The Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme is over 50 years old and stands as a model for temporary foreign worker initiatives.

In this second part,  hear from the President of the Foreign Agriculture Resource Management Services in Canada, Ken Forth and regional about the this hallmark programme.

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Remarks by CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Caribbean Data Day, 30 Oct 2025

Remarks, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis, 50th SCCS opening , 27 Oct 2025

• US attacks in Caribbean and Pacific violated international law: UN human rights chief
• Fact-Finding Mission in Iran alarmed by surge in repression and spike in executions 
• Civilian casualties in Ukraine up by a third since last year

Audio credit: Conor Lennon, UN News

UN News Today 31 October 2025 - US attacks in Caribbean, Iran, Ukraine

The Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda – launched 25 years ago through Security Council resolution 1325 – recognized women are affected by wars in specific ways and must also play a distinct role in resolving them.

Mexico, Chile and Colombia have all adopted foreign policies which emphasise gender equality in diplomacy, peacebuilding and development – but more needs to be done for women to be meaningfully included in peace processes and conflict resolution. 

UN News’s Ileana Exaras spoke to Laura Flores, Director of the Americas Division in the UN’s political affairs and peacebuilding department, about the progress and challenges that continue to affect women in politics across Latin America.

Audio credit: Ileana Exaras, UN News

Latin America, Caribbean, take the lead in women MPs

DSG applauds statisticians

Aid teams in Afghanistan breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after initial assessments of last night's earthquake in northern provinces indicated far less damage than had been feared at first.
Just two months a massive quake devastated the east of the country. 
"There has been very localized damage and there has been tragically loss of life and injury," said Richard Trenchard from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and top UN aid official in Afghanistan ad interim. "But as compared to the devastating scenes we saw in Kunar just a few weeks ago, where whole villages have been swept off roadsides, roads were blocked and there was massive traffic jams...the initial reports are far less concerning than we were both expecting and that we've seen in the past with the large earthquakes here." 

New quake rocks northern Afghanistan

In this A Matter of Interest archive feature for Remembrance Day, World War II veterans share vivid memories of their time in service — why they chose to enlist, what they experienced, and how those moments shaped their lives and our nation’s story.

🎥 Watch the full programme here: https://youtu.be/SogGTlTZMnw?si=tmTjzbH1y22qIZUe



HOW WE REMEMBER

• Afghans wake up to another deadly quake: OCHA, FAO
• Gaza: dozens of newly trained midwives deploy in shattered enclave: UNFPA
• WHO urges urgent action as global health funding plunges up to 40 per cent

Audio credit: Daniel Johnson, UN News

UN News Today 03 November 2025 - Afghanistan, Gaza, global health


Bringing aid to remote communities affected by a category 5 hurricane which swept across Jamaica last week remains the priority according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in the west of the Caribbean island nation, bringing rain, storm surges and catastrophic flooding which has caused widespread devastation. 

UN News’s Charlotte Frantz, spoke to WFP’s Alexis Masciarelli who is currently in the Jamaican capital, Kingston, and began by asking him about the immediate needs of people in the hurricane’s path.

Audio credit: Charlotte Frantz, UN News

Bringing aid to remote communities in hurricane-affected Jamaica remains the priority

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