The charge of the New York Conference on the Caribbean
Community is to abet bilateral relations between the
United States of America and CARICOM. The Conference
aims to facilitate the development of an enabling
environment for dialogue between the Diaspora and
the Leaders of CARICOM.
At the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference which
was held in Barbados in July 2007, Heads of
Government met with Congressman Charles Rangel,
Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, US
House of Representatives and engaged in an exchange
of views on a number of issues of interest to the
Caribbean Community.
An invitation was extended by Congressman Rangel
to CARICOM Heads of Government for them to visit New
York and it was proposed that the visit take place
in June 2008 to coincide with Caribbean American
Heritage Month. A proposal was also made at that
meeting that a Conference on the Caribbean be held
in New York as part of this visit.
The CARICOM Consular Corps in New York, in
collaboration with the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors
in Washington, D.C., and the Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) Secretariat, has been working on the
preparation for the event entitled “New York
Conference on the Caribbean”.
The various fora will focus on -
(i) Education;
(ii) Trade and Investment; and
(iii) the Diaspora.
In addition to Congressman Rangel, support for
the Conference has come from the Mayor of the City
of New York; the President of the Brooklyn Borough;
Medgar Evers College; York College; the Harlem
Chamber of Commerce; the New York City Partnership;
and Carib News.
Documents and Press releases:
Programme of Activities
UWI, Medgar Evers College sign Memorandum of
Understanding (press release 185/2008)
Time is right for US investment in CARICOM
(press release 183/2008)
Historic Visit By Caribbean Community Heads Of
Government to Commence in New York Via “New York
Conference on the Caribbean Community" (19 May 2008)
CARICOM Heads of Government to meet with New
York Governor, Mayor (press release 154/2008)
Second Conference on the Caribbean in June 2008
(press release 149/2008)
Speeches:
Statement by the Hon. Stephenson King, Prime
Minister of Saint Lucia, on Forging Closer Ties
between the Caribbean and the African-American
Community, 20 June 2008, New York, USA
Forging partnerships out of common objectives:
speech by Dr. the Honourable Denzil Douglas, Prime
Minister, St. Kitts and Nevis, at the Education
Symposium of the New York Conference on the
Caribbean, 19 June 2008
Address by the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime
Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, at the launch of
New York Conference on the Caribbean, 19 June 2008,
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Previous Conference:
Conference on the Caribbean : A 20/20 Vision, 19-21 June 2007,
Washington, DC
Related Links:
Caribbean Business Community (North America) Inc.
CARICOM Beyond Thirty: Connecting with the Diaspora
: lecture delivered by The Most Honourable P.J.
Patterson, ON, PC, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Jamaica
on Thursday, 2 October 2003, Brooklyn, New
York (Seventh Lecture of the Distinguished
Lecture Series to commemorate CARICOM’s 30th
Anniversary)
Caribbean Diaspora Association
Diaspora Community Services (formerly Haitian
Women's Program)
Draft Dominica - Diaspora Policy Paper
E.One.Caribbean
The Jamaican Diaspora
Jamaica Diaspora of Indiana (JDI)
Jamaica Diaspora Conference 2004
Medgar Evers College. Caribbean Research
Centre
South Florida Caribbean News
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