World Chronicle 949: Diane Quarless, DESA

Tony Jenkins interviews Diane Quarless, Chief of the Small Island Developing States Unit in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), for World Chronicle program 943.

• Categories: News & Features / Features / World Chronicle
• Video Length: 00:28:08
• Production Date: 5 October 2004
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: DIANE MARIE QUARLESS; LINDA FASULO; THALIF DEEN; TONY JENKINS
• Corporate Name: DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS - DESA
• Subject Topical: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC SITUATION; NATURAL DISASTERS; SMALL ISLAND STATES
• Geographic Subject: CARIBBEAN; HAITI
• MAMS Id: 2180519
• Parent Id: 824986

Description

"Small Island Nations in the Eye of the Storm"

Tropical storms battered the Caribbean in 2004, causing death, destruction, and damage to property. Much of the media coverage focused on the unfolding tragedy of hurricane Jeanne aftermath in Haiti - yet there is a broader story to be told: natural disasters carry an annual price tag of US$60 billion, and many disasters occur in small island nations. These countries are also the most vulnerable to the threat of global climate change.

How are small islands developing states (SIDS) preparing for the possible rise in the earth's sea-levels? How will they compensate for economic losses due to natural disasters? Can developed countries be convinced that protecting the small islands is in their interest too? These are some of the issues explored in this edition of World Chronicle with guest Diane Quarless, Chief of UN's Small Islands Developing States Unit.

• Scripts: File; 949.pdf (42.41 KB)