2021 in Antigua and Barbuda
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Ongoing — COVID-19 pandemic in Antigua and Barbuda
- April 21 – The Sri Lankan government expels an Antigua-registered cargo ship docked at the Magampura Mahinda Rajapaksa Port after authorities discovered undeclared uranium hexafluoride bound for China. The government pledges to take legal action against the ship's owner.[1]
- November 3 – A lawyer representing the governments of Antigua and Barbuda and Tuvalu says that a new commission is being formed to sue big polluters and claim damage reparations for climate change effects on those nations before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.[2]
Death
- August 9 – Sir Lester Bird, 83, politician.[3]
References
- ↑ "Sri Lanka expels ship carrying nuclear material for China". France 24. 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ "Island nations seek a way to sue big polluters over climate change that could leave some underwater". www.cbsnews.com. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ↑ "Second PM of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Lester Bird dies at 83". WIC News. 2021-08-09. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
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^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands. †Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically. ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia. #Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||