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CARICOM’s strategic relationships critical in changing global environment: SG
The critical importance of CARICOM maintaining traditional relationships and building new ones was underscored by Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque as he addressed CARICOM Foreign Ministers who are gathered in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the 19th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). In a rapidly changing global environment, the need was critical for CARICOM to…
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Caribbean foreign ministers discussing Cuba, EU, other issues in St Vincent
KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, Monday May 9, 2016 – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers have convened in St Vincent for the 19th meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), amid the unfolding of a number of major geopolitical issues. According to the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat, the two-day meeting will provide the ministers with the opportunity for a periodic…
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CARICOM Foreign Ministers to discuss implications of major global issues
The Region’s Foreign Ministers gather in St. Vincent and the Grenadines this morning for the Nineteenth Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). The two-day meeting will, among other things, examine the implications for the Caribbean Community of several emerging issues including the reshaping of the United States relations with Cuba and the pending British referendum on…
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Opening Remarks By Secretary-General, Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin Larocque At The Forty-first Meeting Of The Council For Trade And Economic Development (COTED) Guyana Pegasus Hotel 12 November 2015
I welcome you all to this Forty-First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I am sure you will join me in extending a special welcome to the Her Excellency Sieglien Burleson, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname and the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago. Minister Burleson, immediately as…
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Guyana/Venezuela Controversy
he Caribbean Community (CARICOM) maintains its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Guyana. Guyana’s border controversy with its western neighbour Venezuela relates to more than a century-old dispute which arose as a result of Venezuela’s contention that the Arbitral Award of 1899 was null and void. The 1899 Award had definitely settled the boundary between the two countries. (See infographic of timeline)…
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CARICOM Foreign Ministers reaffirm support for Guyana’s territorial integrity
CARICOM Foreign Ministers have welcomed Venezuela’s decision to receive a United Nations Technical team which will provide recommendations to the UN Secretary-General on the way forward to a full and final solution to the Guyana/Venezuela territorial controversy. Guyana’s Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Carl Greenidge briefed the Council for Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CORFOR) on the…
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Celebrating four decades of progress and prosperity
For 40 years, Regional integration has been driven by the central aims of improving economic and social wellbeing for all. While the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can look back with pride at the progress it has made since them, it is time to increase the pace towards greater prosperity Athe start of the 1970s, in the early days of the Region’s independence from European…
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The Bahamas signs on to major Agreements
The Bahamas used the occasion of the just-ended 18th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) to sign Instruments of Accession to three agreements. Bahamian Minister of Foreign Affairs Hon. Fred Mitchell signed on to the: Agreement Establishing the CARICOM Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS); Memorandum of Understanding for the Sharing of Intelligence among Member States of the…
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Communiqué Issued at The Conclusion Of The Eighteenth Meeting Of The Council For Foreign And Community Relations (COFCOR), 21-22 May 2015 Castries, Saint Lucia
The Eighteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Castries, Saint Lucia, on 21-22 May 2015, under the chairmanship of the Honourable Alva Baptiste, Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia. The COFCOR was attended by the Hon. H. Charles Fernandez, Minister of…
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Communiqué Issued at The Conclusion of The Seventeenth Meeting of The Council for Foreign And Community Relations (COFCOR), 20-21 May 2014 Georgetown, Guyana
The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Georgetown, Guyana, on 20-21 May 2014, under the chairmanship of the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana. The Council Meeting was attended by Senator the Hon. Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign…
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