Joint cooperation efforts of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and Australia have contributed to the achievement of a globally binding arms treaty being concluded by the United Nations General Assembly.
According to a release from the Caricom Secretariat, Caricom Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Thursday highlighted this feat when he accepted the Letters of Credence of Ross William Tysoe, the new Non-Resident Plenipotentiary Representative of Australia to Caricom, at the Caricom Secretariat.
The Secretary-General said, “Collaboration, had allowed ‘our countries’ voices to be better heard by the international community and our position to be better understood.”
LaRocque said, “We have jointly lobbied for the adoption of a robust Arms Trade Treaty