Statements by Secretary-General
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CARICOM joins St. Vincent and the Grenadines in celebrating its 43rd Independence Anniversary
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has extended congratulations and best wishes to the government and people of St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the occasion of that country’s forty-third independence anniversary on 27 October. “We join in celebrating St. Vincent and the Grenadines under the most apt theme: “Our Resilience, Our Fortitude, Our People”. All three elements have enabled the…
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Presentation by Dr Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the Thirty-Ninth Session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) (Panel 3: Sectoral Investment Strategies – Drivers of Sustainable Development), Buenos Aires, Argentina (Hybrid), 25 October 2022
Thanks to ECLAC for inviting me to participate in this discussion of key sectors of the global economy, and the policy imperatives that are critical to ensuring that regional economies can and do progress these sectors with the objective of inclusive and sustainable development. As a backdrop, the investment policy environment within CARICOM is characterized the priority of attracting external…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General of CARIFORUM/CARICOM Dr. Carla N. Barnett at the Launch of the Caribbean-EU Partnerships 2021-2027 Bridgetown, Barbados, 11 October, 2022
Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Immigration of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chairman of the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM); Other Honourable Ministers; Ms. Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships of the European Commission; Your Excellency Malgorzata Wasilewska, Head of Delegation, Delegation…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr Carla Barnett at the Launch of the CARICOM Interactive Market Place and Suspension Procedure (CIMSUPRO), 26 September 2022
Your Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Members of the Cabinet of the Government of Suriname; Mr. Gordon Charles, Member of the Executive Committee of the CARICOM Private Sector Organization (CPSO) and Other Representatives of the Private Sector; Ambassador Wayne McCook, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM…
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