Statements and Declarations
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on Access to COVID-19 Vaccines
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is dissatisfied and deeply concerned about the inequitable access to vaccines for Small Developing States like those of the Community. CARICOM calls for equitable access to vaccines in order to curb the impact of the pandemic, to protect our citizens and bolster the economy. As the virus does not discriminate, access to vaccines should not be…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on Commission of Inquiry in the British Virgin Islands
Heads of Government received a letter from the Premier of the British Virgin Islands which apprised of the announcement on 18 January 2021 of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) “to establish whether there is evidence of corruption and abuse of office or other serious dishonesty” in the British Virgin Islands. The COI was ordered by the then sitting Governor. Heads…
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Statement by the Caribbean Community on Haiti
Heads of Government expressed their deep concern over the deteriorating political situation and the deepening public anxiety over citizen security in Haiti. They took note of the Report of the United Nations Secretary General of 11 February 2021 and of the comments therein on the political and governance issues. Heads of Government underlined the importance of respect for the rule…
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Remarks by the Chairman of CARICOM at the Opening of the Thirty-Second Inter-Sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government
· Dr. the Hon. 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 Caribbean Community; · Other Heads of Delegation; · Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM; · Representatives of Regional and International Institutions; · Representatives of the Private Sector, Labour…
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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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