Statements and Declarations
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COVID-19STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR OF COHSOD-EDUCATION COVID-19 AND EDUCATION
The COVID 19 Pandemic has been characterised by many as the unseen enemy moving swiftly across the globe. To date, at the international level, it has affected approximately 1.5 billion students with run on impacts for teachers and caregivers. Within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) it has disrupted the education and careers of over five million students and two hundred thousand…
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THE CASTRIES CALL FOR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT AND ACTION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community having met in Castries, Saint Lucia, July 3-5, 2019 on the occasion of the 40th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM; Reaffirming that Human and Social Development has been established as one of the pillars of the Caribbean Community; Recalling the major inter-sectoral programmes undertaken by the…
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DECLARATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE: Securing the future of our people
We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at our Thirty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on 4 – 6 July 2018 in Montego Bay, Jamaica, Recalling the CARICOM Declaration for Climate Action made at the Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community…
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Joint Statement of the Inaugural High-Level Meeting between the Republic of Korea and the Caribbean Community(CARICOM)
The Inaugural High-Level Meeting between the Republic of Korea (Korea) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 27 February 2017. The Republic of Korea was represented by His Excellency Mr. Lim Sung-nam, First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Korea, the CARICOM Secretariat by Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, and CARICOM Member States by Ambassadors,…
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CARICOM Declaration on the International Development Agenda Post 2015
Reaffirming that Human and Social Development has been established as the first pillar of the Caribbean Community. Conscious of the collective actions which have in the past fuelled regional integration, the goal of which is to enhance the well-being of the citizens of our countries. Recalling the major inter-sectoral programmes undertaken by the Ministerial Council for Human and Social Development…
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CARICOM Declaration For Climate Action
We, the Heads of State and Government of CARICOM Member States, at our Thirty-Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados , from 2-4 July, 2015, Recognizing that climate change represents an urgent and potentially irreversible threat to human societies and the planet and thus requires to be urgently addressed by…
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UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (69th Session) Statement By H.E. I. Rhonda King Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to the United Nations at the Launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent Trusteeship Council Chambers 10th December, 2014 New York
Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the fourteen member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I wish to express our heartfelt satisfaction at this afternoon’s launch of the International Decade for People of African Descent under the theme “People of African Descent: Recognition, Justice and Development”. We cannot underscore enough the significance of placing today’s launch…
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Preliminary Statement, (Commonwealth of Dominica General Elections)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A five member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) comprising Observers drawn from Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago was stationed in Dominica on the invitation of the Government of Dominica to observe that country’s General Elections held on Monday, 8 December 2014. The objective of the Mission was to monitor the…
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Caribbean HIV/AIDS Partnership Named Global Best Practice By CARICOM and UNAIDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Monday, 13 December 2004 is a significant day for the Caribbean region in its fight against HIV/AIDS. On this day, the joint CARICOM/UNAIDS Secretariat publication: Common Goals, Shared Responses: A Case Study on the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS – PANCAP will be launched at the Half Moon Hotel, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. This launch signals the…
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