{"id":119547,"date":"2021-04-20T15:06:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119547"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T07:06:36","slug":"st-vincent-leader-asks-un-for-generous-volcano-donations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=119547","title":{"rendered":"St Vincent leader asks UN for &#8216;generous&#8217; volcano donations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/stock.rtl.lu\/rtl\/768\/rtl2008.lu\/nt\/p\/2021\/04\/20\/00\/1e833c0e2b727b6b3b6120ecaa535ac9.jpeg\" alt=\"RTL\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">The view from the Belmont Observatory in Saint Vincent as the La Soufriere eruption continues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;\u00a0The prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines pleaded for countries to donate generously following a series of devastating volcanic eruptions in the Caribbean nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Please help St\u00a0Vincent and the Grenadines in its midnight hour of need,&#8221; Ralph Gonsalves told a United Nations Security Council meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The La Soufriere volcano erupted for the first time in 40 years on Apr&nbsp;9. Eruptions have continued to occur daily, with ash clouds covering the country and reaching surrounding islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gonsalves said nearly one fifth of the country&#8217;s 110,000 people have been evacuated to safer areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that the situation could become more precarious with the Atlantic hurricane season due to start in six weeks&#8217; time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a monumental challenge of humanitarian relief, inclusive of security considerations, recovery and reconstruction,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Without effective cooperation between our country, the United Nations, and our regional (and) sub-regional organizations, our life and living would be wholly unbearable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN is due to launch an appeal fund on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Be generous in your solidarity&#8221;, Gonsalves said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is the smallest state to ever sit on the UN Security Council, where its two-year term as a non-permanent member ends in December. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The view from the Belmont Observatory in Saint Vincent as the La Soufriere eruption continues UNITED NATIONS, April 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212;\u00a0The prime minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines pleaded for countries to donate generously following a series of devastating volcanic eruptions in the Caribbean nation. &#8220;Please help St\u00a0Vincent and the Grenadines in its midnight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":119550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119547"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=119547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/119550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}