Statements by Secretary-General
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Remarks by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett at the Opening Ceremony of the 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 7 October 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – I am very pleased to be here at the Opening Ceremony of the Eighteenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA). As one of our flagship events, the Caribbean Week of Agriculture is critical to increasing awareness of agriculture, food and nutrition security in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and promoting investment in the Region’s food…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community at the Third Interactive Session of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Headquarters, New York, 25 September 2024
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Mr President,Excellencies,Distinguished delegates,Ladies and gentlemen. The Caribbean Community last year celebrated 50 years of our integration grouping. Our founding Heads of Government were acutely aware of the immense challenges that newly independent post-colonial small states would have in their development journey and even at that time provided for collaboration to protect…
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Message from Dr Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General |Caribbean Wellness Day 2024
Caribbean Wellness Day 2024 is being observed on Saturday, 14 September, under the 2020-2024 theme, ‘Power through Collective Action’, and the 2024 sub-theme ‘Good Health is our Right!’ The observation of this day has its roots in the Port of Spain Declaration on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) of 2007, which expressed the commitment of CARICOM Member States to ensure the good…
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Remarks by Dr Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General | Flag Raising Ceremony – Africa CARICOM Day 2024 | Barbados
Honourable Kerrie Symmonds, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados; His Excellency David Comissiong, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Barbados to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Mr. Okechukwu Ihejirika, Acting Chief Operating Officer, Caribbean Office, Afreximbank; Ms. Ashley Lashley, CARICOM Youth Ambassador; Distinguished Guests; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to join…
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Keynote address by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett at the opening of the 55th Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Placencia Belize, 12 August 2024
Salutations Honourable John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize; Honourable Ministers and members of the National Assembly; Dr. Claire Grant, President, and Other Executives and Members of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union; Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to address you all for the convening of this Annual General Assembly and related activities. As a proud Belizean, I…
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CARICOM SG lauds Jamaica as a leading voice in international affairs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) – As Jamaica prepares to celebrate its Sixty-Second Anniversary of Independence on Tuesday, August 6, 2024, CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett stated that the country continues to be a leading voice in international affairs, setting a standard of excellence in sports, music, and the arts and inspiring millions around the world. In a message congratulating…
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Keynote Message by Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the Thanksgiving Service to mark St Kitts and Nevis’ commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of CARICOM, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, 25 July 2024
Her Excellency Dame Marcella A. Liburd, Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis; Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Mrs. Drew; Honourable Ministers; Dr. Shawn K. Richards, Member of His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis; His Excellency Larry Vaughn, Plenipotentiary Representative of St. Kitts and Nevis to the Caribbean Community…
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Remarks by Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the Unveiling of the CARICOM Roundabout, Sunday 28 July 2024, St. George’s Grenada
Honourable Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community; Honourable Ministers; Other Heads of Delegation; Representatives of the Media; Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. This ceremony to rename this roundabout to the CARICOM Roundabout is part of a series…
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CARICOM congratulates The Bahamas on 51st Anniversary
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. Carla Barnett has lauded The Bahamas as “an example of remarkable socio-economic development within the Region,” as the Member State marks its Fifty-First Anniversary of Independence on 10 July 2024. In a message conveying the Community’s congratulations to Prime Minister Philip Davis of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Dr. Barnett commended the…
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CARICOM SG sends congratulations to Britain’s Labour Party
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett has congratulated the Right Honourable Sir Keir Starmer and Britain’s Labour Party on the landslide victory at the polls last week. In a message to the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dr Barnett said the Labour Party’s win…
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