(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 ...

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 ...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is diversifying and widening its foreign policy thrust in response to shifts in balance of powers as well as the dynamic and fluid changes taking place in the global environment. While it was both challenging and necessary, the Community has also acknowledged and r...

It is indeed a pleasure for me personally, as well as the CARICOM Secretariat, to be associated with this “one of a kind” event. This “Forum on The Future of the Caribbean” could not be more timely and relevant given the challenging regional and international circumstances. I am particularly hearte...

In October 2011, a report commissioned by Commonwealth Heads of Government made the following compelling statement: At least 60 per cent of the Commonwealth’s population is under    30 years of age. That is significantly lower than the global average of 52%. Therefore the future of the Commonwealth ...

Call to Action on Security in the Western Hemisphere Thank you Prime Minister Simpson Miller for hosting this meeting between the United States and its CARICOM partners. Thank you also to our Chairman, Prime Minister Christie, for your leadership and vision for the social harmony and unified devel...

Mr. President, I should like to join those who have preceded me in warmly welcoming you once again to the Caribbean, on this occasion, for a short encounter with the Heads of Government of our CARICOM Region. We are pleased to be able to spare you a temporary respite from exposure to the asperitie...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)      I welcome you all to this Fortieth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED).  I extend a particularly warm welcome to our Chairman, Minister Claude Hogan who, while not a stranger to this Council, is attending ...

First, I thank the Government of Panama and President Juan Carlos Varela for their warm hospitality.  My delegation and I are honoured to participate in this historic conference in which the entire Americas is represented and certainly to include the delegation of Cuba headed by His Excellency ...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Mr. President, I join my colleague and our host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, in welcoming you to the Caribbean and this discussion with the Leaders of our Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This meeting is important because it...