It is a profound honour to join you here in beautiful Basseterre — hosted so generously by Prime Minister Drew and the people of Saint Kitts and Nevis — at this 50th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM. Fifty meetings. More than half a century since the Treaty of Ch...

The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community remains deeply distressed by the escalating violence and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. In light of recent developments, we reiterate the grave concern expressed by the Forty-Ninth Conference of Heads of Governmen...

Statement by the CARICOM Prime MinisterialSub-Committee (PMSC) on Cricket The Bureau of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), comprising Incumbent Chair Dr the Most Honourable Andrew Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Outgoing Chair, Hon. Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; and Incoming Chair,...

We, the Heads of Government of CARICOM, are profoundly distressed by the escalating and appalling situation in Gaza, now an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. We express grave concern over the immense, unabated suffering and tragic loss of civilian lives, particularly women and children. CAR...

We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica from 6-8 July 2025, on the occasion of the 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM: Remaining deeply concerned and alarmed bythe surge of gun crime and violence across...

By way of letter dated 10 December 2024, CARICOM was invited by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to deploy an Election Observation Mission to observe the Parliamentary Elections to be held in 2025. A twelve (12) member CARICOM Election Observation Mission (CEOM) arrived in Tr...

The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are deeply concerned by recent reports that a coalition of criminal gangs is threatening to seize power and compel a change in the governance arrangements in Haiti at this time. This is completely unacceptable. CARICOM strongly condemns...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the recent announcement by the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of International Development of Canada of $24.1 million in funding to promote social action, empowerment of women, human rights and security in the Region, including in Haiti. This follows ...

Earlier today, 1 March 2025, CARICOM was informed by the President of Guyana, H.E. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, of the interaction of Venezuela’s military vessels with one of the Floating Production Storage and  Offloading (FPSO) platforms in Guyana’s maritime territory.   All such acts of aggression and ...