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PM Browne calls for Annual Africa – CARICOM Summit “We have global bargaining power”
Written by ZDK News（https://radiozdk.com/author/zdknews/） on September 8, 2021
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua and Barbuda – 8 th September 2021……. Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM the Hon. Gaston Browne has called on the grouping of African and Caribbean countries to harness their powers to demand change in the international system.
Prime Minister Browne was speaking on Tuesday during the historic first Africa- CARICOM Summit, held under the theme Unity Across Continents and Oceans: Opportunities for deepening integration.
Calling for the summit to be an annual event, Prime Minister Browne said that Africa and CARICOM have cooperated and collaborated in the past and in order to harness its global bargaining power, they must act harmoniously.
“Between the nations of the African Union and CARICOM, we are a population of approximately 1.4 billion people, with great natural and wealth-creating resources including oil, gas, agriculture, minerals, forestry, tourism, fisheries and much more. We are the suppliers of vital commodities to the global community, and a strong market for the goods and services of Europe and North America. Additionally, together we have the voting power of 69 nations in the United Nations and all its subsidiary organizations, including the World Trade Organization. We have global bargaining power. But only if use it effectively,” he said.
Prime Minister Browne during his presentation called for a repeat of the Africa-CARICOM summit on September 7th annually to analyze the global situation and the group’s place within it; to discuss initiatives and programmes; and to authorize joint actions.
“Let us now create the pathways of accord between Africa and the Caribbean – an accord worthy of our historic and contemporary struggles to overcome the legacy of racism, colonialism, exploitation and global inequities. We are the branches of a single tree created from the same roots and as Caribbeaners, we look forward to that Welcomed return as repatriated Africans. Let us, as that one tree, reach to the skies together – strong, resilient, and unshakeable,” said Prime Minister Browne.
Prime Minister Browne also spoke about the prevalence of inequity in relation to vaccination production and accessibility, noting that the grouping which he calls the Group of 69; acting together can create a change.