Name: BIM FACTS by gisbarbados
Duration: 4 min 10 s
Description: BGIS’ Nya Phillips shares fascinating historical facts about Barbados, uncovering the stories, places, and moments that helped shape the island’s identity.

Catch up on information you might have missed during the week.

This week's programme features:
1.	National Thanksgiving Service
2.	Crime Awareness Month 2025
3.	Regional High-Level Symposium to Advance State Responses on Domestic Violence
4.	Co-op fair

This Week’s In Case You Missed It Opportunities - November 5 - 11:
-	BECCS job postings – check molbarbados246 on Instagram or molbarbados on Facebook
-	Teaching vacancies (download)

To download a copy of these opportunities, go to https://gisbarbados.gov.bb/download/in-case-you-missed-it-november-5-11-2025/


IN CASE YOU MISSED IT NOVEMBER 5 - 11 (2025)

Claire Courteille-Mulder, Senior Adviser at the International Labour Organization (ILO), highlighted that social justice is central to the organization’s mission of promoting decent work and inclusive development. 

Speaking at the Doha Summit, she praised the many initiatives and partnerships aimed at implementing the summit’s political declaration, expressing optimism that strengthened international cooperation will drive real progress toward social justice worldwide.

Audio credit: Abdelmonem Makki, UN News

CLIP - International Labour Organization calls for global action on social justice at Doha Summit

• West Bank settler violence must end with accountability: Rights Office
• DR Congo hunger crisis worsening amid ongoing fighting: WFP 
• Hollywood’s Orlando Bloom highlights plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya: UNICEF

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 07 November 2025 - West Bank, DR Congo, Orlando Bloom highlights plight of Myanmar’s Rohingya

As climate threats increase pressure on key services, a UN treaty led by UNECE and the UN health agency WHO is helping countries protect clean water access in schools, hospitals and more across Europe, North America, the Caucasus and Central Asia. 
At a Meeting of the Parties to the Protocol on Water and Health in Budapest last week, more than 40 countries adopted a programme to build more resilient and equitable water, sanitation and hygiene systems, often referred to collectively as WASH.  
The Protocol provides a toolbox of evidence-based resources and has supported at least 1,500 site assessments to date. Although all countries have pledged to ensure safe water and sanitation for all as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, “no one tells you how to do it; that’s what the Protocol has to offer”, explains Marta Vargha, Vice-Chair of the Protocol, speaking to UN News.


Dozens of countries sign up for key water access 'toolkit'

• COP30 opens in Belem; UN chief Guterres stresses commitment to 1.5C limit
• Extreme weather driving repeated displacement among conflict-affected communities: UNHCR
• Countries agree to global ban on mercury dental fillings: UNEP

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 10 November 2025 - COP30, extreme weather, ban on mercury dental fillings

Alisa Luangrath, recipient of the UNFCCC Technology Mechanism AI for Climate Action Award, shares insights into her team’s innovative AI-based farming and irrigation for resilience solution. 

She explains how this technology empowers farmers across Laos to adapt to shifting climate conditions. The award highlights the growing role of AI-driven solutions in addressing climate challenges and supporting communities on the frontlines of environmental change.

Audio credit: Felipe de Carvalho, UN News 

CLIP: Alisa Luangrath wins climate action award at COP30 for AI-powered farming innovation in Laos

BGIS’ Nya Phillips shares fascinating historical facts about Barbados, uncovering the stories, places, and moments that helped shape the island’s identity.

BIM FACTS

People being held in prisons in Haiti are dying of starvation in subhuman conditions according to the UN’s Designated Expert on the human rights situation in the Caribbean island nation, William O'Neill.

Haiti is facing an increasingly perilous security crisis as gangs compete to control the capital, Port-au-Prince, and surrounding areas, impacting an already dysfunctional justice system.

Prisons are severely overcrowded, and some detainees can wait for years to be tried for minor offences, including the theft of chickens or shoes.

Daniel Dickinson began by asking Mr. O’Neill to describe the conditions he has witnessed in Haitian prisons.

Audio credit: Daniel Dickinson
Photo credit: UN News


Detainees ‘dying of starvation’ in ‘subhuman conditions’ in Haitian prisons

• Gaza: vaccination campaign begins as immunisation rate drops below critical threshold, warns UNICEF
• Sudan: Harrowing testimony from El Fasher survivors highlight scale of needs – UN gender equality agency
• All credit to a new FAO-backed lending initiative for small-scale farmers in the Sahara and beyond

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News


UN News Today 11 November 2025 - Gaza vaccinations, El Fasher atrocities, lending lifeline to farmers

Filipinos are picking up the pieces after super typhoon Fung-Wong ripped through the country. 
Eight people including three children are reported to have died because of the typhoon, but it could have been much worse: over a million people were evacuated from homes in 13 of the country’s 18 regions, in one of the Philippines’ largest ever pre-emptive operations.
Arnaud Peral, the UN Resident Coordinator in The Philippines, told UN News’s Conor Lennon the way authorities prepared for the impact is testament to the coordination between the government, the United Nations and the international NGOs on the ground.
Audio: UN News/ Conor Lennon
Photo: UN Philippines

Preparedness and coordination key to preventing Philippines super typhoon deaths

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