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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, AT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 14 MARCH 2012
Thank you, Secretary General Larocque, for your kind words. It is a great honour, and a great pleasure as well, to be visiting the region again. I will keep my remarks brief. Let me simply point out that Singapore has always and continues to value our relationship with the countries of the Caribbean. Our relations with the region date back…
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PANCAP MODEL ANTI-DISCRIMINATION LEGISLATION – INTERFACE BETWEEN PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Region’s Chief Parliamentary Counsel will meet over the next four days to refine the PANCAP draft Regional Anti-Discrimination Model Policy, at a meeting being held, in Trinidad and Tobago. PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director, Mrs. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, in brief remarks to the Official Opening of the meeting on Monday 12 March, noted that the…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 8-9 MARCH 2012, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Paramaribo, Suriname, from 8-9 March 2012. His Excellency, Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Winston…
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ST KITTS AND NEVIS PM URGES CARICOM TO BE RESOLUTE IN RESPONSE TO CHALLENGES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Outgoing Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the Rt. Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas is of the opinion that CARICOM needs to be more resolute in its responses to certain challenges – especially those which were externally imposed. In his address to the 23rd half-yearly meeting of CARICOM Conference…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-THIRD INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 8-9 MARCH 2012, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Paramaribo, Suriname, from 8-9 March 2012. His Excellency, Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Honourable Winston…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL TO START SECRETARIAT REFORMS NOW!
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government at their 23rd Inter-Sessional meeting, which ended in Suriname on Friday agreed to “move immediately” to implement major recommendations that would see the restructuring of the Community’s administrative body – the CARICOM Secretariat. To this end the Conference has directed the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to begin the search…
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CARICOM BUREAU TO OVERSEE STRATEGIC PLAN OUTLINE DRAFT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be overseeing the change process of the CARICOM Secretariat as it begins to implement recommendations accepted by the Leaders arising out of the report of the independent consultants on restructuring the Secretariat. Speaking after the two-day Inter-sessional Meeting in Paramaribo, Suriname on Friday, the Chairman…
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CARICOM PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE TO MEDIATE ISSUES IN WINDIES CRICKET
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Yet another attempt is being made by CARICOM Heads of Government to help defuse mounting tensions among key actors involved in and relating to West Indies Cricket. At the 23rd Inter-sessional meeting, which ended in Suriname on Friday, there were frank discussions among CARICOM Heads of Government on several critical issues surrounding and or…
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STATEMENT BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AT THE TWENTY-THIRD INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), PARAMARIBO SURINAME, 8-9 MARCH 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am pleased to join my distinguished colleagues, our Secretary General LaRocque and the other members of the CARICOM delegations who have all converged here in Suriname in conveying profound gratitude to Your Excellency, President Desi Bouterse, your Government and people of the Republic of Suriname for the unique hospitality extended to us here…
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