Environment
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CARICOM MOVES TO BUILD THE CAPACITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL NEGOTIATORS
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana ) A five –day training intervention for the Caribbean Region’s environmental negotiators opened in St Kitts and Nevis on Monday, 28 May 2012. The workshop, which will be held at the Ocean Terrace Inn, is organized by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from the European Union, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the…
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ADAPT FOREIGN POLICY COORDINATING TO CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) foreign policy coordination in a constantly changing international climate was the common thread running through the addresses at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Thursday 3 May 2012. The two-day meeting was preceded by a formal opening ceremony that was addressed…
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PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CARICOM ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The region’s sustainable development rests heavily on its human capital. This is the consensus of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers and other officials at the 39th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environment and Sustainable Development. The meeting which opened in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday, was mandated…
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CARICOM ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS MEET TO TACKLE RIO+20 AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 39th Special meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), slated for Georgetown, Guyana on Friday, will provide the last ministerial platform for environment and sustainable development ministers to frame a regional strategic approach for the upcoming Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Set for the Rio de Janeiro on…
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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 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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