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 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

Barbados’s Ambassador to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and other International Organizations in Geneva, Matthew Wilson, addressing UNCTAD’s 16th Ministerial Conference, currently ongoing in Geneva. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) Barbados has reaffirmed its strong support for the work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and reform

Barbados’ Ambassador to Cuba, Dr. Sharon Marshall, presents a copy of the book, The Pan-African Love Story of Arnold and Mignon Ford, to Second Secretary in the Ethiopian Embassy in Cuba, Yihun Bull Didi, following the sudden passing of Ethiopian Ambassador to Cuba, Ayele Lire Jijamo. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade) Barbados’ Ambassador

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds, and Spain’s Ambassador to Barbados, María Cristina Pérez Gutiérrez, in discussion at a courtesy call yesterday. (J. Bishop/BGIS) Solidarity on issues relating to climate change, climate financing and development and renewable energy were the highlight of a courtesy call hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and