(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - The three former prime ministers appointed by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government to carry out the Community's good office role in Haiti continue to do so as the Transitional Presidential Council (TPC) and the interim prime minister are in place.
The President of Guyana is confident that the investments in agriculture, policy formulation and the dedication of CARICOM Heads of Government will lead to success in reducing the Region’s high food import bill.
Issued at the conclusion of the Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community | St. George's, Grenada
The Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held from 28-30 July in St George’s, Grenada under the chairmanship of the Honourable Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada.
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have endorsed a strategy that will guide how the Region navigates the digital landscape.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Grenada honoured the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by renaming the True-Blue Roundabout on the Maurice Bishop Highway in St George's, Grenada, the CARICOM Roundabout.
The renaming ceremony on 28 July 2024, preceded the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government from 28-30 July in Grenada.
The Forty-Seventh (47th) Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community is gravely concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Cuba resulting from the embargo wrongfully imposed on the people and Government of Cuba over the last 62 years by the Government of the United States of America.
The Conference reiterates its call for the lifting of the unjust unilateral financial, economic, and trade embargo.
We, CARICOM Heads of Government are deeply concerned by the levels of crime and violence in the Region, fueled in part, by firearms and ammunition trafficking, transnational criminal networks, and a deterioration of social structures. We are also particularly concerned about the impact of crime and violence on young people and children.
Day 1 (Monday 29 July) of the Plenary session of the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, in St. George's Grenada, focused on the impacts of climate change, the necessity of sustainable home construction, and the importance of regional digital resilience. Among the Heads of Government was H. E. Gilmar Pisas, Prime Minister of the Curaçao, now the sixth Associate Member of CARICOM.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Ms. Elizabeth Solomon, Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations within the CARICOM Secretariat, on Sunday 28 July, met with H.E. Mr. Gerhard Doujak, Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to CARICOM.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana - Monday 29 July 2024)
The Closing Media Conference for the Forty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM will be held via hybrid format on Tuesday 30 July 2024 at 4.30 pm.
The details for in-person attendance and coverage are as follows:
Location:
Crown Ballroom, Conference Centre of the Radisson Grenada Beach Resort.