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UN chief urges Caribbean to adopt united approach to deal with organised crime
Tuesday, July 05, 2011
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries to combat organised crime on a regional level.
In a message sent to the Caricom leaders who ended their annual summit here yesterday, Ban also promised United Nations assistance to deal with the situation.
Ban said a "challenge for Caribbean countries is the growing threat posed by organised transnational crime and the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
"We must consider this challenge in a regional context, as well as through the prisms of development, rights, rule of law and security reform," he said, adding "the United Nations system stands ready to work with you on these issues.
"It is strongly committed to multilateralism and regional integration, and remains at the forefront in tackling global challenges from climate change to strengthening democracy to rebuilding after natural disasters," he said.
The UN Secretary General said climate change is yet another urgent and growing threat to development, economic growth, public health and our very security.
"You have been pioneers in calling attention to the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Please rest assured that you can count on me to continue the promotion of our common objectives for development, security and human rights for all," he added.
 
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7/5/2011
@ CT full 100. Is the UN for real? Is this man for real? He is preaching racism. Organized crime is organized crime. If you want to see organized crime at its best just do a web search on Kelly Marie Richard and you will be shocked. Regional context my foot!
Also, The new nutrition craze right now is hemp seeds. All over north America Hemp and marijuana farms are boldly on show AFTER they killed off our advantage in production of this product and imprison us for our ingenuity. What damn fraud!
7/5/2011
No Sir, the real and present threat is from the same foreign multi-national corporations that the UN is in bed with, and who take over or shut down the entire production space of our country's economy. Drugs and 'organised crime' is stale colonial red herring (just like anti-terror financial laws that basically criminalise all money flowing into poorer nations). Ever-fresh new laws unleashed by the EU-run United Nations is just to entrap and criminalize citizens of developing countries. Stale!
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