foreign and community relations
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STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community | Canada’s Support for Development Projects in CARICOM
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the recent announcement by the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development of Canada of $24.1 million in funding to promote social action, empowerment of women, human rights and security in the Region, including in Haiti. This follows his announcement at the 48th Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government held in February in Barbados,…
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CARICOM has a new Permanent Observer to the United Nations
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has a new Permanent Observer to the United Nations (UN). Dr Leslie Wade, a national of St. Kitts and Nevis, presented her credentials to the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on 5 December in New York. The CARICOM Permanent Observer provides representation at all relevant meetings at the UN, and promotes diplomatic interactions for the CARICOM Secretariat.…
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Statement from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Action by Israel to prevent UNRWA from Providing Humanitarian Assistance to Palestinian Refugees
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) expresses grave concern about the vote taken by the Israeli Knesset on Monday 28 October, 2024 to prohibit the humanitarian assistance provided to the people of Palestine by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East . The Israeli action is a violation of International Law and the United…
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Remarks by CARICOM SG | CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year Event | Georgetown, Guyana | 4 November
“Highlighting Past And Future Cooperation of the Caribbean Water Sector to CARICOM“ Honourable Collin Croal, MBA, MP, Minister of Housing and Water of Guyana; Your Excellency Yutaka Matsubara, Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); Ms. Sachiko Imoto, Senior Vice President, and Other Representatives of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA); Representatives of Regional and International Organisations; Special Invitees;…
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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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CARICOM, German officials meet in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, Assistant Secretary-General for the Directorate of Foreign and Community Relations, on Sunday held discussions with H.E. Dr. Christophe Eick, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to CARICOM. The talks were held ahead of the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in St. George’s, Grenada. During…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General at the opening of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Roseau, Dominica, 23 May 2024
Dr. the Honourable Vince Henderson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of the Commonwealth of Dominica, and Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Senator the Honourable Kamina Johnson-Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, and Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations; Honourable Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean…
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Statement from the Caribbean Community on the Installation of the Transitional Presidential Council in Haiti
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcome the formal installation of the Transitional Presidential Council and congratulate the members. The formal installation of the nine-member Council at the Palais National this morning, marks a significant achievement through a process driven by Haitians in the interest of Haiti. It also represents a critical step forward for both the…
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CARICOM and Indonesia strengthen links
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque described the presentation of credentials by Indonesia’s Ambassador as “a hallmark in relations” between the Community and Indonesia. His Excellency Drs. Dominicus Supratikto, became the first Ambassador of Indonesia to CARICOM when he presented his letters of credence to the Secretary-General on Wednesday at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana. Ambassador Supratikto is…
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Slovenia, CARICOM forging closer relations
The Republic of Slovenia and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are moving to further deepen relations. New Ambassador of Slovenia to CARICOM, His Excellency Stanislav Vidovič, in a ceremony for the presentation of his credentials to Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Wednesday, pointed to several areas for closer cooperation including sustainable development, environmental issues, climate change and economic integration. He said as a member…
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