Month: July 2023
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Mega concert in honour of CARICOM
(National Cultural Foundation Barbados) Barbados has earmarked Monday, July 31, as the day dedicated to celebrating Caribbean unity with the CARICOM 50th Anniversary Concert! Like many of our neighbouring countries, the Government is staging the concert which will showcase the best in Bajan and Caribbean talent featuring a mixture of different genres of music, spoken word pieces, dance and comedy.…
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Remarks by Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General, CARICOM, at Opening Ceremony of Fifth International Conference “Transition and Trajectories in Pan African Development” Pan-African Enterprise Research Council, 26 July 2023
Honourable Ministers Distinguished ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to greet the distinguished gathering on the occasion of this Fifth International Conference of the Pan-African Enterprise Research Council. Congratulations to the Council on your continued commitment to quality research and advocacy regarding the participation of people of African descent in business and enterprise, elimination of discrimination and inequality,…
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President of Ukraine congratulates CARICOM
Your Excellency! Please accept my sincere congratulations on the fiftieth anniversary of the Caribbean Community. Over the years, CARICOM has proven to be a successful example of mutually beneficial cooperation between friendly countries that serves progress and promotes the development of the entire Caribbean region. I am convinced that the next 50 years will bring even more harmony and prosperity…
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Remarks by Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, CARICOM, at the Annual Global Africa People-To-People Forum 2023
Session Three Theme “Building on Visionary Initiatives: Reflections on the Inaugural CARICOM Africa Summit” Videoconference, 21 July 2023 Your Excellencies;Distinguished Guests;Ladies and gentlemen. I am pleased to join you today as part of the African Union’s sixth region for the Annual Global Africa People-to-People Forum 2023 and to reflect on the Inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit, which was hosted by His Excellency…
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Legal Drafting E-Learning Programme
The Capacity Building in Legal Drafting Project, financed by the European Union under the European Development Fund-Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (EDF-CRIP) and executed by ARCA Consortium, on behalf of the CARIFORUM Directorate, seeks to build the capacity of CARIFORUM States in the area of treaty and legislative drafting through training and sponsorship. Accordingly, the Project imparted expert training in this…
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Joint Press Release – SELA, ACS, SICA, CAN, ALADI, and CARICOM
The Secretariats of regional and integration organizations: Latin American Economic System – SELA, Association of Caribbean States – ACS, Central American Integration System – SICA, Andean Community – CAN, Latin American Integration Association – ALADI and Caribbean Community – CARICOM; participating as observers of the III Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the European…
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CARICOM Competition Commission Celebrating 15 Years of Regional Service
The CARICOM Competition Commission (“CCC”) is established under Article 171 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. Located in Paramaribo, Suriname, the CCC is one of the key institutions to support the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), ensuring that the aim of implementing the Single Market is not frustrated by cross-border anti-competitive business conduct. The CCC was inaugurated in January…
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Statement from the Meeting of the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group with Haitian Stakeholders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12-15 July 2023
The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) visited Haiti on 12-15 July 2023, as agreed at the end of the meeting of Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica on 11-13 June 2023, to continue its facilitation of inter-Haitian dialogue by building on the outcome of the Jamaica meeting. Emphasis was placed on the major proposals tabled in Jamaica. These included the commitments made…
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Hon. Luminita Odobescu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Romania
Madam Secretary General,The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community gives me the pleasure to extend to you congratulations and best wishes of prosperity and well-being to the friendly people of all of CARICOM’s Member States. On this auspicious occasion, I express my appreciation for CARICOM’s accomplishments so far, as well as my confidence that…
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Hon. Ana Cecilia Gervasi Díaz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peru
Your Excellency Madam Secretary General: I have the honor to address Your Excellency and, through your Excellency, the representatives of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in order to extend my warmest congratulations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas, which marked the establishment of this remarkable Organization. On this…
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