The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday 15 March, 2017, accredited a new Ambassador of the European Union (EU), with the new envoy advocating for the relationship to more effectively advance a common agenda in global and multilateral fora.
Senior officials from the Caribbean Community and Japan hold the 18th CARICOM-Japan Consultation on Tuesday 14 March at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana.
Foreign Ministers from the Caribbean Community and their counterpart from the Republic of Cuba are meeting on Saturday 11 March 2017 for their fifth Ministerial Meeting in Havana.
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has praised the late former President of Haiti Mr. Rene Preval for his critical role in promoting stability, development, democracy and the rule of law in his country following trying periods of political turbulence and natural and man-made disasters.
Today, on the occasion of International Women's Day 2017, we join the voices of the global community to celebrate our women and girls, those we have recognized as well as our unsung heroines.
The Caribbean Community joins with the global community in celebrating International Women’s Day 2017. The theme for this Forty-Second observance is #BeBoldForChange; a clarion call for all citizens of our Region and the world to play their part in forging more gender inclusive, just societies.
This is the charge from the United Nations Secretary-General Special Envoy(UNSE) for HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, Dr. Edward Greene, in his message on the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2017, being observed on 8 March 2017.
Titled Let us together do what it takes to #be bold for Change, the UNSE also called for the “…support of programmes intended to make the Caribbean the first region in the world to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV”.
Following is the full text of the message.
Ambassadors to CARICOM, representatives of Member States, representatives of Regional Institutions, experts from Baastel, representatives from Directorates of the Secretariat, ladies and gentlemen, good morning.