Statements by Secretary-General
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Remarks by Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of the Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Cuba to the Caribbean Community, Georgetown, Guyana, 3 May 2023
Your Excellency Jorge Francisco Soberon Luis, Plenipotentiary Representative Designate of the Republic of Cuba to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; General Council, Ms Lisa Shoman; Excellency, welcome to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is my pleasure and honour to receive your letters of…
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Welcome Remarks by Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of the Opening Ceremony of The Regional Symposium on Crime and Violence as a Public Health Issue, Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago, 17 April 2023
Honourable Philip Davis, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Crime and Security in the CARICOM Quasi-Cabinet; andour host for this Symposium Your Excellencies…
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Message from Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2023
On 8 March 2023, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the rest of the world in celebrating International Women’s Day (IWD), a special observance that was adopted by the United Nations 48 years ago in 1975, during the International Women’s Year. The first International Women’s Day observance occurred well over a century ago with the gathering numbering over a million women…
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Message from CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett on the occasion of the Forty-Fourth Independence Anniversary of Saint Lucia, 22 February 2023
“Honourable Prime Minister, On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I convey heartfelt congratulations to the Government and People of Saint Lucia on the Country’s Forty-Fourth Anniversary of Independence. The Government and People of Saint Lucia can reflect with pride on forty-four years of independence as a nation that have embodied the principles of peace, progress, and stability in a…
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