Press Releases
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OUTCOME DECLARATION OF CARICOM, INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS AND HAITIAN STAKEHOLDERS
Today,[11 March 2024] CARICOM convened Haitian Stakeholders and the following international development partners: Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, United Nations and the United States of America to discuss the multidimensional crisis in Haiti. This meeting followed a series of discussions over a period of time, including those facilitated by the Eminent Persons Group, which engaged a wide range of actors including…
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MESSAGE FROM DR. CARLA N. BARNETT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY8 MARCH 2024
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 8 March 2024: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat joins our Member States and the rest of the world in observing International Women’s Day 2024 under the theme, “Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress”. This year, we celebrate the progress we have made towards gender equality and women’s empowerment in the Region. Our…
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CARICOM, UNDP Officials engage on 2024 Programme of Work
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 8 March 2024: Officials from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) met from 4-6 March at the Community’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, to finalise a joint action plan for their cooperation.The officials fleshed out a 2024 Action Plan to operationalise the CARICOM-UNDP Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)…
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CARICOM Heads of Gov’t to private sector: invest more in agriculture
CARICOM Heads of Government want regional businesses to take advantage of Suriname’s offer of land for agricultural development. This was confirmed in the Communique issued at the end of the Forty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government. “Heads of Government … strongly encouraged the regional private sector to take advantage of the proposal from Suriname, which is making…
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Statement on Haiti
In spite of many, many meetings we have not yet been able to reach any form of consensus between the Government and the respective stakeholders in the Opposition, the private sector, civil society and religious organisations. The situation is complex with many moving parts It is compounded by the absence of key institutions functioning such as the Presidency and Parliament.…
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CARICOM’s food security drive receives USD1.6M boost from New Zealand
The Caribbean Community’s goal to reduce food imported to the Region by 25 percent by 2025, has received a boost from the government of New Zealand to the tune of USD1.6M, targeting women and youth in agriculture. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, and the new Plenipotentiary Representative of New Zealand to CARICOM, Her Excellency Linda Charlotte Te Puni, signed a…
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CARICOM, USAID Partner on Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project
Collaborating to build a resilient cyber future across the Caribbean The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the United States Agency for International Development launched a Cyber Resilience Strategy 2030 Project to enhance cybersecurity capacity across CARICOM States. Against a backdrop of rising cyber threats globally, the CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development, in 2019, unanimously approved the development of…
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Agriculture exhibition on sidelines of 46th Heads of Government Meeting
The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture of Guyana, The University of the West Indies, and other partners, held an agricultural exhibition on the grounds of the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana last week to raise awareness of the Region’s agricultural potential as it makes progress to achieve the goals of the 25 by 25 Initiative. The exhibition…
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CARICOM and Brazil pledge to Deepen Cooperation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) – CARICOM and Brazil have pledged to deepen cooperation as they see immense potential for enhancing mutually beneficial relations. In this regard, they committed to hosting the first meeting of the CARICOM-Brazil Joint Commission in 2024 to rationalise the modalities for deeper collaboration. The benefits of enhanced CARICOM-Brazil relations were underscored at the recent…
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Prime Minister Drew Engages in Bilateral Talks with the Republic of Ghana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Secretary-General Candidate, Honourable Shirley Botchwey
Georgetown, Guyana, February 26, 2024 (Press Secretary, PMOSKN) – Prime Minister, the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, and his delegation engaged with the Honourable Shirley Botchwey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ghana, and the esteemed candidate for Commonwealth Secretary General, alongside other key Ghanaian officials, to deliberate on enhancing diplomatic ties between their nations. The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis…
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