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Address by Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett at the 14th Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)
Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize, and Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR); Honourable Ministers and Other Representatives of Member States; Excellencies; Colleagues. It is with great pleasure that I join you at this Fourteenth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations, being held virtually in…
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Statement from Bureau Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Session on Friday 27 August 2021 to discuss the political and humanitarian situation in Haiti. The meeting was presided over by the Chair of Conference the Honourable Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and included the other two members of the Bureau: Belize, represented…
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CARICOM to mount Election Observation Mission to Saint Lucia
At the invitation of the Government of Saint Lucia, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be fielding a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to monitor the General Elections which will be held in that country on Monday, 26 July 2021. The ten-member Mission will be headed by Ms. Fern Narcis-Scope, Chief Elections Officer of Trinidad and Tobago. The CARICOM Election Observation Mission proposes…
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Virtual CARICOM Day – CARICOM Caucus London
The CARICOM Heads of Mission in London present A Virtual CARICOM Day Celebration 2021 under the theme, ‘One Caribbean, One Voice’. Video Produced by: Richard Etienne
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Happy CARICOM Day 2021
CARICOM came into being on 4 July 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas by Prime Ministers Errol Barrow for Barbados, Forbes Burnham for Guyana, Michael Manley for Jamaica and Eric Williams for Trinidad and Tobago. The Treaty was later revised in 2002 to allow for the eventual establishment of a single market and a single economy. Read more:…
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CARICOM Day 2021: The children have their say
Deputy- Secretary-General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan brought together a group on children to chat about CARICOM on the eve of CARICOM Day 2021. The video recording was done in Guyana and the children involved were; Gabriella Bovell, Leah Krishnaram, Carlaysia Welch, Tejaun Taylor, Savannah Bovell, and Tevaun Taylor. See video:
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Address by new Ambassador of Belgium to CARICOM, 23 June 2021
ADDRESS BY HUGO VERBIST ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM TO CARICOM Your Excellency, I am very honored to stand here today, although virtually, to present my letter of introduction by Minister Wilmès as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Caribbean Community. I would also like to…
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SG’s Remarks at Accreditation of new Belgian Ambassador to CARICOM
Remarks BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL of The CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on THE OCCASION of THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY His Excellency HUGO VERBIST Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the KINGDOM OF BELGIUM TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY Via videoconference Wednesday, 23 JUNE 2021 Your Excellency Hugo Verbist, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of Belgium to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Mr.…
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CARICOM and CITES Secretariats join forces in support of Caribbean Parties’ efforts to improve wildlife trade controls
On June 15, the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) held a workshop on eCITES permit management in support of the implementation of the Convention in the Caribbean region. The workshop aimed to raise awareness of the potential benefits of automated permitting…
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