Press Releases

December 28, 2023
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CARICOM Congratulates Haiti on Independence Anniversary

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated Haiti on its Two Hundred and Twentieth Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on 1 January 2024.Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett sent the following congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of Haiti, H.E. Dr Ariel Henry: Honourable Prime Minister, the Caribbean Community congratulates the Republic of Haiti on the occasion of the Two Hundred and Twentieth…
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December 15, 2023
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CARICOM Directors Of Culture Committed to Building A Resilient Culture Sector Post-Pandemic

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 15 December 2023) – Building a resilient culture sector in the Region was the focus of the Thirtieth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC), convened virtually from 12-13 December 2023. Participants included permanent secretaries and directors of culture from 13 Member States and Associate Members, representatives of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),…
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December 8, 2023
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CARICOM Eminent Persons Group Returns To Haiti

The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group has returned to Haiti to facilitate negotiations on a Framework Agreement intended to provide a transitional governance arrangement to take the troubled country to free and fair elections. After more than five months of consultations with the Eminent Persons Group, a wide cross section of Haitian Stakeholders today [8 December 2023] began negotiations on the…
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December 6, 2023
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Sixteen Survivors Of Gender-Based Violence To Receive CARICOM Grant Awards

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 6 December 2023) – Sixteen (16) women who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) will receive grant awards with the support of the CARICOM Secretariat, the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP) and the Spotlight Initiative. The project, titled “Upskilling GBV Survivors with Economic Empowerment and Personal Development Skills as A Means of Ensuring That These…
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November 21, 2023
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Opening Remarks by Dr. Armstrong Alexis, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, on the Third Regional Workshop on the CARICOM Core SDGs Indicators

CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis, on Monday, 20 November 2023, made remarks at the opening of the Third Regional Workshop on the CARICOM Core Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicators in Trinidad And Tobago. Please read his remarks below: Representatives from CARICOM Member States, Associate Members, Partners, Staff of the Central Statistical Office, Trinidad and Tobago, Ladies and Gentlemen. It…
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November 20, 2023
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CARICOM Gender Equality Strategy Aims To Fulfil Vision Of Protection And Economic Empowerment Of Women, Equitable Access To Education And Healthcare For All

Monday, 20 November 2023 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown): Ministers responsible for gender affairs and equality from CARICOM Member States and Associate Members are currently reviewing the draft CARICOM Gender Equality Strategy, “Stepping It Up: A Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality in the Caribbean Community”, during the Forty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) – Gender. The Meeting,…
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November 17, 2023
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Joint Statement, Saudi Arabia-CARICOM Summit, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

At the kind invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, King of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Leadership of Saudi Arabia and the Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Riyadh, on 16 November 2023 for the inaugural Saudi Arabia-CARICOM Summit. The Summit was co-chaired by His Royal Highness Prince…
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November 14, 2023
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CARICOM Ministerial Statement on the Global Stocktake (GST) Ahead of COP 28

The Ministers of Environment and Sustainable Development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcome the First Global Stocktake, as a vital opportunity for a universal push this decade to keep global warming below 1.5°C. There is mounting irrefutable evidence that the world is in uncharted territory and that there is but a narrowing window of opportunity to secure a livable planet…
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November 14, 2023
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Remarks By Dr. Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the Opening Ceremony of the Accra Reparations Conference, 14 November 2023

Excellencies; Distinguished Participants and Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to join the Accra Reparations Conference and bring warm and fraternal greetings from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), through this message. This is an important gathering of policymakers, reparations advocates, experts and civil society activists from Africa, CARICOM and the wider African diaspora to advance the agenda for reparatory justice.…
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October 25, 2023
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CARICOM Secretariat Moves to Improve Civil Society Engagement

CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has hosted the first in a series of discussions with the leadership of Regional civil society stakeholders, as the Secretariat seeks to review its process for the engagement of the social partners. Addressing the senior management teams of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) and the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), Dr Barnett explained that…
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