CARICOM

The text of the following statement was released by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Haitian stakeholders, the United Nations, the Governments of Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, and the United States of America, on the announcement of a transitional governing arrangement between the Haitian stakeholders, in Kingston, Jamaica - 11 March 2024.   CARICOM convened Haitian Stakeholders and the following International Development Partners:   Brazil, Canada, France, Mexico, the United Nations, and the United States of America to discuss […]

The Caribbean Community is deeply saddened at the passing of The Hon. Basdeo Panday, Former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on 1 January 2024. The Hon Basdeo Panday held a multi-faceted career in service of his country, as politician, trade unionist and civil servant. He used his exceptional skill as a barrister to advocate passionately for workers’ rights. His belief in the value of education, and his ideologies and […]

CARICOM coordinates provision of essential COVID-19 supplies for Member States Amid global challenges by small states accessing COVID-19 essential medical supplies, CARICOM Member States have received a significant donation from the World Health Organisation, the Jack Ma Foundation and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The supplies, worth over US700,000, arrived just over a week ago in Barbados – the home base of the Integrated Regional Logistical Hub, operated by the […]

The Caribbean Community {CARICOM) is saddened and concerned by the deepening of the crisis in Haiti which has paralysed the normal functioning of all sectors of the country and created a situation of extreme hardship for the people.The Community deplores the destruction of property and livelihoods, the deteriorating humanitarian situation and the increasing death toll resulting from the breakdown of law and order, which has intensified over the past seven […]

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, with the support of the European Union (EU), is working assiduously to address negative manifestations of masculinity that are attributed to Gender-based Violence in society. The EU’s support has allowed the CARICOM Secretariat to facilitate robust discussions which have interrogated gender stereotypes and inequalities in Jamaica, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago. The discussion has now moved to Belize among primary, secondary and tertiary educators, representatives of faith-based […]

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is giving new life to the Declaration of Paramaribo on the Future of Youth in CARICOM issued by Heads of Government in January 2010, and the Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development of the same year. Both identified entrepreneurial development as a priority for countering youth unemployment and mitigating harmful behaviours such as drug abuse, crime and violence. The Commission on Youth had pin-pointed the latter as the […]