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CARICOM Chair lauds Community’s close ties with Cuba
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reiterated its commitment to further strengthening and enhancing the close bonds of camaraderie and cooperation with Cuba. As we celebrate another year of friendship and look forward to another of continued cooperation, I take this opportunity, on behalf of the Governments and People of the Caribbean Community, to extend best wishes for the well-being and…
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CARICOM finds Chinese support on key Climate Change issues
The Chinese delegation at the bilateral meeting with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met Monday with China on the sidelines of the Climate Conference, COP 21 in Paris, France. The CARICOM team was led by the Environment Minister of Barbados Dr. Denis Lowe, and included the Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources in Guyana, Raphael…
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Arrival Statement: CARICOM Election Observation Mission in St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The eight-member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Election Observation Mission for the St. Vincent and the Grenadines General Elections on Wednesday, 9 December 2015 has been engaging various groups and institutions since its Members began arriving in the country on 4 December. The Mission is headed by Mr. Gasper Jn. Baptiste, Chief Elections Officer of Saint…
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CARICOM to Mount Election Observation Mission for St. Vincent Elections
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mount a CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission to monitor the general elections to be held in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Wednesday 9 December 2015. The Chief of Mission is Mr. Gasper Jn Baptiste, Chief Elections Officer in St. Lucia. The other members of the Mission come from Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados and…
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Caribbean Negotiators Determined to Succeed in Paris
by Desmond Brown – Executive Editor PARIS, France, Dec 03 2015, CNS – They have come to Paris in “full force” with “a determination to succeed”. But whether that optimism will translate into an acceptable agreement for Caribbean leaders and negotiators remains to be seen. The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque told Caribbean News Service…
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CARICOM mourns passing of regional stalwart and OCC recipient
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has expressed the Region’s sadness at the passing of Trinidadian Kamaluddin Mohammed, the 2012 recipient of the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC). The Secretary-General, in a message of condolence, recalled that Kamal had come to be called Mr. CARIFTA due to his dedication to the building of that process, in particular, his championing of…
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Special circumstances of Small Island Developing States must be reflected in final COP21 Agreement – CARICOM SG in Paris
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque says recent severe weather events have signaled that the Caribbean region is already being impacted by climate change and the Region is taking the current negotiations in Paris for a binding agreement on climate action very seriously. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador LaRocque at COP21, Paris, France, 2 December 2015 from Caribbean Community on Vimeo. CARICOM Leaders…
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Nagoya Protocol capacity-building workshop underway in Suriname
A workshop to build CARICOM Member States’ capacity to implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing is currently being hosted by the CARICOM Secretariat in Suriname. The workshop is being held, in collaboration with the ABS (Access and Benefit-Sharing) Capacity Development Initiative and theGovernment of Suriname. Participants at the workshop include representatives of the National Focal Point agencies for the Nagoya Protocol,…
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Region’s Climate Change concerns captured in song
The Climate Conference COP21 opened in Paris yesterday and, to accompany and support the efforts of Caribbean delegates in the difficult negotiations of the next two weeks, Caribbean artists have released a theme song that calls on the world to recognise and respect the legitimate claims of small islands in the face of climate change. With lyrics written…
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Caribbean countries report end to mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis
– 17 countries in Americas may have eliminated mother-to-child HIV transmission – U.N. BOGOTA, Nov 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Data from 17 countries and territories across the Americas, including the United States, Canada and Chile, show they may have eliminated mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the U.N. World Health Organization said on Monday. The countries were able to…
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