Antigua and Barbuda
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Former Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister dies
Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Sir Lester Bird has died. The Office of the Prime Minister, in making the announcement, said Sir Lester died at 6:00 this morning. Sir Lester served as Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister between 1994 and 2004. He also served earlier in several Ministerial positions including Tourism and Economic Development. The government has ordered…
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No Place For Violence, Personal Physical Assaults In CARICOM Democracies -CARICOM Chair
Statement by Chair of CARICOM, the Hon. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda As chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and in my own capacity, I condemn the physical assault upon the Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves during a protest organised by the opposition political party.…
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CARICOM Chairman’s Statement at the Funeral of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda presented a virtual Statement at the funeral of the assassinated President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse on Friday 23 July 2021. Here is the full Statement:
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Best wishes at the Olympics – CARICOM Chairman
CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda has extended best wishes to the Caribbean athletes participating in the Olympic games in Tokyo, Japan. More than one hundred and fifty Caribbean athletes are taking part in the games which run from 23 July to 8 August. Here is the Link to the CARICOM Chairman’s message:
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CARICOM Chairman Commends WTO Director-General
Following the appointment of a senior Caribbean diplomat to the cabinet of the new WTO Director-General Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Caricom chairman PM Gaston Browne has commended the Director-General for living up to promises she made to both OECS and Caricom Heads of Government. Ambassador Stephen Fevrier, who heads the OECS mission in Geneva at the WTO, has been recruited by…
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ST JOHN’S DECLARATION ON REDEDICATION TO CSME IMPLEMENTATION
WE, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting virtually on 5-6 July 2021 for the Forty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM; Recognising that the commitments made in our 2018 ST ANN’S DECLARATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME) to inter alia, take action at the national level to advance…
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Remarks by the Chairman, Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne, to the 42nd Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government
Prime Minister the Hon. Gaston A. Browne Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Minister for Finance and Corporate Governance And Chairman of the Caribbean Community CARICOM Chairman’s Statement Opening of the Forty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community 5th July, 2021 Colleague Heads of Government of the Conference Ministers and Senior Officials…
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Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister assumes Chairmanship of CARICOM
Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. Gaston Browne, assumed the Chairmanship of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 1 July 2021. Prime Minister Browne succeeds Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, and will serve for the next six months. The Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minster holds responsibility for Services…
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Statement by Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda At “Summit of 40 Leaders” on Climate Change Organized by the President of the United States of America Joseph Biden April 22nd to 23rd 2021
I thank President Biden for convening this very important gathering, to address the most significant threat facing, our one planet and our one humanity. We are grateful that the United States and China have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and we look forward to swift action in their transitioning into carbon neutral economies. We urge other major emitting…
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne, as Chair of Alliance of Small States, sends early message on Climate Change to US President Joseph R Biden Jr
St John’s, January 20…. In an early communication immediately after Joseph R Biden was sworn in as President of the United States of America, Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, wrote to him expressing delight that the US government will, once again, commit to the 2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Writing in his capacity as Chair of the…
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