Statements and Declarations
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Remarks by the Outgoing Chairman – Thirty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government
Remarks by Dr Ralph E Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) My dear friend Keith’s and Secretary-General and colleagues. I want to begin first by adopting every single word that the Secretary General has just spoken and to call those words my own. Therefore, I don’t want to retrace…
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Secretary-General’s Remarks – Thirty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government
Dr. the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Out-going Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government of the…
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Preliminary Statement – CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to Turks and Caicos Islands
PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CARICOM ELECTIONS OBSERVATION MISSION TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, 19 FEBRUARY 2021 Pursuant to the request made on the 31 January 2021 by the Office of the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands for a CARICOM Elections Observation Mission (CEOM) to be deployed to observe and monitor the conduct of…
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SG’s Remarks – Inaugural Meeting of CARICOM-Canada Foreign Ministers’ Group
REMARKS BY the SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE CARICOM-CANADA FOREIGN MINISTERS’ GROUP Via videoconference 19 FEBRUARY 2021 Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada; Honourable Eamon Courtenay Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize; Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of…
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SG’s Remarks – Accreditation of H.E. Mark Berman as Canada’s Ambassador to CARICOM
Remarks BY Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, SECRETARY-GENERAL of The CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) on THE occasion of THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MARK BERMAN, PLENPOTENTIARY REPRESENTIVE OF CANADA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY GEORGETOWN, GUYANA Wednesday, 17 February 2021 Your Excellency Mark Berman, Plenipotentiary Representative of Canada to CARICOM; Ms. Jessica Teasdale, First Secretary (Development), Canadian High Commission; Ms. Janine Cocker,…
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Remarks by HE Raphael Varga – Accreditation Ceremony, Ambassador of the Netherlands to CARICOM
CARICOM Letter of Credence 17th of February 2021 His Excellency Raphaël Varga, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to CARICOM Your Excellency Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). It is a great honour for me to present my credentials as Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of The Netherlands to CARICOM, signed…
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SG’s Remarks – Accreditation of Ambassador of The Netherlands
Remarks BY Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, SECRETARY-GENERAL of The CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) on THE occasion of THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SáNDOR MARNIX RAPHAËL VARGA VAN KIBéD EN MAKFALVA, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 17 February 2021 Your Excellency Raphaël Varga, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands…
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Arrival Statement: CARICOM Elections Observation Mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands
Pursuant to the request made on the 31 January 2021 by the Office of the Governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands for a CARICOM Elections Observation Mission (CEOM) to be deployed to observe and monitor the conduct of the General Elections scheduled to take place in the Turks and Caicos Islands on 19 February 2021, a three-member CEOM was…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on the Situation in Haiti
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to monitor very closely, and views with deep concern, developments in Haiti. The Community urges all stakeholders to be guided by the Constitution, respect for the rule of law and the electoral process and in that regard is heartened by the fact that an electoral timetable has been set. The Community is also deeply anguished…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on Detention of Guyanese Fishing Vessels and Crew
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expresses grave concern at the escalation of tensions between Guyana and Venezuela caused by the interception and detention in Guyana’s Exclusive Economic Zone of two Guyanese fishing vessels by a Venezuelan naval vessel on January 21, 2021. Recalling its statement of January 12, 2021 in which it had firmly repudiated any acts of aggression by Venezuela…
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