Outgoing CARICOM Chairman: Significant Achievements Made This Year

Outgoing CARICOM Chairman: Significant Achievements Made This Year

President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi, the outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), declared that the region made significant progress in his outgoing statement. He reflected on the past few months of 2022 and CARICOM’s achievements. He mentioned preparations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of signing the Treaty of Chaguaramas and the critical decision to […]

Amid Unprecedented Violence, Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti, International Specialized Armed Force Urgently Needed, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council

Amid Unprecedented Violence, Humanitarian Crisis in Haiti, International Specialized Armed Force Urgently Needed, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council

PORT-AU-PRINCE – AUGUST 21: People buying and selling stuffs in front of a collapsed building in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on August 21 2010. (Shutterstock) By press.un.org Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the Security Council briefing on Haiti, in New York today: Thank you for the opportunity to make introductory remarks on the […]

Friends of all, Satellites of None

Friends of all, Satellites of None

By Caribbean Council Speaking in 1967 on joining the United Nations, the late Errol Barrow as Prime Minister of Barbados made clear that Barbados and the Caribbean “will be friends of all, satellites on none.” In this his last regular column David Jessop, reflects on a much-changed world and why the region’s young people need […]

How Putin’s War and Small Islands are Accelerating the Global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023

How Putin’s War and Small Islands are Accelerating the Global Shift to Clean Energy, and What to Watch for in 2023

MOSCOW, RUSSIA – December 06, 2022: Russian President Putin Attends A Youth Forum In Moscow. President Vladimir Putin in meeting. (Shutterstock) By Rachel Kyte, The Conversation The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity and energy poverty around the world, and the beginning of 2023 is […]

21 Start Ups announced for 2nd Cohort of EC Greenpreneurs Incubator Program

21 Start Ups announced for 2nd Cohort of EC Greenpreneurs Incubator Program

Wednesday, December 28, 2022 — The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are pleased to announce that twenty-one start-ups from the OECS have been selected to participate in the second cohort of the Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Incubator program. The Incubator program is a free, carefully […]

Supreme Court Says Trump-Era Border Restriction Will Remain in Effect While Legal Challenges Play Out

Supreme Court Says Trump-Era Border Restriction Will Remain in Effect While Legal Challenges Play Out

Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico 17-10-2022 Nearly 600 Venezuelan migrants are stranded in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua after being expelled from the United States under title 42. (Shutterstock) By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN CNN — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 will remain in effect while […]