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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett, at the International Conference Cuba 2024: Decade of People of African Descent | 9 December 2024 | Havana, Cuba
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Excellencies, distinguished delegates, ladies and gentlemen, standing on protocol that has been established: I am pleased for this opportunity to address this august gathering on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as we pause to reflect on the International Decade for People of African Descent, a global initiative declared by the United…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett at a Cuba-CARICOM Day Celebration | 9 December 2024 | Havana, Cuba
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, 10 December 2024) – CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett is on a three-day official visit to Cuba, 9-11 December, to participate in the International Conference 2024-Decade of Afro-descendants and several high-level meetings with representatives of the Government of Cuba. On Monday, Dr Barnett delivered remarks at the plenary session of the Conference and at…
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Statement from the Caribbean Community on Cuba
The Forty-Seventh (47th) Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community is gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba resulting from the embargo wrongfully imposed on the people and Government of Cuba over the last 62 years by the Government of the United States of America. The Conference reiterates its call for the lifting of the unjust…
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Statement from the Council of Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) on Cuba
The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) welcomes the decision of the Government of the United States of America (USA) to remove the Republic of Cuba from its list of states that are “not cooperating fully” in its fight against terrorism. COFCOR notes, however, that the Republic of Cuba remains on the US State Department’s list of countries that…
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Remarks by Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of the Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana, 3 May 2023
Your Excellency Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis, Plenipotentiary Representative Designate of the Republic of Cuba to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; General Council, Ms Lisa Shoman; Excellency, welcome to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is my pleasure and honour to receive your letters of…
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Cuba joins CARICOM Task Force on Agriculture
Cuba has accepted an offer from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to join the Community’s Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture. Both sides also agreed to observe October 6 as CARICOM Cuba Day Against Terrorism. These were among the major outcomes of the 8th CARICOM-Cuba Summit held in Barbados on Tuesday as the 50th Anniversary of diplomatic ties was celebrated. A Declaration…
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