Remarks by Ambassador Seán Hoy on Presentation of Credentials to CARICOM, 28th April 2021. Your Excellency Ambassador Irwin La Roque, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, It is a great honour for me to present to you today my Letters of Credentials; my country’s first e...

A warm welcome to all and a sincere thank you for accepting our invitation today.  Firstly, permit me to begin by expressing solidarity with our brothers and sisters in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and the neighbouring islands affected by the ongoing volcanic activity.  Our thoughts are...

I thank President Biden for convening this very important gathering, to address the most significant threat facing, our one planet and our one humanity. We are grateful that the United States and China have pledged to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and we look forward to swift action in th...

Mr. Secretary, on behalf of the Caribbean Community, please accept congratulations on your appointment as Secretary of State in the Biden-Harris Administration. The Community values highly its long-standing relationship with the United States of America, and we welcome this opportunity to have an...

I welcome this meeting between CARICOM Foreign Ministers and Secretary Blinken with a sense of optimism.  This meeting is significant, as it marks the resumption of interaction between CARICOM as a Region and the US at this high level. I recall that Meetings at this level were a regular feat...

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Special Emergency session on Thursday 15 April to discuss the situation in St Vincent and the Grenadines caused by the on-going volcanic eruptions of La Soufriere. They committed to continue providing extensive support to St Vincent ...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has mobilised to support St Vincent and the Grenadines as it faces the possibility of an imminent eruption of La Soufriere Volcano. Following an evacuation order of the immediate area around the volcano by Prime Minister Dr the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, CARICOM...

The CARICOM and African Group of countries made history in the United Nations today, when 68 member-countries of the two groupings delivered a joint statement as part of a new geopolitical grouping, which will be known as AfCAR (Africa Group-CARICOM).  The occasion was the meeting of the UN Gen...

Your Excellency Archbishop Fortunatus Nwachukwu, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Holy See to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM); His Lordship the Right Reverend Francis Alleyne, O.S.B.,  Roman Catholic Bishop of Georgetown, Guyana; Reverend Father Luciano Labanca, Secretary and Deput...

Your Excellency, I am honoured to present to you the Letter of His Eminence, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State, accrediting me as Apostolic Nuncio – Plenipotentiary Representative of the Holy See to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I thank you sincerely for this occasion. I glad...