Sustainable development
Foreign Policy and Community Relations
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Barbados Rosina Wiltshire is CARICOM Gender Advocate
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Barbadian Rosina Wiltshire has been appointed the First Caribbean Community Advocate for Gender Justice for the year 2010. As part of her terms of reference, Dr. Rosina Wiltshire will be required to coordinate the research on Gender Based Violence (GBV) within the Caribbean Region and raise awareness of the need for further action to…
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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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CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE CARIBBEAN FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean needs to have more investment in agriculture if the sector is to match the increasing demand to produce more food in order to ensure food security for the Caribbean. According to Jose Fonseca, a senior policy maker with the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development (CTA), while the Caribbean continues to…
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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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