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  • Photo of Remarks  by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett at the Forty-Ninth meeting of the Community Council of Ministers

    Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett at the Forty-Ninth meeting of the Community Council of Ministers

    Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration of Belize, and Chair of the Community Council; Other Honourable Ministers and other Heads of Delegation; Deputy Secretary-General, other Members of EMC and Staff of the Secretariat; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this Forty-Ninth Meeting of the Community Council…

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  • Photo of Community Council Meets in Guyana

    Community Council Meets in Guyana

    The Fortieth Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers is taking place at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, today Monday 29 May 2017, with preparations for the upcoming 38th Regular Meeting of Heads of Government among matters listed for the Ministers’ attention. The 38th Meeting of Heads of Government is scheduled for Grenada on 4 – 6 July 2017, and…

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  • Photo of CARICOM reform moving apace: SG

    CARICOM reform moving apace: SG

    The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is proceeding apace with implementing the Community Strategic Plan 2015-2019, including the preparation of a Strategic Business Plan for the Secretariat, guided by the recently established Change Management Office. This assurance was given to the Community Council of Ministers by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General on Friday as he addressed the opening of the 37th…

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  • Photo of Challenges need resolute collective action – Minister Elrington

    Challenges need resolute collective action – Minister Elrington

    Hon. Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers of CARICOM, addressing the 37th Meeting of the Council, Georgetown Guyana, 15 January 2016 – VIDEO “Our endeavors will demand perspicacity and resolution from all of us in leadership positions, given the very daunting challenges which now confront our world.  Challenges which can…

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  • Photo of Trinidad and Tobago signs important protocol

    Trinidad and Tobago signs important protocol

    “Trinidad and Tobago on Friday signed the Protocol to Amend Article 83 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. This important Protocol clarifies the flexibility afforded to COTED (Council for Trade and Economic Development) in its administration of the Common External Tariff, which is a fundamental element of the CARICOM…

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  • Photo of Community Council gets update on developments related to prorogation of Guyana’s Parliament

    Community Council gets update on developments related to prorogation of Guyana’s Parliament

    The Community Council received an update from the Foreign Minister of Guyana regarding developments in relation to the prorogation of the Parliament of Guyana.  Ministers recalled that the Government of Guyana had formally advised the Caribbean Community regarding the prorogation and the reason for this course of action. In her update, the Foreign Minister advised of the imminent announcement of…

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  • Community Council condemns acts of terrorism in Nigeria

    Recalling the statement of the COFCOR condemning acts of terrorism in Nigeria, the  Community Council of Ministers expresses strong condemnation of the continuing brutal massacre of thousands of innocent civilians in Nigeria by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The Council appeals to the international community to display greater urgency in addressing the continuing slaughter by these terrorists in Nigeria and…

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  • Community Council Chairman expresses confidence in Community

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Chairman of the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Hon. Frederick Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, The Bahamas, has underscored the crucial need for CARICOM.   “I was asked the question that is heard too often around the region: what do you think will…

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  • Remarks By Ambassador Irwin LaRocque,  Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  AT THE THIRTY-FIFTH Meeting of the COMMUNITY Council OF MINISTERS   16 JANUARY 2015 GEORGETOWN, Guyana

      In welcoming you all to this first Ministerial Meeting for 2015, I wish you a Happy and Productive New Year. In extending that welcome, I do so especially to the Honourable Donville Inniss, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business development of Barbados and the Honourable Francine Baron, Minister of Foreign Affairs and CARICOM Affairs of Dominica…

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