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CARICOM Statement | Adoption Of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 on Haiti
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2793 that will transition the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission into a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) with a more robust UN-authorised mandate. This provides new hope for an end to violence and for the restoration of public safety for the people of Haiti, who have suffered gravely at…
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UN Security Council authorizes the transition from MSS mission in Haiti into ‘Gang Suppression Force’
On 30 September 2025, the Security Council authorized the transition from the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti into a “Gang Suppression Force” (GSF) for an initial period of 12 months. The resolution also establishes a UN Support Office in Haiti (UNSOH) to support the Mission. Ahead of the meeting, Panama—together with several other Council members, Haiti, and representatives…
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President Ali champions multilateralism, peace, rights of small states in UNGA address
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – President of Guyana, H.E. Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 24 September, that the UN must safeguard humanity’s survival and progress from being compromised by the ambitions of powerful states, if it is to remain true to its founding Charter. In a wide-ranging address to the 80th…
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Statement of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) on the Draft UN Security Council Resolution on Haiti
At the Twenty-Fourth Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), CARICOM Ministers received an update on the status of the draft resolution put forward by the United States of America and Panama for the transition of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission to a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) and the establishment of a…
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CARICOM to participate in high-level engagements at 80th UN General Assembly
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will participate in a series of high-level meetings, bilateral engagements, side events and the General Debate during the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), scheduled for September 20-29, 2025, in New York.The CARICOM Secretariat’s delegation, led by Secretary-General Dr. Carla Barnett and including Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign…
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CARICOM and Colombia negotiate to expand South-South cooperation
CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations to update the CARICOM-Colombia Trade and Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (TECA), in Bogota, Colombia on 10 September 2025. The negotiations, which took place over two days, covered the expansion of preferential market access for agricultural and industrial products as well as institutional issues. The CARICOM negotiating Co Chair,…
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STATEMENT from the Caribbean Community | Draft UNSC Resolution on Increased Security Assistance for Haiti
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) notes with great interest and anticipation the recent tabling of a draft United Nations Security Council resolution by the penholders, the United States and Panama, on further security assistance as requested by Haiti and recommended by the U.N. Secretary General. This initiative comes at a critical moment in the continuing degeneration of the insecurity and humanitarian…
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CARICOM DSG welcomes outgoing French Ambassador for farewell visit
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On 29 July 2025, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis welcomed His Excellency Nicolas de Lacoste, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of France to CARICOM, for a farewell visit to the Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.Ambassador de Lacoste presented his credentials on 28 November 2022 and served as the fifth Plenipotentiary…
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