Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has lauded as “commendable and timely,” the CARICOM Secretariat’s celebration of World Environmental Day 2015, on Friday 5 June, 2015. His commendations were made against the background of the priority CARICOM has placed on b...

As the Region celebrates World Environment Day 2015, the CARICOM Secretariat is conscious of issues related to the environment and agriculture, particularly sustaining the environment to ensure food and nutrition security for this and future generations. In the accompanying video, Deputy Programme M...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has extended deep sympathy to the Government and people of Dominica and the family of the late former President His Excellency the Honourable Dr. Nicholas ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     I welcome you all to this Inaugural Meeting of the CARICOM-India Joint Commission, and I extend a particularly warm welcome to you Vice Minister R. Swaminathan and your delegation who have travelled from India to be part ...

The long anticipated inaugural meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-India Joint Commission was held on Tuesday 2 June at the Georgetown, Guyana, Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. Leading the team from India was Vice Minister and Special Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs o...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors at its inaugural meeting on Saturday 30 May, at the CARICOM Secretariat, placed emphasis on the strategic guidance it will provide to connect national and Regional agendas in the integration architec...

Secretary-General, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque Deputy Secretary-General, Her Excellency Manorma Soeknandan Other members of the CARICOM Secretariat Executive Management Team Colleague Ambassadors Officials of the Secretariat and CARICOM Member States   Good Morning,   During the ...

When our Heads first considered the proposal for a Committee of Ambassadors, they agreed at that time that the principal focus would be the advancement of the integration process. From where I sit, given what has transpired since, I see the Committee of Ambassadors as having two broad overarching r...

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT OF THE CARICOM ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION (CEOM) TO GENERAL ELECTIONS OF SURINAME An eight-member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) comprising Observers from The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Jamaica, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago was stationed in...

The Caribbean Community heartily extends congratulations to the Republic of Guyana on the celebration of forty-nine years of independence.    During its 49 years of Independence, Guyana has played an active leadership role in fostering regional unity, particularly its prominence in the f...