The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has congratulated St Kitts and Nevis on its 40th Anniversary of Independence which it celebrates on Tuesday 19 September 2023. Secretary-General Dr Carla Barnett, in a congratulatory message to St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Terrance Drew, noted the country...

On 6 September 2023, a historical CARICOM Declaration on Autonomous Weapons Systems was issued which calls for the "urgent pursuit of an international legally binding instrument, incorporating prohibitions and regulations on autonomous weapons systems".  The CARICOM Declaration on Autonomous...

It is with great joy and optimism that I join my fellow African brothers and sisters across the world to celebrate the African Union’s (AU) admission to participate in the Group of Twenty (G20) as a permanent member. That Africa, a continent with a population of 1.3 billion and a strong and rapid...

The Eminent Persons Group (EPG), comprising former Prime Ministers Dr Kenny D. Anthony of Saint Lucia, Bruce Golding of Jamaica and Perry Christie of The Bahamas, was encouraged by the positive steps made in previous meetings with the Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica in June and in Haiti in July and ...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened to learn of the death and devastation in the Kingdom of Morocco from the earthquake which struck on Friday 8 September. We extend heartfelt condolences to the government and people as the death toll continues to rise. We offer our hand of fr...

Caribbean Wellness Day has been a landmark activity for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for the past 15 years.  This followed the 2007 Decision by the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, reflected in the Port-of-Spain Declaration “Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic Non-communic...

Your Excellencies; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen. It gives me great pleasure to join you on this second Africa-CARICOM Day, as we acknowledge the deepening CARICOM-Africa relationship and our enduring bonds of ancestry, history, and culture. I thank the Most Honourable P...

I am pleased to acknowledge, as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the watershed moment two years ago when the leaders of CARICOM and Africa agreed to designate a date to honour the fraternal and enduring bonds that unite our countries, and reflect on the significance of our emerging str...

The 7 September 2023, marks two years since the first CARICOM-Africa Union (AU) Summit, hosted by Kenya. The first Summit of Heads  decided to establish for celebration, the 7 September of every year as Africa-CARICOM Day. The PJ Patterson Institute for Africa Caribbean Public Advocacy strongly supp...

SALUTATIONS I extend a warm welcome to the launch of the 17th Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA). Agriculture remains a major pillar of the economies of the Member States of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM).  The CWA is, therefore, a flagship Community event and a premier activity on the R...