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CARICOM IMPACS helping Dominica strengthen firearm ballistic capabilities
(Via Caribbean Media Corporation | CMC)—The Trinidad-based Caribbean Community Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS) is assisting Dominica in strengthening its firearms ballistic capabilities. CARICOM IMPACS Assistant Director who manages the agency’s policy, strategy, innovation and research portfolios, Callixtus Joseph, told a three-day inter-institutional roundtable meeting held in Dominica that a new explosive storehouse will also be constructed…
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Launch of second phase of cooperation on intellectual property rights and innovation in the Caribbean
Representatives of CARIFORUM States and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) met in Belize, 17-19 March, for the launch of the second phase of an initiative to strengthen regional collaboration on innovation and intellectual property rights. Phase II of the EU‑funded CARIFORUM Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation (CarIPI II) Project was launched at the start of the three‑day regional…
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CARICOM Welcomes Historic UN Resolution Recognising African Enslavement as Humanity’s Gravest Crime
“In the CARICOM Reparations Commission, we are of the view that reparatory justice is part of our development conversation.”CARICOM Reparations Commission Chair, Sir Hilary Beckles The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has applauded the recent adoption of a United Nations resolution that formally recognises the trafficking and racialised chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity. CRC Chair, Sir…
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CARICOM Reparations Commission | Media Conference | UN Resolution designating the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity | 7 April 2026
Following the historic adoption by the UN General Assembly of the Resolution designating the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans as the Gravest Crime against Humanity on 25 March 2026, the CARICOM Reparations Commission will host a media conference. The Resolution declares transatlantic trafficking and chattel enslavement as humanity’s gravest crime due to scale, duration, brutality and lasting consequences. It calls for…
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Secretary-General Barnett Urges Collaboration and Innovation to Harness Caribbean’s Energy Potential
“Energy unlocks development, but investment unlocks energy.”Dr Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General On 31 March Dr Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, opened her keynote at Caribbean Energy Week (CEW) 2026 in Paramaribo by offering heartfelt condolences on the passing of former Suriname President Chandrikapersad Santokhi, recalling his leadership during CARICOM’s pivotal meetings in 2022. Highlighting the CEW 2026 theme “Leveraging Energy Diversity…
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CARICOM Secretary-General to deliver remarks at Caribbean Energy Week 2026, Suriname
CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett will join heads of government, ministers with responsibility for energy and the environment, and industry leaders for Caribbean Energy Week 2026 in Paramaribo, Suriname, 30 March -1 April. Dr Barnett will deliver remarks during the first day of the forum. According to the organisers of Caribbean Energy Week 2026 “by bringing together hydrocarbons, power renewables,…
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CARICOM Joins the World for Earth Hour 2026
At 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, 28 March, the Caribbean will join millions across the globe in dimming our lights for Earth Hour. As the night sky grows darker, our collective spirit shines brighter, reminding us that unity can spark real change. The CARICOM Secretariat’s Energy Programme Unit captures the essence of this moment perfectly: “Earth Hour is more than a…
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CARICOM Reparations Commission Chair applauds adoption of UN Resolution recognising Slavery as the Greatest Crime against Humanity
Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has described the adoption by the 80th UN General Assembly of the Resolution designating the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity, as a “historic, landmark decision.” Championed by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of Ghana, who leads on reparatory justice in the African Union,…
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CARICOM Welcomes Adoption of UN Resolution on Slavery and Transatlantic Trafficking of Enslaved Africans
The Caribbean Community welcomes the adoption of the historic United Nations resolution: “Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialised Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity”, by the UN General Assembly on 25 March 2026. All CARICOM Member States voted in favour of the Ghana-led Resolution. The Resolution declares transatlantic trafficking and chattel enslavement as…
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Message | CARICOM Reparations Commission | International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade | 25 March 2026
On the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, the CARICOM Reparations Commission pays tribute to the 15 million African men, women, and children who endured the horrors of chattel enslavement for over three hundred years in the Americas. We remember the untold suffering caused by the trauma of the Middle Passage, the…
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