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(CARICOM Today) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and India have reaffirmed decades-old ties with the accreditation of a new envoy to CARICOM, His Excellency Dr. K. J Srinivasa.
In accepting his letters of credence on Thursday, last, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, described India as “an important partner for the Caribbean Community.”
He thanked the South Asian country for its support, demonstrated most recently, in a US$1M contribution towards recovery and reconstruction efforts in the Bahamas. India had also donated US$1M to assist Antigua and Barbuda recover from the 2017 Hurricanes.
Secretary-General LaRocque said Hurricane Dorian is yet another example of the “crippling effects” of climate change in the Region. Recalling the first-hand look he and the CARICOM delegation got of the damage it left in parts of the Bahamas, he said: “The death toll, the catastrophic damage to property and infrastructure, and the humanitarian trauma are chilling testimony to our vulnerability to the intensified climatic events caused by climate change.”
CARICOM has relentlessly advocated that international financial institutions (IFIs) take on board the vulnerability of Small-island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS), in…
(CARICOM Today) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and India have reaffirmed decades-old ties with the accreditation of a new envoy to CARICOM, His Excellency Dr. K. J Srinivasa.
In accepting his letters of credence on Thursday, last, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, described India as “an important partner for the Caribbean Community.”
He thanked the South Asian country for its support, demonstrated most recently, in a US$1M contribution towards recovery and reconstruction efforts in the Bahamas. India had also donated US$1M to assist Antigua and Barbuda recover from the 2017 Hurricanes.
Secretary-General LaRocque said Hurricane Dorian is yet another example of the “crippling effects” of climate change in the Region. Recalling the first-hand look he and the CARICOM delegation got of the damage it left in parts of the Bahamas, he said: “The death toll, the catastrophic damage to property and infrastructure, and the humanitarian trauma are chilling testimony to our vulnerability to the intensified climatic events caused by climate change.”
CARICOM has relentlessly advocated that international financial institutions (IFIs) take on board the vulnerability of Small-island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS), in…
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