Dr. Carla Barnett
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January 16, 2025397
‘Our gains so far should serve as a source of confidence’ – CARICOM SG at 54th Community Council Meeting
Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, addressed the opening of the 54th Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers on Thursday, 16 January 2025. Please read the Secretary-General’s remarks below: Honourable Kerrie D. Symmonds, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, Other Honourable Ministers and Other Heads of Delegation; Members of the Executive Management Committee and Other Staff…
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November 27, 2024534
‘Adopt realistic, practical decisions’ – CARICOM Secretary-General urges Trade Ministers
CARICOM Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett has called on the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to adopt realistic and practical decisions that everyone in the Community can rely on. Dr. Barnett made the call at the opening of the Fifty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the COTED on Wednesday 27 November 2024, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, where she also urged…
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November 27, 2024470
Remarks by Dr. Carla N. Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, | Opening, Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development| Georgetown, Guyana| 27 November 2024
‘As this COTED deliberates, we are reminded that the framers of the Revised Treaty sought to be careful to strike the right balance between the common interests of the Community and the interests of Member States within our Community of sovereign states. They did not intend to promote winners and losers; rather, the objective is a Community that supports enhanced…
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November 21, 2024362
CARICOM Secretary-General participates in Ivan Plus 20 Dialogue
Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, participated in the Ivan Plus 20 Dialogue that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event took place on Friday 15 November, in the margins of the Twenty-Ninth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 29). The Dialogue focused on shaping a resilient Caribbean by 2044. Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM…
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November 21, 2024341
Highlights from the Opening Ceremony of the Second CARICOM-India Summit | 20 November 2024 | Georgetown, Guyana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Thirteen CARICOM countries met India’s Prime Minister, the Hon. Narendra Modi in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 20 November 2024, in an historic Summit, the first stand-alone Meeting between the Heads of Government of the two sides in a CARICOM Member State. In the discussions, CARICOM and India agreed to strengthen economic and commercial…
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November 20, 2024428
Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM)| Second CARICOM-India Summit| Georgetown, Guyana| 20 November 2024
“CARICOM and India share a longstanding history and deep-rooted partnership, through diplomatic relations forged at the bilateral level and further consolidated between CARICOM and India for over three decades. This longstanding friendship has been marked by several high-level political interactions, including the Inaugural CARICOM-India Summit in 2019 and a robust framework of technical cooperation. CARICOM and India also share fundamental…
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November 15, 20241,359
Second CARICOM-India Summit set for Guyana | 20 November 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 15 November 2024) An historic meeting of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of India is set for Wednesday 20 November 2024 in Georgetown, Guyana. The Second CARICOM-India Summit is expected to further solidify bilateral cooperation between CARICOM and India in energy and infrastructure, agriculture…
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November 15, 2024384
CARICOM Secretary-General engages with key figures in the margins of COP 29
CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett, over the past week, held discussions with key figures in the margins of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), in Baku, Azerbaijan. The two-week Conference of the Parties opened on 11 November. On Thursday 14 November, the Secretary-General met Dr. Mohammed…
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November 14, 2024364
‘COP 29 must deliver’ – CARICOM Secretary-General
COP29 must deliver a climate finance goal that is credible and consequential for achieving the 1.5℃ goal, Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, said on Wednesday. The Secretary-General made the call at a Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate Change at the COP29 (Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…
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November 14, 2024312
CARICOM shaping policy guidance on AI’s role in sustainability, climate action –Secretary-General Barnett tells COP29 Leaders’ Summit
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been developing an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for Development Policy and Programme that includes creating regional AI policy guidance to consider its role in sustainability and climate action. Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, spoke of the AI policy thrust on Wednesday, 13 November, during a Leaders’ Summit of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) on Climate…
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