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REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MAXINE MCCLEAN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COTED, 17 NOVEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Let me start by officially welcoming Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to his first meeting of the COTED in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We are all aware of Ambassador LaRocque’s long-standing relationship with the COTED, first as the representative of Dominica and later as the Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration…
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PANCAP’S ROLE CRITICAL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST HIV AND AIDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) must sustain the Caribbean’s response to HIV and AIDS if the Region is to meet UNAIDS’ target of zero new infections, discrimination and AIDS –related deaths by 2015. This was the view of the Honourable Dr Hubert A. Minnis, Minister of Health of The…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) 17 NOVEMBER 2011 GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Permit me first to recognize the presence of the Hon. Joseph Gilbert, Minister of the Environment, Foreign Trade and Export Development of Grenada at his first meeting of the COTED. I also wish to recognize the presence of Sir Edwin Carrington, Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM and immediate past Secretary-General of CARICOM.…
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REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MAXINE MCCLEAN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COTED, 17 NOVEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Let me start by officially welcoming Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to his first meeting of the COTED in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We are all aware of Ambassador LaRocque’s long-standing relationship with the COTED, first as the representative of Dominica and later as the Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration…
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PAY ATTENTION TO HUMAN AND SOCIAL MATTERS – CHAIR URGES COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers have been cautioned to pay attention to human and social matters and not to focus only on trade and economics. The charge was delivered on Thursday in Georgetown, at the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the Council or Trade and Economic Development (COTED) by Senator the…
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COTED DELEGATES TOLD `TIME FOR STOCK-TAKING’
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The time was ripe for the review of the performance and the method of work of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), and for strategizing on its new direction that would take into account the current global economic reality, Senator the Hon. Maxine McClean told her colleagues Thursday. Senator McClean, Minister of…
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STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR – SECRETARY-GENERAL LAROCQUE TELLS COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The need for the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to strengthen relations with the private sector was one of the key messages Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), gave to the Region’s Trade Ministers at the Opening Ceremony of the Council’s two-day Thirty-Third Meeting. He referred to…
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SURINAME TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CARICOM LEGAL PROCEDURES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is moving to improve the understanding in Suriname of legislative processes in CARICOM. From 21-22 November, legal experts within the CARICOM Secretariat will engage legal officials from various government departments in Suriname, in the CARICOM Law and Legislative Drafting Seminar. The seminar is being supported by the European Union,…
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REGION’S FISHERIES SECTOR PROFILED IN ACP MEETING IN JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fifteen countries from the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), are participating in a four-day workshop in Jamaica which profiles fisheries management in Region, even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) finalises negotiation for a Common Fisheries Policy. The Third Regional Programme Monitoring Training Workshop began on Tuesday 15 November, in Kingston,…
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STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, OCC, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINIARE AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good Morning. Mr. Secretary-General, my first and most enjoyable task today is to extend to you the warmest congratulations on your assumption of the office of Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We have worked together for many years and I know that in you, the Community is in very capable and committed hands. I…
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