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CARICOM’S ENGAGEMENT WITH HAITI MUST BE LONG TERM – SG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General yesterday signalled the Community’s commitment, in the long term, towards Haiti’s recovery and reconstruction. Speaking at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Wednesday, 1 February at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Budget Committee, Secretary-General Carrington said that the Secretariat had moved to establish a “dedicated…
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HELP ON THE WAY FOR HAITI’S TERTIARY STUDENTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) the Hon Roosevelt Skerrit said CARICOM would have discussions with the University of the West Indies (UWI) with a view to creating special programmes for displaced tertiary students in Haiti. He was responding to queries at a press conference, in Paramaribo,…
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Montserrat’s Chief Minister to Champion Regional ICT Initiative
Montserrat's Chief Minister Reuben Meade says he will champion the cause of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU) on a regional level. Speaking to Bernadette Lewis, Head of the CTU who visited the island last week to look at plans for hosting the ICT Roadshow in Montserrat, the chief minister said his government was committed to promoting the use of communications…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS MONELLE ALEXIS, DEAN OF THE CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADOR CORPS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPECIAL SUMMIT OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 30 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME: YOUTH NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY TOMORROW
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the Chairman of the Conference, Honourable Roosevelt Skerrit His Excellency, Drs. Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname and Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Youth, Culture Sport and Gender Development His Excellency, Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Ministers responsible for Youth Affairs and other related ministries CARICOM Youth Ambassadors,…
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Declaration Of Paramaribo On The Future Of Youth In The Caribbean Community
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at the Torarica Hotel, Paramaribo, Suriname on 30 January 2010 on the occasion of a Special Regional Summit on Youth Development: Conscious that regional integration holds the key to the optimal development of the small developing countries of the Community and the regional population, the majority of which is under the…
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Press release 39/2010 (29 January 2010) REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HON. JERMAINE WADE, PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND SPORTS, MONTSERRAT TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 28 JANUARY 2010
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Honourable Ministers of regional governments, CARICOM youth ambassadors, youth reps, members of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD), other officials, my brothers and sisters good day & greetings from Montserrat. I must first join in the sentiments that others have expressed by extending commendations to the members of the CARICOM…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE CARICOM SUMMIT ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 29 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Honourable Roosvelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Dominica and Chairman of the Conference; His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana His Excellency, Ramdien Sardjoe, Vice President of Suriname; Heads of Delegation of CARICOM Member States Honourable Ministers; Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname Distinguished Members of the Parliament; Members of the Diplomatic Corps;…
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Haiti’s Youth Ambassador Appeals To Cohsod: Let Us Rise And Re-build The Education System
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Leticia Cadet, on Thursday, made an impassioned plea to the Caribbean Community to help re-build, as a matter of priority, the education system in Haiti. At a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Ms Cadet recalled with obvious grief the devastation caused…
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SPECIAL UNIT FOR CARICOM HAITI ASSISTANCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has mandated the CARICOM Secretariat to establish a small dedicated unit to co-ordinate CARICOM’s continued assistance to Haiti over the long term in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake which struck that country on 12 January. The extended Bureau met in Paramaribo, Suriname,…
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MORE AUSTRALIAN FUNDS FOR HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has been identified as one of the agencies through which an additional $5M from the Australian Government will be channeled for immediate emergency humanitarian assistance for Haiti. At a press conference on 19 January 2010, the Hon. Stephen Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, announced the…
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