Statements by Secretary-General
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett on the occasion of the presentation of Credentials by H.E. Leslia Miller-Brice as Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community, 16 May 2022
Your Excellency Leslia Miller-Brice, Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community; Ambassador Donna Forde, Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations, and other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is with great pleasure that I accept your Letter of Credence as the Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Ambassador, I am always grateful for an opportunity…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett to the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM with the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Vice President of the European Union, Panama, 3 May 2022
His Excellency Joseph Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission; Senator the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize and Chair of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegations of the Caribbean…
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Sir William Arthur Lewis (Virtual) Distinguished Lecture: Sustained Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic – The Lewis Model, presented by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett
Salutations I am deeply honoured to present the Sir W. Arthur Lewis Distinguished lecture this year under the theme “Sustained Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic: The Lewis Model”. In our region and across the world, we are preoccupied with building a post-pandemic economic recovery notwithstanding the persistence of the COVID-19 Pandemic. I recall the great pride I felt as an undergraduate in…
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Opening Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the Second Meeting of the CARICOM Canada Foreign Ministers Group, 1 April 2022
Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada; Senator, the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize, and Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR); Other Ministers and Heads of Delegations of CARICOM Member States; Senior Officials. I am pleased to see this Second Meeting of the CARICOM-Canada Foreign Ministers’…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Andean Community (CAN) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) being held during the Thirty-Seventh Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean
Distinguished Chair;Honourable Ministers;Delegates;Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to deliver remarks at this Meeting of Ministers of Agriculture of the Andean Community (CAN) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which takes place within the framework of the 37th Session of the Food and Agriculture Organization Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean (LARC37). The Conference theme addresses issues which are…
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Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett to the Pioneering Caribbean Women Jurists Awards Ceremony, 8 March 2022
Her Excellency Paula-Mae Weekes, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; Honourable Mr. Justice Adrian Saunders, President of Caribbean Court of Justice; Honourable Mr. Justice Winston Anderson, Chairman of the Pioneering Caribbean Women Jurists Project and Judge of the Caribbean Court of Justice; Other Honourable Justices of the Caribbean Court of…
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CARICOM Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett addresses IWD Session during ECLAC’s Forum on Sustainable Development in San Jose Costa Rica
MESSAGE FROM DR. CARLA N. BARNETT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE SESSION IN COMMERATION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY DURING THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE FORUM OF THE COUNTRIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA 7-9 MARCH 2022 It is a great pleasure and privilege to participate in this panel of…
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