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World Health Day message Kaila! In Fiji, it means to cry out loud. It can announce a celebration—or be a passionate call to action. At a moment of profound planetary crisis, Fiji and other Small Island Developing States are crying Kaila, warning the world that we must act on climate change before it is too late. 

Heads of Government received a presentation on the situation in Haiti from interim Prime Minister the Honourable Ariel Henry...

Caricom heads of Government discussed a range of issues durig their meetings March 1 to 2 and came to agreements in key areas such as handling of the coronavirus (COVID-19 pandemic, Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME), food and nutrition security. Other areas discussed were engagement with the private sector, Haiti, security and COP-26 Follow-up. With regard to COVID-19, Heads of Government acknowledged continued comprehensive response to COVID-19 by the …

The UN Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) and one of the implementing agreements of the Convention—the UN Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA)—mandates all states to cooperate in the management of highly migratory and straddling fish stocks. In doing so, the UNFSA specifies that the special requirements of developing states need to be taken into account. To date, except in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), there is no formal mechanism to identify these differential respons...

India space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will build a special data window for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to get timely inform

EDINBURGH, Scotland (CMC) — Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister, Gaston Browne, Monda...

India space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will build a special data window for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to get timely inform

As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) readies itself for participation in the upcoming global Climate Change Conference, COP 26, it issued a pre-Conference Declaration this week giving notice that the Region faces a climate emergency and demanding act

Mr. Pedro Ataíde, Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Portugal in Caracas; Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. Ambassador, I am indeed honoured to accept your Letter of Credence, and to extend congratulations on your appointment as the third Plenipotentiary Representative of Portugal to the Caribbean Community. I welcome your appointment as a meaningful step towards greater coop...