Ministers attending the Seventh Ministerial UK-Caribbean Forum held in St. George’s, Grenada, have agreed an Action Plan with agreements on several topical themes: economic resilience; security; climate change and sustainable development as well as other foreign policy issues.
The UK was represented at the Forum by the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, and Minister for the Caribbean, Jeremy Browne, as well as Home Office Minister James Brokenshire and Alan Duncan, Minister of State for International Development.
Highlights of the Action Plan include:
Economic resilience
To establish a new strategic partnership between the countries of the Caribbean and the United Kingdom to promote prosperity and build economic resilience through the development of practical mechanisms which will enhance growth in investment, employment, production and trade opportunities to the benefit of the Caribbean and the UK;
Security
To enhance collaboration and coordination in the fight against illegal drug trafficking among the Caribbean, the UK and its Overseas Territories through regional initiatives, greater intelligence sharing, criminal justice reform and targeting the proceeds of crime and support the Caribbean to engage more effectively with the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).
Climate change and sustainable development
To collaborate closely on climate change issues, recognising that current ‘business as usual’ trends are likely to lead to catastrophic climate change, including warming, since the pre-industrial period of 4C or more. Preventing this is an imperative we share.
In particular, to work together with urgency and vigour to close the ambition gap on emissions, to mobilise climate funding on the necessary scale and to secure agreement by 2015 on a comprehensive legally binding global framework.
Other foreign policy issues
To support the principle and the right to self-determination for all peoples, including the Falkland Islanders, recognising the historical importance of self-determination in the political development of the Caribbean, and its core status as an internationally agreed principle under the United Nations Charter.
There opportunities to be gained, which the PM and dominicans home and abroad need to explore. PM we need your guidance on that in terms regulations, procedures and measures that can be taken to convert dreams into reality.
This may well be model that can applied with other developed/devoloping countries. PM, we need Vision, Leadership, strategy and collective determination to make it happen. We all are motivated and ready to contribute
HAVING ATTENDED THIS MEETING AND SPEAKING TO OTHER FOREIGN MINISTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS,I HOPE SKERRIT WILL FULLY UNDERSTAND HIS ROLE AS FOREIGN MINISTER IN THE LABOR PARTY GOVERNMENT OF DOMINICA. I HOPE ALL THAT COMMESS IN THE FOREIGN MINISTRY WILL BE PUT RIGHT.ALL THOSE DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS AND OPENING OF CONSULAR OFFICES ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST COME TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP. I RECEIVED TOP HONORS IN GEOGRAPHY WHEN I WAS AT SCHOOL, RIGHT NOW DOMINICA HAS CONSULAR OFFICES IN COUNTRIES WHICH I HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT.AS A MATTER OF FACT SOME OF THOSE COUNTRIES CAN NEITHER SPEAK ENGLISH OR CREOLE.
And , So….what are you really saying…enuff of your rambling lad.
Lmfao you dotish dunce fool!!!
Lmfao America and Canada has offices in countries you never heard about too and they don’t speak English nor French! Shut the hell up fools. You sound real dotish my boy. ” I receive top honors in geometry when I wad in school” lmfao re-evaluate that my boy. You putting your teachers dem to shame.
What’s the point?. For my information which
countries are u talking about?I mean those
who cannot speak neither Creole nor English
Again blah! blah!.Evidence please!
NOW THAT YOU HAVE INTRODUCED YOURSELF CAN YOU NOW MAKE YOUR POINT BECAUSE I JUST DO NOT GET WHAT YOU HAVE STATED. I AM MORE LOST THAN BEFORE I READ YOUR BLOG. IGNORAMUS.
Fontaine, it would be nice to ask the UK about your Passport Dreams you have been having. Maybe he will let you know if the tall man you are seeing behind you is Ibrahim…hehehehehe…the tall man behind him
Where in Dominica could they meet. We need the state house.