As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) readies itself for participation in the upcoming global Climate Change conference, COP 26,  it issued a pre-Conference Declaration this week giving notice  that the Region faces a climate emergency and demanding action. The CARICOM Declaration on Cli...

It is my pleasure to extend greetings on the thirteenth observance of Caribbean Statistics Day (CSD) on 15 October 2021. The theme for this year is “Leave No One Behind - Everyone Counts" which is the same theme used for the Launch of the 2020 Round of Population and Housing Census.  Ther...

The first meeting of the CARIFORUM – United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement’s (EPA) Trade and Development Committee took place via videoconference on 7 October 2021. The meeting, chaired by CARIFORUM, was attended by representatives from Antigua and Barbuda; Barbados; Belize; The Commonwealth...

World Leaders Summit Dialogue on Inequality: Is the COVID-19 crisis really a game changer? Question posed: Which support instruments fall short to address the particular challenges faced by small island developing states? And how can we change these to help national and regional recovery and buil...

The CARICOM Secretariat has instituted measures as of 1 October, 2021 with respect to access to its offices across the Region in order to provide a safe working environment for its staff, in keeping with attempts to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus. These measures include proof of vaccinati...

We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community having met in Castries, Saint Lucia, July 3-5, 2019 on the occasion of the 40th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM; Reaffirming that Human and Social Development has been established as one...

Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett received Chile’s new Ambassador to CARICOM H.E. Juan Pino at the Secretariat Headquarters in Guyana on Friday 1 October. In remarks at the Accreditation Ceremony, both Dr Barnett and Ambassador Pino looked forward to continuing to build on the strong relations t...

We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at our Thirty-Ninth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM on                       &...

Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett presented the Keynote Address to the United Nations General Assembly Side-Event "COVID-19 and the SCLAN Pillars: Impact and Solutions, on Thursday 23 September 2021. Here is the Secretary-General's address: Your Excellency Mrs. Rossana Briceño, Spouse of ...

Hon. Gen. (Retd.) Dr. Constantine N. Chiwenga, Vice President of Zimbabwe; Hon. Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federationand Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization - Co-Chairs of the Task Force; High-level Representatives of Gover...