Salutation: The President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Heads and Members of Delegations, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen: I begin by congratulating H.E. Sam Kutesa, former Foreign Minister of Uganda on his election as President of the 69th Session of this General Assembly. I w...

Salutation: The President of the General Assembly, Mr. Secretary General, Heads and Members of Delegations, Excellences, Ladies and Gentlemen: I begin by congratulating H.E. Sam Kutesa, former Foreign Minister of Uganda on his election as President of the 69th Session of this General Assembly. I w...

On behalf of the Government and people of Belize, with great pleasure I congratulate His Excellency, Sam Kutesa in his capacity as President of the 69th Session of the General Assembly. Mr. President, I also take this opportunity to register our thanks to his predecessor, our own son of the Caribbe...

Mr. President, It is indeed a distinct privilege to congratulate you on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados on your election as President of this 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly. It is appropriate that I commend, also, your predecessor H.E. Mr. John Ashe for the aplo...

Mr. President, Colleague Heads Of State & Government, Mr. Secretary General, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, 1 wish, at the outset, to extend heartiest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the Sixty-Ninth Session of the General Assembly. Antigua and Barbuda looks forward to ...

The celebration of Caribbean Wellness Day continually reminds us of that historic moment when our Heads of Government pioneered that significant policy initiative known as the Declaration of Port-of-Spain on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).  On the basis of scientific facts they raised their v...

Salutation! I bring greetings from the CARICOM Secretary General. The objectives of the CARREX in-country mission are twofold:   i.            To operationalize and activate the CARREX in the Member States by providing national contact poi...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reiterates its call for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza to bring an end to the hostilities and the appalling bloodshed being caused by the bombardments, shelling and ground invasion. With the...

I am delighted to once again welcome His Excellency Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan and his delegation to the shores of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, for his inaugural visit to the Caribbean. Your Excellency, the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago and the CARICOM Region are hon...

There could hardly be a more fitting way to mark this CARICOM-Japan Friendship Year than to welcome, for the first time to the Caribbean Community, the Prime Minister of Japan.  Welcome to the Caribbean Prime Minister Abe! Twenty years ago the first CARICOM-Japan Consultation was held and sinc...