Sustainable development
Foreign Policy and Community Relations
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Remarks By Dr. Indarjit Ramdass, Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency, Guyana, At The Caribbean Regional Needs Prioritisation Workshop – Capacity Building Related To Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAS) In African, Caribbean And Paci
Madame Chair Dr. Greene Ms. Recio Mr. Barnwell Representatives of International Organisations Members of the Media Special Invitees Good morning all. It is my pleasure to welcome you – those visiting as well as our local colleagues to this workshop. I understand that for the coming days, this forum would be addressing needs prioritization as they relate to Multilateral…
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Welcome And Opening Remarks By Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-general, Human And Social Development, Caribbean Community Secretariat, At The Launch Of The Caribbean Regional Needs Prioritisation Workshop – Capacity Building Related To Multilateral
I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General of the CARIFORUM Member States who because of conflicting obligations could not be here today. I bring you greetings in his name and on behalf of CARIFORUM, which comprises six small island developing and low lying coastal states, each with distinct characteristics, but all being apart of the family…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. MARIA E. RECIO, REPRESENTATIVE, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMME (UNEP) REGIONAL OFFICE FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, AT THE LAUNCH OF THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL NEEDS PRIORITISATION WORKSHOP – CAPACITY BUILDING RELATED TO MULTILATERAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS (MEAS) IN AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) COUNTRIES, 8-10 SEPTEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is pleased to welcome you to this Regional Needs Prioritization Workshop within the Programme on Capacity-building related to Implementation of Multilateral Environmental Agreements in African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries project. This project is supported by the European Community and implemented by UNEP. Therefore, UNEP and the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are called…
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MESSAGE IN OBSERVANCE OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2009
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) World Environment Day is observed in many places across the world on 5 June every year. The day has been singled out to inspire awareness and enhance political attention and action towards the environment. It is an opportunity for many of us living in the developing world to think of our contribution and approach…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) “International cooperation is now more than ever necessary for global sustainable development,” CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington said yesterday, May 27, 2009. He was at the time speaking at the Ceremony for the Presentation of Credentials by His Excellency Tatsuaki Iwata, Plenipotentiary Representative of Japan to the Caribbean Community. The ceremony…
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FEATURE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE STEPHENSON KING, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA AND LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE QUASI-CABINET OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, AT THE REGIONAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Let me begin by being quite relevant, in extending a pleasant climatic and environmentally peaceful day to all of you. It is a real pleasure, and a genuine honour, to welcome you to this Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change and Development. Indeed, I feel particularly honoured to welcome you today in my capacity as CARICOM’s lead Head of Government with…
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CARICOM OFFICIAL WANTS BETTER WORK ENVIRONMENT FOR THE REGION’S POLICE
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat has called on Caribbean Governments to pay greater attention to the conditions under which police officers across the Region are expected to function. While acknowledging that some Caribbean Governments had made considerable efforts to facilitate effective policing by upgrading infrastructure, Dr Greene told Police Commissioners…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HON. JOHN FABIEN, MINISTER OF HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT, COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA AND CHAIR OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATING MECHANISM OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE 12TH ORDINARY MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATING MECHANISM, PANCAP, 27-28 APRIL 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Mr. Edward Emmanuel, Programme Manager, PANCAP Coordinating Mechanism and Chair of the Opening Proceedings of this Meeting Hon. Karl Hood, Minister of Health, Grenada and Chair of the OECS Ministers of Health Mr. Felix St. Hill, Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Saint Lucia Prof. Peter Figueroa, Deputy Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP Mr. Carl Browne, Director,…
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FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL FISHING UNDER MICROSCOPE AT PANEL DISCUSSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The uncertainties surrounding the future of sustainable commercial fishing in the Caribbean region will be explored tomorrow, Thursday, when the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat hosts the panel discussion: `Caribbean Fisheries: Sinking or Swimming in Uncertain Waters’. The public discussion will take place at 10:00 a.m. at the…
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DRUG ABUSE A THREAT TO REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager Sustainable Development, Ms Beverely Reynolds has made an impassioned plea for the Caribbean Countries and the European Union to strengthen the partnership in waging the war against the use of illicit drugs in the Caribbean Region, declaring that the Region’s sustainable development was seriously threatened by this social malady. Speaking…
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