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Commonwealth Leaders issue statement on Climate Action
In the current global effort to address climate change under the Convention, Commonwealth member states have submitted, as of 28 November 2015, 50 Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), whose mitigation components cover 17% of global emissions of greenhouse gases. From Commonwealth Leaders Statement on Climate Action. Read full Statement From right: Dominica’s President H.E. Charles Savarin, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime…
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CARICOM congratulates new Commonwealth SG
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland on her election as Commonwealth Secretary-General. Baroness Scotland’s election came on the opening day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta, Friday. Read the full congratulatory message: CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulates Baroness Patricia Scotland on her election as…
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CARICOM will advocate strongly for special consideration for SIDS – CARICOM Chairman
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon Freundel Stuart, said the Conference of Parties negotiations in Paris, France, will see the Community advocating strongly for special consideration for Small Island Developing States. … we will advocate strongly for special consideration to be given to the unique circumstances of SIDS and reaffirm the need for Caribbean countries to…
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CARICOM Heads in Malta for Commonwealth Summit
A number of CARICOM Heads of Government have joined their counterparts from across the Commonwealth for the two-day Summit of Commonwealth leaders which opened in Malta this morning. Commonwealth Heads of Government Meetings, bring together 53 Commonwealth nations, (mainly former British colonies) every two years. This meeting will focus heavily on climate change and security issues. The leaders will also…
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Hurricane Joaquin’s impact shows ‘climate change is real’ – PM Christie tells Commonwealth Business Forum
The Hon. Perry Christie, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, said Wednesday that the damage his country suffered during the passage of Hurricane Joaquin showed that climate change was real. The Prime Minister, who is also The Bahamas’s Minister of Finance made the assertion in his address to the Commonwealth Business Forum in st. Julian’s, Malta. The Business Forum is one…
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Caribbean open to business – CARICOM Chair tells Commonwealth Business Council
he Caribbean is open to business! That was Prime Minister Freundel Stuart’s clear message today in Malta, as he addressed a Commonwealth Business Forum which focused on investment in the Caribbean. He was joined by the Prime Ministers of St. Kitts and Nevis, Timothy Harris; and Trinidad and Tobago, Keith Rowley. Mr. Stuart told his audience that CARICOM states offered a wide…
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Commonwealth Declaration can demonstrate that Guyana is not alone – President David Granger
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – (November 25, 2015) President David Granger, this morning departed for the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be held in Malta from November 27-29, 2015. With the President set to once again deliver a strong message on the security of small states, particularly in light of the resurgence of Venezuela’s aggression,…
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