Sustainable development
Foreign Policy and Community Relations
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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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ACS FORGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH FINLAND FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN WIDER CARIBBEAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Association of Caribbean States (ACS) is moving to deepen its relations with the Republic of Finland for possible support to the Region in the area of sustainable development. At a press briefing following his first official visit to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday January 16, 2009,…
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Caricom Secretariat Staff To Walk On World Environment Day
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will be engaged in a car pooling exercise and a Walk on World Environment Day which is being observed Thursday, 5 June 2008 under the theme: Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy. Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development of the CARICOM Secretariat said,…
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CYAP TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Environmental concerns and food security are two new issues which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have identified as growing risks to the Regional youth population, and plan to play a more active role in these areas. The new focus areas were selected during the April 21 – 23 meeting in Barbados. In…
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