Month: July 2013
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CARICOM heads’ conference again
GEORGETOWN, Guyana – It seems worthwhile to return once again, editorially, to the subject of the recent CARICOM Heads of Government conference held in Trinidad and Tobago earlier this month. Most commentaries suggest a certain pessimism about the outcome of the meeting, and there has been no substantial comment from any of our heads refuting this view. Instead, we are…
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PANCAP TO HOLD KEY MEETINGS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will hold the Twentieth Meeting of its Executive Board and the Fifth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) for Global Fund Projects on 18 to 20 July 2013, in Kingston, Jamaica Under the chairmanship of the Honourable Fenton Ferguson, Minister of Health, Jamaica, the…
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Japan signals intent to strengthen cooperation with CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan look forward to the celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary of cooperation in 2014, Japan has signalled its intent to deepen cooperation relations with the Region even further. This indication came from Ambassador Akira Yamada, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan at the opening of…
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Opening Remarks by H.E. Edwin Carrington Ambassador Extraordinaire, Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
On behalf of the Caribbean Community I have the signal honour and distinct pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegation of Japan, particularly those of you that have travelled all the way from Japan to be with us today for the Sixteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation. May I also extend a warm welcome to my colleagues from the…
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UK Aid for Trade has helped Pave the Way for EPA Implementation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Great strides have been made in strengthening national capacity in the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), regarding the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). The United Kingdom’s Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund (CARTFund) has distinguished itself, in this regard, providing much-needed…
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INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES SUPPORT THE MANDATE OF THE CCYD
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four international agencies have pledged their support in advancing the work of the recently-established CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD). At the meeting of the Commission in Kingston, Jamaica on 6-11 August, 2007, representatives from the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)…
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CARICOM/PANCAP RCM CONVENES NINTH MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A review of the regional mechanism for tackling HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean will feature high on the agenda when the CARICOM/PANCAP Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) meets in St. Vincent and The Grenadines on 20-21 September 2007. Under the chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Health, Barbados and present Chair of the…
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In Second Term, Obama Is Seen as Using ‘Hidden Hand’ Approach
WASHINGTON — In the nearly two weeks since Egypt’s military seized power, President Obama has promoted a better federal bureaucracy, given a medal to George Lucas of “Star Wars” fame and had former President George Bush to the White House for lunch. What he has not done is publicly address the violent upheaval in Cairo. That is not to say…
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Snowden and a Cold War Revival
MOSCOW — The greatest media event of the Cold War occurred on July 12, 2013. By all accounts, the scene at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport on Friday afternoon was like nothing those present had ever seen — and most were no strangers to media madness. One witness said she had feared she might be torn apart by the journalists. Her…
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