Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), Virtual, 6-7 May 2021
COMMUNIQUÉ
THE Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize.
COORDINATION OF FOREIGN POLICY
CARICOM Foreign Minister re-emphasised the importance for the Region to speak with one voice through the coordination of foreign policy, and the need to find new and more effective ways to strengthen the existing coordination mechanisms while recognising the sovereign right of Member States. It was noted that there continues to be successful coordination but the increasing complexity of international issues requires that it be enhanced. In that regard, the COFCOR agreed to increase the frequency of its meetings. This would enable Ministers to address in a timely fashion new devel
(CARICOM), Press Release
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on the 6-7 May 2021, under the Chairmanship of the Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belize.
The COFCOR was attended by Honourable E. P. Chet Greene, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda; Senator Dr. the Honourable Jerome Walcott, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados; Honourable Dr. Kenneth Darroux, Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business and Diaspora Relations of the Commonwealth of Dominica; Honourable Oliver Joseph, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Business and CARICOM Affairs of Grenada; Honourable Hugh Todd, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Guyana; His Excellency Dr. Claude Joseph, Prime Minister a.i. and Minister
Daily Times
April 29, 2021
UNITED NATIONS: The President of UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Pakistani Ambassador Munir Akram, has stressed the need for addressing inequality at the international and national levels to promote the goal of justice envisioned in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of efforts to build international peace and security.
“Justice flows from equality; injustice from inequality, discrimination and lack of fairness in policy and practice,” he said in his online remarks to the SDG-16 Conference 2021 which is being held in Bangkok, the headquarters of the UN Economic and Social Commission (UNESCAP).
Ambassador Akram said that the implementation of SDG-16, which calls for “peace, justice and strong institutions,” required work at the international level toward an inclusive and equitable global financial architecture; a fair and inclusive international tax regime; an equitable and development – oriented trade regime, and an end
Opening Statement by Prime Minister Imran Khan at Special Segment of the ECOSOC Forum
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The following is the Opening Statement delivered by Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan virtually at the Special High-Level Segment of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Financing for Development (FfD) on April 12, 2021.
“Bismillah-er-Rahman-er-Rahim President of the Economic and Social Council, Ambassador Munir Akram, President of the General Assembly, Mr. Volkan Bozkir, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, It is a pleasure to make this opening statement at the Economic and Social Council’s Financing for Development Forum under Pakistan’s Presidency.
Cautions if vaccine not made available throughout a large part of developing world, virus will return
APP
January 28, 2021
GENEVA/UNITED NATIONS:
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) president, Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, has renewed the call for ensuring equitable access and distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, saying it was “vital” to control the deadly pandemic and for quick recovery of the virus-hit world economy.
“If the vaccine is not available through[out] a large part of the developing world, the virus will roam and return, triggering periodic shutdowns,” he said, while pointing out that it would further impede the economic recovery in the developing countries and slow down the global recovery.