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STATEMENT BY THE EMINENT PERSONS GROUP – Following the visit to Haiti, 11-16 August 2024
In response to an invitation from the President of the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) and calls from stakeholders, the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) made an in-person visit to Haiti on 11-16 August 2024 as a follow-up to previous virtual meetings with the Presidential Council, the Prime Minister and the nominating sector leaders. The EPG felt it was necessary to…
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STATEMENT – Eminent Persons Group Following Third Facilitation Visit to Haiti
Haiti continues to hurt. The cycle of depredations and violence of the armed gangs continues, expanding to new areas and adding to the already high number of victims. The political actors, fully aware of this dire reality, continue their zero-sum approach to the efforts to reach an agreement that would bring an end to the protracted political deadlock, opening the…
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Statement by the Eminent Persons Group on its September Visit to Haiti
The Eminent Persons Group (EPG), comprising former Prime Ministers Dr Kenny D. Anthony of Saint Lucia, Bruce Golding of Jamaica and Perry Christie of The Bahamas, was encouraged by the positive steps made in previous meetings with the Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica in June and in Haiti in July and by the outcome of informal discussions among the stakeholders which…
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Statement from the Meeting of the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group with Haitian Stakeholders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12-15 July 2023
The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) visited Haiti on 12-15 July 2023, as agreed at the end of the meeting of Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica on 11-13 June 2023, to continue its facilitation of inter-Haitian dialogue by building on the outcome of the Jamaica meeting. Emphasis was placed on the major proposals tabled in Jamaica. These included the commitments made…
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Statement from the Meeting of the CARICOM Eminent Persons Group with Haitian Stakeholders in Kingston, Jamaica
A wide cross-section of Haitian stakeholders, a microcosm of Haitian society, met in Kingston, Jamaica, at the invitation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on 11-13 June 2023. Stakeholders welcomed the inclusive nature of the meeting. The meeting sought to facilitate inclusive dialogue among Haitian stakeholders in an effort to find a solution to the protracted multi-dimensional crisis in which the…
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Remarks by Dr Carla N Barnett, Secretary-General, CARICOM, at the Meeting between the Eminent Persons Group and Haitian Stakeholders, Kingston, Jamaica, 11 June 2023
The Rt Hon Philip Davis, Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, and Prime Minister of The BahamasThe Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister, Jamaica, and Host of our MeetingMembers of the Eminent Persons Group – Former Prime Ministers Perry Christie, Kenny Anthony and Bruce GoldingPrime Minister of Haiti, Ariel HenriRepresentatives from CARICOM’s International PartnersHaitian StakeholdersMembers of…
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