Foreign Affair's Team

Front row, from left: First Secretary Disa Lewis (fifth from left); Ambassador Dr. Sharon Marshall (centre); and Barbados Museum Librarian Harriet Pierce (seventh from left), pictured with members of the Barbadian group touring cultural and historical sites in Cuba. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade)  Members of the Barbadian group wave the Barbadian flag […]

Under the banner of the “We Gatherin’ 2025” initiative, Ambassador of Barbados to the Republic of Panama, Amanda Martinez, warmly welcomed 25 members of Panama’s Barbadian descendent community to the Official Residence on Thursday, November 6, for a breakfast celebrating Barbados’ Independence month and Panama’s “Mes de la Patria” (Month of the Homeland). The intimate

From left to right – Ambassador Matthew Wilson; Head of Trade at the International Chamber of Commerce, Valerie Picard; and Deputy General Secretary of the World Customs Organization, Ricardo Treviño, launch the study report on the Integration of MSME’s into Authorized Economic Operator Programmes in Brussels, Belgium. (GP) Barbados recently collaborated with the World Customs

 Barbados’ Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Climate Change, Law of the Sea, and SIDS, Senator Elizabeth Thompson. (FP) The Barbados Implementation Modalities (BIM) have officially been finalised and operationalised at the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD’s) 7th Meeting in Manila, The Philippines. The BIM, which was launched at the Fifth Meeting of the

Deputy Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Barbados to the United Nations, Nicholas Cox, delivering Barbados’ national statement on the Report of the ICJ at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. (GP) Barbados has underscored its commitment to the work of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), specifically focusing on the Court’s

Barbados’ Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary with responsibility for Climate Change, Small Island Developing States and Law of the Sea, Elizabeth Thompson. (GP) Reducing global methane emissions is a matter of survival, social stability and economic sustainability for small islands. Barbados’ Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary with responsibility for Climate Change, Small Island Developing States and Law

The Department of Emergency Management will open a warehouse at Pelican House, Building 14, Harbour Industrial Park, St. Michael, from tomorrow, Wednesday, November 5, to support the relief efforts to affected Caribbean states, including Jamaica, Cuba and Haiti, following the passage of Hurricane Melissa last month. The warehouse will operate tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. The

Hurricane Melissa, a powerful Category 3 hurricane, last week crossed into eastern Cuba causing widespread devastation. There has been extensive damage to infrastructure and the agriculture sector, thousands of people have been affected with families displaced and many homes destroyed. In the wake of this catastrophic natural disaster, and in light of the fact that

Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Barbados to the United Nations, François Jackman, speaking on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the UN General Assembly today. (UNGA) The UN General Assembly today adopted by a large majority a resolution calling for the end of the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States

Barbados’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson, speaking at the Fifth United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Youth Forum. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) International policymakers need to promote youth participation and relinquish their privilege and space to young people, rather than