 Coming to you from our GIS Studios, I am Alicia Antoine and this is your Mid-day News Brief. World leaders are beginning to gather in New York, where the United Nations is headquartered for the 74th session of the UN General Assembly, which opened on Tuesday, September 17th. The first day of the high-level general debate will be on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019. However, on Monday, September 23rd, the UN Secretary-General will convene a climate summit which will give a platform to small island developing states, SIDS, to advocate for global action on climate change. St. Lucia's Prime Minister and Karygom Chairman, Hon. Alan Shasne, will be making a case for the financing of resilience building with the devastation of the Bahamas as yet another example of the vulnerability of SIDS to climate change. The Rotary Club of Grosile, along with the Rotary Satellite Club of St. Lucia Sunset, have teamed up with the World Wheelchair Foundation to donate approximately 280 wheelchairs to citizens in need. Twenty-eight specialist chairs were specifically designed for the Child Development Guidance Centre, with the remainder being distributed throughout the island. This is the third year that the Rotary Club of St. Lucia has donated wheelchairs to the CDGC. Lyle Chase, past president of the Rotary Club, noted that the Rotary Club also teamed up with the Lions Clubs of Ufort and Nihu to distribute chairs in the south of the island. St. Lucia's in the diaspora continue to forge their own identity. One such individual is making waves in the culinary arts in Canada. Victoria Alexander, who hails from Cass Trees, has been living in Canada for over 30 years and has always had a love for cooking. What was initially a way of keeping food in her tummy turned into a budding business which has led to the creation of Tikai La Foods, featuring naturally flavoured sauces and spice ribs. Her love for cooking has awarded her to be part of cooking competitions and shows. In 2016 and 2017, she was the winner of the Pan American Food and Music Festival. This past August, she also won a cooking competition in Niagara, Ontario. Tikai La Food has been operating for six years and offers a catering service alongside its other products, some of which have an authentic St. Lucia flavour. This has been your media news breeze. Thank you for watching.