CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Suriname
In
response to the request from the Government of the Republic of Suriname, the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) has fielded a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to
monitor the general elections which will be held on Monday, 25 May 2020.
[caption id="attachment_22273" align="alignright" width="362"]
Ms Dora James, Head of Mission[/caption]
The four-member Mission which arrived in Suriname on Monday, 18 May 2020 will be headed by Ms. Dora James, Supervisor of Elections of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who has served as a member of CARICOM Election Observation Missions to other CARICOM Member States.
The
CARICOM Election Observation Mission proposes to meet with the electoral
officials, leaders of political parties and other stakeholders of the Republic
of Suriname, and will monitor the electoral process including the opening of
the poll, the voting process, the closing of the poll and the counting of the
ballots.
For
CARICOM, election observation serves as a platform to support existing
democratic traditions within the Caribbean Community as part of its wider
policy of supporting democracy and good governance.
You may also be interested in:
End of Year Message from the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr Carla N Barnett
We have come to the end of another year during which strenuous efforts have been made to ensure that the integration process improves the lives of the people of the Caribbean C
CSME, food security, climate finance top agenda of CARICOM Summit in The Bahamas
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME); food security; climate change and climate finance; health; and security will be among the major topics when Heads of Government of
CSME, food security, climate finance top agenda of CARICOM Summit in The Bahamas
The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME); food security; climate change and climate finance; health; and security will be among the major topics when Heads of Government ofRelated Stories
Remarks by the Incoming Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Hon. Vince Henderson, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of the Commonwealth of Dominica at the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of COFCOR, 23 May 2024, Roseau, Dominica
Dr. Carla N. Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
Statement from CARICOM on the Earthquake in Morocco
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened to learn of the death and devastation in the Kingdom of Morocco from the earthquake which struck on Friday 8 September.