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Low-key US plan for each nation to set climate goals wins ground
BONN, Germany (Reuters) – A US-led plan to let all countries set their own goals for fighting climate change is gaining grudging support at UN talks, even though the current level of pledges is far too low to limit rising temperatures substantially. The approach, being discussed this week at 160-nation talks in Bonn, Germany, would mean abandoning the blueprint of…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR DR. HELMUT OHLRAUN OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE TO CARICOM, 16 JANUARY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Mr. Secretary-General Madam Deputy Secretary- General Members of CARICOM staff Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen, With my accreditation as Plenipotentiary Representative, the Caribbean Community and Germany establish formal relations. Let me use this opportunity to reflect on the nature of our relationship. Unlike some of our European friends we do not and did not possess territories…
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CONTINUED BENEFIT FOR CARICOM FROM RELATIONSHIP WITH GERMANY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The experience of Germany as a founding Member of one of the world’s most advanced regional integration arrangements, the European Union (EU), is an experience to which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can look for support. This message came today from CARICOM Secretary-General H.E Edwin Carrington, on the occasion of the presentation of credentials by H.…
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Remarks by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary-General, caribbean community (CARICOM), on the Signing of Agreements with the Federal Republic of Germany, 3 December 2004, georgetown, Guyana
This Ceremony for the Signing of two Agreements between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Federal Republic of Germany presents a timely opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany to a number of developmental initiatives in the Region, including, but not restricted to, the building of regional capacity through the replenishment of the Study and Expert…
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