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Regional environmental negotiators in preparations for COP15
Environmental officials from Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic participated recently in a training workshop in Saint Lucia as the Region continues preparations for the Fifteenth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15). Supported by the European Union-funded project for Capacity Building related to Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African,…
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Statement by the Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname, 21 September 2022
At High-Level Meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti with Caribbean Partners Mister Chairman, H.E. Mr. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada;Colleague Heads of Government,Minister Victor Geneus, Minister of Foreign Affairs,H.E. Mr. António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations,Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community,Distinguished Ministers,Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning…
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Remarks by CARICOM Deputy Secretary General Dr Armstrong Alexis to the High Level Closing Ceremony of the Technical Assistance Programme for Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean (TAPSEC) 2017 – 2022
It is a huge pleasure for me to be participating in this closing event for the Technical Assistnce Programme for Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean (TAPSEC). The discussions this morning eloquently projected the successes of the intervention, and on behalf of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, I take this opportunity to congratulate GIZ, the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and…
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STATEMENT FROM CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) HON JOHN BRICEÑO, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE ON CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY’S CANDIDATES FOR COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY-GENERAL
An election for the post of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth will take place during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which takes place 20-25 June 2022, in Kigali, Rwanda. The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community maintains that it is still the turn of the Caribbean to provide a candidate for the position. In that regard, two…
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Foreign Ministers meet to tackle packed agenda
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers meet on Wednesday 18 May to tackle a packed agenda, with climate change, financing for development and CARICOM relations with its traditional partners among matters prioritised for discussion. This hybrid Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will be chaired by Hon E.P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration, and…
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Remarks by HE Leslia Miller-Brice on the occasion of the presentation of her Letters of Accreditation as Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), 16 May 2022
Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Other Distinguished Guests and Officials, Brothers and Sisters of the Caribbean Community, Good afternoon. It is a pleasure to stand before you as the newly-appointed Bahamas Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. I am honoured to have been asked by the…
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Regional media workers to be sensitized on the Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is sensitizing regional media workers during a webinar, Tuesday 26 April 2022, on the Free Movement of CARICOM Nationals within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The online session is slated to start at 10 am and is a collaboration with the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU) and the Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM).…
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Keynote Address by CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Dr Armstrong Alexis at the Launch of the Creative Caribbean project, 21 April 2022
❖ Honourable Ministers with responsibility for Culture ❖ Dr. Norbert Richard Ibrahim, Assistant Secretary-General, Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States ❖ Mr. Frderik Ekfeldt, Deputy Head of Mission, Delegation of the European Union to Jamaica, Belize, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and Cayman Islands ❖ Dr. Saadia Sanchez-Vegas, Director and Representative, UNESCO Cluster Office for the Caribbean; ❖ Ms.…
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CARICOM SG mourns loss of former Premier of Nevis
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett has joined St. Kitts and Nevis in mourning the loss of former Nevis Premier, Special Envoy, His Excellency Vance Amory. Ambassador Amory died on Saturday 2 April in the United Kingdom. “On behalf of the Caribbean Community, I offer sincere condolences to the Amory family and the Government and people of St Kitts and Nevis on…
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Remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Dr Armstrong Alexis to the OECD Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Programme Meeting, 22 March 2022
The Caribbean Community Secretariat welcomes the opportunity to participate in today’s Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Programme (LACRP) Meeting of International Partners, and it is a pleasure to be addressing you today. Dr Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, CARICOM welcomes this conversation as we transition to the third cycle of the Regional Programme. As a Secretariat, we represent 15 independent Member…
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