The recent devastation in Dominica on a national scale, left in the wake of the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, reminds us starkly of the serious recurring challenges that our small islands face, not only in the Caribbean, but also in the Pacific and elsewhere where Small Island States can be found...

Chairperson, Honourable Suresh Algoe Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Fisheries, Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee and Members of said Committee, President of the Caribbean Food Crop Society, Representatives of the University of Suriname, University of the West In...

Your Excellency, it is a pleasure for me, on this historic occasion to accept your Credentials accrediting you as the first Plenipotentiary Representative and the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).   The importance of the work of religious bodies in our cou...

It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the CARICOM Secretariat on the occasion of the Eighth General Meeting of the Caribbean Community, its Associate Institutions and the United Nations (UN) System.   A look at the overview of our co-operation reveals an impressive range of areas covered to...

Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Minister of Finance of Ethiopia Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the UN General Assembly Distinguished Heads, Ministers, Excellences Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, &nbsp...

Honourable Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Grenada and CARIFORUM High Representative, Honourable Ministers, Your Excellencies the Ambassadors and Other Representatives of CARIFORUM States, Distinguished Members of National Delegations, Distinguished Director General of CARIFORUM, ...

Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade Mrs. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission: Opening Speech to the Third Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade 3rd meeting of the EU-CARIFORUM Joint EPA Council Mini...

The Community recognises that the challenges of development are deep-seated. Significant resources and appropriate and mutually reinforcing policies at national, regional and international levels are required to address the difficulties facing developing countries. CARICOM Member States, therefore, ...

Allow me first to join previous speakers in expressing my sincere gratitude to the Government and people of Ethiopia for the warm hospitality my delegation and I have received since our arrival in this beautiful city of Addis Ababa. At home our brothers and sisters in locks dream of coming to this c...

[As prepared for delivery] I am very honoured to be at the University of the West Indies. I am delighted to see so many young people here and linked in via video.  I look forward to hearing from you.  Later today, I will sit down with CARICOM leaders.  But in many ways, it is fitting that I meet ...