Press Releases
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CARICOM diversifying, widening links in response to global changes – Secretary-General
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is diversifying and widening its foreign policy thrust in response to shifts in balance of powers as well as the dynamic and fluid changes taking place in the global environment. While it was both challenging and necessary, the Community has also acknowledged and responded accordingly to the management of shared problems in an interdependent world, in the formulation…
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CARICOM extends condolences to Guyana on mining tragedy
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended condolences to the Government and people of Guyana following the mining disaster in Konawaruk on Sunday, 17 May, that claimed the lives of at least ten miners. The Community has also wished a speedy and full recovery to miners who were injured. Please see below full text of the message of condolence: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
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Engagements with major emerging world economies among matters for discussion as CARICOM Foreign Ministers meet
The Caribbean Community ( CARICOM’s) engagement with important third countries is among matters on a packed agenda of a Meeting of the Region’s Foreign Ministers in Saint Lucia, 20–22 May, 2015. This Eighteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will also discuss modalities for selection of candidates for international organisations and matters related to the Region’s participation in…
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CARICOM Welcomes Canada’s Approach To WTO On Caribcan
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat welcomes the decision of Canada to seek a new waiver in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the CARIBCAN arrangements. The Secretariat looks forward to its early approval which will ensure that existing CARICOM trade with Canada will continue without disruption. The Secretariat will be convening a Special Meeting…
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CARICOM to mount Observer Mission for the Suriname general elections
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will mount a CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission to monitor the general elections to be held in Suriname on Monday 25 May, 2015. The Mission will be headed by Mr. Ian Browne, the Deputy Chief Elections Officer in Barbados. Mr. Browne has served as a member of several CARICOM Election Observer Missions including the one mounted for the June…
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CARICOM Secretariat’s involvement in biodiversity in Region timely
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat’s expansion of its involvement in biodiversity in the Region is timely as it coincides with work being undertaken to establish a post-2015 sustainable development agenda in which biodiversity conservation and restoration are featured prominently. “We must now work to ensure that the contribution that biodiversity can make is adequately recognized and strengthened, including at the Regional and national…
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CARICOM SG Congratulates President Granger
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is anticipating “the fresh ideas and views” that newly elected President of Guyana, His Excellency David Granger “will bring to assist in advancing the interests of the Community and its people.” In a letter to President Granger congratulating him and the coalition of A Partnership…
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CARICOM Chairman congratulates new Guyana President and his coalition of parties
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM extends heartiest congratulations to you President Granger, on your election to the Presidency of Guyana. The Community also extends congratulations to the coalition of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) + Alliance for Change (AFC) on its victory at the polls. CARICOM praises the people of Guyana for the…
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Prime Minister Harris to champion ending AIDS in Caribbean by 2030
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. the Hon. Timothy Harris, has assumed the role as Chair of the 14-year-old Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). Prime Minister Harris is the Lead Head for Human Resources, Health and HIV in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Quasi Cabinet. The Prime Minister and…
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CARICOM accredits new Mexican envoy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Mexican States on Wednesday solidified diplomatic relations with the accreditation of His Excellency, Ivan Roberto Sierra-Medel, at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. In accepting the new envoy’s credentials, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, reflected on the longstanding relationship between CARICOM and Mexico which has…
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