York on October 3 and 4, 2023.
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Some believe only rogue Gov’ts pushing concept of self-determination– Carvin Malone
BAUGHERS BAY, Tortola, VI– Former government minister Carvin Malone (AL) said the concept of self-determination of British Overseas Territories is one that has been long in the making since the late 40s and not a recent concept being pushed for nefarious reasons as some believe.
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