I have the honour to speak on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
On the occasion of the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of resolution 1540 (2004), CARICOM wishes to underscore its continued commitment to the full implementation of the resolu…
Trinidad and Tobago welcomes yet another opportunity to participate in this open debate on the important topic of women and peace and security. We also commend the Security Council for organizing this event, which is very symbolic in being presided over by the Permanent Representative of Nigeria to …
Trinidad and Tobago is honoured once again to have coordinated informal consultations on draft resolution A/68/L.18, entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”. That important exercise to deal with a significant item on the agenda of the General Assembly would not have been successful without the supp…
Trinidad and Tobago aligns itself with the statement made by the representatives of Guyana on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Japan on behalf of the Group of Four, and Saint Kitts and Nevis on behalf of the L.69 group in encouraging inclusive Security Council reform, and takes this oppo…
This evening, as the Chairperson of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I am very delighted and honoured to extend to President Ashe our congratulations on his assumption of the position of President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth sessio…
I have the honour to deliver this statement on behalf of the 14 States members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CARICOM wishes to commend Argentina, our sister Member State in the Group of Latin Americas and Caribbean States, for its outstanding work as President of the Security Council during…
The Group of Latin American and Caribbean
States (GRULAC) considers it a great honour to convey our congratulations to one of our members, Mr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth s…
Trinidad and Tobago aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Haiti on behalf of the States members of the Caribbean Community.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago remains committed to the fight against HIV and AIDS and continues to lead a proactive campaign aimed at preventi…
The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is committed to the global fight against trafficking in persons and has made a number of efforts to that end. We therefore welcome the opportunity to participate in this high-level meeting to appraise the United Nations Global Plan of Action to C…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), namely, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and my own country, Tr…
Trinidad and Tobago was deeply honoured to have coordinated the informal consultations on draft resolution A/67/L.21 on oceans and the law of the sea. It is also a distinct
privilege to have been afforded the opportunity during the year in which the international community commemorates the thirtiet…
Trinidad and Tobago is honoured to participate in this event commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
We align ourselves with the statement delivered earlier today by the representative of Jamaica on b…
Trinidad and Tobago welcomes yet another opportunity to participate in the discussion on the important subject of women and peace and security, and we commend the Council for its organization of this forum. We also express our appreciation to the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report on the…
I have the honour to make this intervention on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
CARICOM is proud of the strides made by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the past decade as the only permanent international criminal tribunal established to prosecute thos…
Her Excellency Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, MP, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on whose behalf I speak, extends her congratulations to Mr. Vuk Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. The honourable Prime Minister has also ask…
This High- level Meeting on the rule of law is a timely expression of the principal premise on which the Charter of the United Nations is predicated. It is a principle that is the cornerstone for the conduct of international relations among States and the anchor of the quest for good governance with…
I have the honour to make this statement on behalf of the 14 member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Today’s debate on the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (see A/66/309) is an important item on the Assembly’s agenda, as it provides an opportunity for all Member States, …
Mr. President, I congratulate Mr. Al-Nasser on his election to preside over the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, and extend the best wishes of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Mrs. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and of the Government and people of my country, on whose behalf I address…
At the outset, Trinidad and Tobago wishes to align itself with the statement made at the 91st plenary meeting by The Honourable Mr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis, on behalf of the Caribbean Community.
In 2001, and again in 2006, members of this body came together in a spir…
In the interests of time, I shall deliver a shortened version of my statement. The full text is available in the copies that are being distributed.
The Agenda for Development (see resolution 51/240, annex), adopted by the Assembly in 1997, states that few, if any, societies can pursue all aspects o…
