1-3 July 2015
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The Secretary-General will be in Barbados from Wednesday, 1 July, to Friday, 3 July, to address the opening of the 36th Summit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This would be the Secretary-General’s second visit to the region to attend a CARICOM Summit - in 2010 he travelled to Jamaica and was the first United Nations Secretary-General to address such a high-level regional summit in the Caribbean.
During his two-day visit, the Secretary-General is also expected to open the Caribbean Sustainable Development High-level Dialogue, which will focus on partnership between the United Nations and CARICOM on the Post-2015 development agenda and climate change. He is scheduled to hold bi-lateral meetings with the Prime Minister of Barbados and incoming Chair of CARICOM, Freundel Stuart. He will also meet with the heads of the regional organizations coordinating CARICOM’s response to climate change. On Thursday, he will visit local initiatives that focus on promoting sustainable development and addressing climate change in the country and region. The Secretary-General will attend an event on ending gender-based violence in Barbados, organized by UN Women and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). On Friday, he will deliver remarks at the launch of the Lancet Caribbean HIV/AIDS report as well as hold an interactive session with young people in the region at the University of the West Indies. |
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