Statements by Secretary-General
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General, 53rd Annual General Assembly of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, 16 August 2022
Dr. Claire Grant, President, Caribbean Broadcasting Union; Ms. Sonia Gill, Secretary General, Caribbean Broadcasting Union; Dr. Tawfik Jelassi, Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; Mr. Kristian Porter, Chief Executive Officer, Public Media Alliance; Distinguished Guests; Representatives of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is truly a pleasure to address this forum comprised…
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CARICOM SG congratulates Jamaica on its Diamond Jubilee
CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett has congratulated Jamaica on its 60th Independence Anniversary, noting the country’s outstanding record of achievement both within the Region and internationally. In her congratulatory message to Prime Minister Andrew Holness, the Secretary-General highlighted Jamaica’s leadership in the important multilateral discourse on financing for development in the era of COVID-19. Read the SG’s full message: “Prime…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the Presentation of Credentials by H.E. Gerhard Doujak, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to CARICOM, 30 May 2022
Your Excellency Gerhard Doujak, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Austria to CARICOM; Mr. Ralf Hemsing, Honorary Consul of Austria to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations, and other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. Good afternoon Your Excellency, I am honoured to accept your Letters of Credence, and to extend congratulations…
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CARICOM Secretary-General Congratulates Guyana on 56th Independence Anniversary
Congratulatory Message by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, to President of Guyana, His Excellency Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, on the Occasion of the Fifty-Sixth Independence Anniversary of Guyana Excellency, On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I extend congratulations to the Government and People of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on the occasion of the country’s Fifty-Sixth Anniversary of Independence…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla N. Barnett Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community at the CARICOM YOUTH IN AGRICULTURE DIALOGUE during the AGRI-INVESTMENT FORUM AND EXPO
Your Excellency Mrs. Arya Ali, First Lady of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; Representatives of Regional and International Organisations; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Young People of the Region. It is always such a pleasure to interact with the youth of the Region, and doubly so in a Forum that is so important to our Community and to our future…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the Opening of the 25th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), 18 May 2022
Honourable E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda, and Chairman of the COFCOR; Senator the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize and Outgoing Chair of the COFCOR; Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community and other Heads of Delegations; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett on the occasion of the accreditation of Her Excellency Jennifer Marchand as Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM
Your Excellency Jennifer Marchand, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM; Your Excellency Candice N. Shade, Acting High Commissioner of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Guyana; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. Ambassador, it gives me great pleasure to accept…
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