Business View Caribbean | July 2022

10 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 7 around: (i) dialogue and development diplomacy mechanisms to elevate the political and developmental concerns and priorities of CARICOM member states to the appropriate organs of the UN Secretariat and other relevant inter-governmental forums; (ii) development cooperation with individual CARICOM Member States); and (iii) development cooperation and support to the CARICOM Secretariat and/or constituent CARICOM institutions and agencies. The UN’s development cooperation with CARICOM Member States, the Secretariat, and CARICOM institutions is delivered substantially via the Multi- Country Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (MSDCF) 2022-2026, established to support the countries of the Dutch- and English- speaking Caribbean. The MSDCF provides signatory states with direct access to UN technical expertise and to the resources and partnerships necessary to advance Caribbean development efforts. The Framework is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the SAMOA Pathway, and the International Human Rights framework; and its strategy is built around the CARICOM Member States’ own agreed priority areas. UN support to CARICOM is undertaken by a number of Agencies, Funds and Programmes, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP); UN Environment (UNEP), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF, the International Labor Organization (ILO); World Food Programme (WFP), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the UN Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the UN Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC). The UN is committed to supporting the work of regional organisations worldwide, including CARICOM, its Secretariat and its institutions, and of course its Member States about how we are practically going to strengthen our developmental relationship to accelerate our shared objectives.” Also present at the meeting were Dr. Armstrong Alexis, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General; Ambassador Donna Forde, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign and Community Relations; Yeşim Oruç, UN Resident Coordinator in Guyana; Birgit Gerstenberg, UN Resident Coordinator in Belize; Mr. Didier Trebucq, UN Resident Coordinator Barbados and the OECS, and Dr. Garry Conille, UN Resident Coordinator in Jamaica, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands. Background The UN’s cooperation with CARICOM centres