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Remarks by the Secretary-General of the CARICOM, Dr Carla Barnett, at the Third CARICOM-Colombia Ministerial Meeting | Cartagena de Indias | May 28, 2025

 Your Excellency Francia Márquez, Vice President of the Republic of Colombia;

 Rt. Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations;

 Your Excellency Laura Sarabia, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia;

 Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community and Other Heads of Delegations;

"Reparations for Haiti continue to be central to CARICOM’s reparations claim" - CARICOM Secretary-General

"Reparations for Haiti continue to be central to CARICOM’s reparations claim.  April 2025 marks the bicentenary of the indemnity of 150 million Francs imposed on Haiti by France as reparations for loss of property, including enslaved Africans, and as a precondition for recognising the island’s independence. The negative economic and social effects of this historical injustice are painfully clear, with arguable links to the situation in Haiti today.

Remarks by Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations, Elizabeth Solomon, at the CTBTO/OPANAL Regional Workshop for State Signatories of the LAC Region, 3 April, Kingston, Jamaica

(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - Ladies and Gentlemen, the imperative for the prohibition on nuclear weapons testing, use, and proliferation has never been more pressing at any time in this Century. Politically fraught, climate changing landscape that we are called on to navigate and the escalation of conflicts, directly or indirectly involving States in possession of nuclear weapons, have amplified concerns regarding the potential use of these weapons.

Remarks by CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr Carla Barnett | One People, One Destiny – Uniting and Reimagining our Future | Groundbreaking Ceremony - The Barbados Afreximbank African Trade Centre (AATC) | Barbados | 24 March 2025

  • Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, SC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados, and Chair, Conference of Heads of Government, Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
  • Honourable Dickon Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada;
  • His Excellency Professor Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Afreximbank;
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