(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Ladies and Gentlemen, the imperative for the prohibition on nuclear weapons testing, use, and proliferation has never been more pressing at any time in this Century. Politically fraught, climate changing landscape that we are called on to navigate and the escalation...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government met in Barbados, 19-21 February 2025, for their 48th Regular Meeting which was convened under the theme: Strength in Unity: Forging Caribbean Resilience, Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development. The leaders discussed several pressing issues for the Community, including but not limited to, food and nutrition security, climate change and the climate finance, ongoing challenges in Haiti, security issues, digital resilience, geo-political issues, external relations matters, maritime and air transport, reparations, and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).