Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda ( (listen); an-TEE-g(w)ə ... bar-B(Y)OO-də) is a sovereign island country in the West Indies in the Americas, lying between the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of two major islands, Antigua and Barbuda separated by 63 km (39 mi), and smaller islands (including Great Bird, Green, Guiana, Long, Maiden, Prickly Pear, York Islands, Redonda). The permanent population number is about 97,120 (2019 est.), with 97% being resident on Antigua. The capital and largest port and city is St. John's on Antigua, with Codrington being the largest town on Barbuda. Lying near each other, Antigua and …

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CCPA: Canadian Centre For Policy Alternatives · 27 March 2024 English

The report follows the publication of Safe at Work, Unsafe at Home: COVID-19 and Temporary Foreign Workers in Prince Edward Island in 2021 and Unfree Labour: COVID-19 and Migrant Workers …

participating states and territories of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Mexico


Childcare Resource and Research Unit · 2 March 2024 English

For the first time, the assessment goes beyond the laws on the books—de jure—to examine the frameworks supporting implementation of the law and to gauge experts’ opinions on the outcome …

16.7 55.0 Madagascar 69.4 50.0 11.7 54.4 Antigua and Barbuda 68.8 * 52.5 35.0 79.4 Bahrain 68.1 45.0 35 Paraguay 94.4 Timor-Leste 86.3 Namibia * 80.0 Antigua and Barbuda * 68.8 Eswatini 46.3 Croatia 93.8 Lao PDR 16.7 55.0 Madagascar 69.4 50.0 11.7 54.4 Antigua and Barbuda 68.8 * 52.5 35.0 79.4 Bahrain 68.1 45.0 35


ZMWG: Zero Mercury Working Group · 6 February 2024 English

Our countries – the recipients of the EU’s fluorescent exports – will benefit far more from mercury-free lighting and are not prepared to manage the inevitable mercury waste resulting from …

Bird, Integrated Health Outreach Inc (IHO), Antigua and Barbuda Naji KODEIH, Consultant on Chemicals and


PMLQ: Parti marxiste-léniniste du Québec · 18 December 2023 English

In 2021, Ireland regularized most undocumented people in the country who met a basic residency requirement." (With files from the Migrant Rights Network, CTV News and The Globe and Mail) …

Government of Canada 4. The 14 countries are: Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, India


AIC: Agricultural Institute of Canada · 29 November 2023 English

The revolutionary Savings and Credit Cooperative Society (SACCO) is increasingly putting land rights in the hands of women and facilitating access to the tools needed to build climate-resilient farming and …

following over the next decade. Four more – Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Singapore and St Kitts and Nevis


ZMWG: Zero Mercury Working Group · 19 October 2023 English

Skin Lighteners Still Online Despite Mercury Findings March 2022 19 October 2023 Online Marketing of Toxic Skin Lighteners: Mercury cosmetics marketed as ‘solution’ to dark skin Webinar: The Dark World …

States; Integrated Health Outreach (IHO), Antigua and Barbuda; Toxisphera Environmental Health Association


ZMWG: Zero Mercury Working Group · 19 October 2023

• Contaminate homes, exposes residents • World Health Organization warns of the health risks of mercury SLPs—and recommends phase out • Minamata Convention bans manufacture, trade of cosmetics w/over 1 …

States; Integrated Health Outreach (IHO), Antigua and Barbuda; Toxisphera Environmental Health Association


ZMWG: Zero Mercury Working Group · 12 October 2023 English

This amendment is designed to complement and strengthen the existing provisions of the Convention, and will require Parties to take additional measures to reduce the availability of mercury-added SLPs including: …

Africa; Integrated Health Outreach (IHO), Antigua and Barbuda; Mercury Policy Project (MPP), USA; NEXUS3Foundation Analytical Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Antigua and Barbuda, who provided analytical and testing services in 12 countries (see Annex K), including Antigua and Barbuda (4); Bangladesh (15); Belgium (8); India XL3t-970 GOLDD+ SDD XRF Analyzer was used; • In Antigua and Barbuda (for Latin America and the Caribbean) the Services of the Ministry of Agriculture of Antigua and Barbuda; the samples were analysed with a Skyray


ZMWG: Zero Mercury Working Group · 11 October 2023 English

· CASE in Côte d’Ivoire (for Africa), · Ban Toxics in the Philippines (for Asia) and · In Antigua and Barbuda (for Latin America and the Caribbean.) Approximately 10% of samples tested with an XRF were

Toxics in the Philippines (for Asia) and · In Antigua and Barbuda (for Latin America and the Caribbean.) Approximately States; Integrated Health Outreach (IHO), Antigua and Barbuda; Toxisphera Environmental Health Association


ZMWG: Zero Mercury Working Group · 9 October 2023 English

These beauty standards not only cause societal and psychological harm to the consumer’s health and wellbeing but, due to the prevalence of mercury and other harmful chemicals in many SLPs, …

Africa; Integrated Health Outreach (IHO), Antigua and Barbuda; Mercury Policy Project (MPP), USA; NEXUS3Foundation Analytical Services, Ministry of Agriculture, Antigua and Barbuda, who provided analytical and testing services


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