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MICHEL SIDIBE APPOINTED UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On World AIDS Day the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Dr Michel Sidibe as the next Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Congratulating Dr Sidibe on his appointment, outgoing Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot said, “The leadership of UNAIDS is in very capable hands. UNAIDS has a vital…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER AT RED CROSS ORPHANAGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington along with staff members of his office got into the Christmas spirit on December 12, 2008 with the sharing of gifts at the Red Cross Convalescent Home for Children, Georgetown, Guyana. Secretary-General Carrington said that the exercise was to “help spread Christmas cheer to the youngsters.”…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR BARRY CHEVANNES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (CCYD), 8-10 DECEMBER 2008, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
Salutations The Mandate The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development arose out of a mandate from the 27th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government held in St. Kitts and Nevis in July 2006. The Mandate is to “provide a full scale analysis of the challenges and opportunities for youth in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 10 DECEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Distinguished Representatives of the United Nations (UN) Sir George Alleyne Other Distinguished Participants Distinguished Guests Representatives of the MediA Ladies and Gentlemen Today, the 10th of December 2008 the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins the international community in marking the Sixtieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) under the theme “Dignity…
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REGIONAL INTEGRATION PROCESS REMAINS ON COURSE – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Amidst the challenges faced by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from internal and external forces, the regional integration process remains on course with the people at its heart, said His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM. He gave this assurance at his annual End-of-Year media briefing via video conference from the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana…
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CARIFORUM MINISTERS GETTING READY FOR WTO MINISTERIAL MEETING
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (CARIFORUM) will meet in Barbados on December 10, 2008 in preparation for the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Meeting, proposed for later this month in Geneva, Switzerland. The Ministerial meeting is intended to revive the Doha Development Round discussions of which broke down…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE EVANS LESCOUFLAIR, MINISTER OF YOUTH, SPORT AND CIVIC ACTION, HAITI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 8 DECEMBER 2008, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Members of the Haitian Government Master Ambassador, Representative of the Bureau of CARICOM in Haiti Master Director General of the Ministry, Youth and Sports and Civic Action Master Co-Chair of the CARICOM Commission for the Development of Youth Madam the Regional Director of UNICEF Madam the Executive Director of IDEJEN Madam, Master Ambassadors of Youth of Haiti to CARICOM Directors…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR BARRY CHEVANNES, CO-CHAIR OF THE CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (CCYD) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CCYD, 8 DECEMBER 2008, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of my Co-Chair and all the other members of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development I wish to extend warm greetings to all you who by your presence here at this our third Meeting have signaled your support and friendship to what is one of the most important Commissions established by the Heads of Government…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE ORDER OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (OCC) TO HIS EXCELLENCY FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, 8 DECEMBER 2008, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, CUBA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has described Cuba’s former President His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruz as a true Caribbean Man. Speaking a the opening ceremony of the Third CARICOM-Cuba Summit in Santiago de Cuba on Monday 8 December, the Secretary General said it was only fitting that the…
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CARICOM-CUBA LEADERS CALL FOR RESOURCES TO SUPPORT CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba called upon developed countries to contribute new and additional financial resources to implement measures aimed at adaptation to climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gases. This was one of the clauses of the Declaration of Santiago de Cuba which was issued following the Third…
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