United Nations Development Programme Jamaica

Public Advisory

The United Nations hereby informs the public that we have no association with “Tourism United Nations Pageants” or “United Nations Pageants Limited”. The United Nations has no knowledge of the organizers of these and related events; and, the United Nations is not associated in any form or manner with the related story, “United Nations crowns pageants in JA”, which appeared on page T9 of the Daily Observer published on Tuesday December 11, 2012.

Arun Kashyap,

United Nations Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative,

Jamaica

Situated across the hilly interiors of northeast St. Catherine in Jamaica, lies the rural community of Glengoffe, which comprises fourteen (14) smaller sub-communities consisting of approximately 5,000 people. This community is known for its spirit of self-reliance and resilience, as well as for its Climate Change Adaptation Project, which was the winner of the global UN Volunteers Award for Volunteering Matters for Sustainable Development 2012, in a competition organized as a lead up to the Rio 2012 Sustainable Development Conference.

Young leaders from the beautiful Caribbean countries of Barbados, Dominica, St. Kitts & Nevis, The Bahamas, Jamaica, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Antigua & Barbuda, Belize, Grenada and Suriname all congregated in Jamaica between September 19-21, 2012 at the Four Seasons Hotel, for a most useful and important training workshop on Social Audit.

UNDP is supporting the Government of Jamaica in meeting its obligations under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. A new project titled Hydrochlorofluorocarbon Phase Out Management Plan (HPMP), first stage Implementation was launched in June 2012.

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