Year: 2014
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STATEMENT BY H.E. PETERSON BENJAMIN NOEL SPECIAL ENVOY PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE TO CARICOM
It is my pleasure to bring to you New Year greetings from His Excellency Michel Martelly and the people of the Republic of Haiti, my home country which has just celebrated its 210th year of independence on January 1st. Today’s ceremony recalls the tens of thousands of people who perished in the devastating earthquake 4 years ago. Haitian people, Hand…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On the Occasion of the Presentation of Credentials by His Excellency Peterson Benjamin Noel Plenipotentiary Representative (DESIGNATE) of the Republic of Haiti To The Caribbean Community Georgetown, GUYANA 10 January 2014
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you, Ambassador Noel, as Haiti’s first Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. Ambassador, you, however, are far from being a newcomer to our Community and this institution in particular. You were a pioneer in the Secretariat’s programme for attaching Haitian professionals to the organisation back in 2008, being the first Haitian government official…
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CARICOM Rallies to Assist Countries Affected by Christmas Rains
Bridgetown, Barbados, January 09, 2014 (CDEMA) – In excess of EC$ 3,000,000.00 in donations have been mobilised by the Caribbean Community since a trough system impacted St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia and Dominica over the Christmas holidays. Severe rains and high winds during the period December 23rd to December 25th, 2013 triggered flash flooding and landslides in St.…
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Haiti’s pride of place in history unquestionable – CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has extended congratulations and best wishes to Haiti on the occasion of its 210th anniversary of independence celebrated on Wednesday, 1 January 2014. In a congratulatory message to His Excellency Michel Martelly, President of the Republic of Haiti, the Secretary-General said that Haiti’s pride of…
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