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CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF PLAN STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVED SERVICE DELIVERY
Members of staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat met in a two-day retreat in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday and Wednesday (July 20-21) to devise strategies to assist the Organisation to more effectively and efficiently serve the Region and its people. The retreat was part of an organisational change and refocusing exercise, which is being undertaken in several phases at…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TO HONOUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN GUYANA
H. E. Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will lead staff of the CARICOM Secretariat in commemorating CARICOM Day 2004 by honouring and remembering senior citizens in Guyana on Saturday, 24 July 2004. This “different, yet meaningful way”, of celebrating CARICOM Day 2004 recognises that senior citizens are an important part of the Community, but as a…
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GEORGETOWN COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF MINISTERIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF G90 COUNTRIES, 3-4 JUNE 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
We, the Ministerial Representatives responsible for trade, meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, on the 3rd and 4th June, 20041, examined the state of progress in the negotiations in the World Trade Organisation [WTO] based on the mandates of the Fourth and Fifth Ministerial Conferences held at Doha and Cancun respectively with a view to identifying common elements for a G90 platform…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON CULTURE, 2-3 JUNE 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD): Culture was convened at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Headquarters, Bank of Guyana Building, Georgetown, Guyana on 2-3 June 2004 under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Edward Hart, Minister of State in the Ministry of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs, Trinidad and Tobago. In attendance were: Hon.…
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Rohee: “G90 Meeting Adopted Key Decisions”
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – “Our deliberations have been constructive. They have enabled a meeting of minds, in an atmosphere where views of G90 constituent members have been ventilated freely”. This according to Hon. Clement Rohee, CARICOM Ministerial Spokesperson for World Trade Organization (WTO) issues and Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Guyana. Minister Rohee made these remarks at a press…
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G90 set to “Coalesce” on Common Platform for Global Trade Talks, in Georgetown
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA – A meeting of G90 Ministers and Ministerial representatives got underway today in Georgetown, Guyana. The two-day meeting is expected to contribute to efforts to revive and give impetus to stalled World Trade Organization (WTO) talks. The objectives of this meeting are to: 1) examine the current status of Doha Round negotiations; 2) explore possible elements of a…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ROLAND BULLEN, AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO GUYANA, AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE TO CARICOM, 2 APRIL 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency It is with great pleasure that I receive this letter from Secretary of State Colin Powell, designating you as Plenipotentiary Representative of the United States of America to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). As noted in Secretary Powell’s letter, you Ambassador Bullen, are a career member of the Foreign Service of the USA and assumed duties in Guyana in…
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REMARKS BY H. E. AMB. ROLAND BULLEN, AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO GUYANA, AT THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 2 APRIL 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Secretary-General, it is an honor for me to be here today to present my credentials as United States Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. The United States enjoys good relations with the countries of the Caribbean Community, so it is appropriate that the U.S. Government have direct representation with the CARICOM Secretariat. The countries of CARICOM collectively constitute the…
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ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 9 MARCH 2004, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA.
It is a pleasure to join in welcoming you to this opening ceremony. which will signal the start of a three-part training programme in Project Development and Project Management being conducted within the Organisational Development (OD) component of the CIDA-funded CARICOM Capacity Development Programme (CCDP). I am delighted at the interest shown in these workshops; it is obviously an indication…
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STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM, ON THE SIGNING OF FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CARIFORUM FOR AIR ACCESS IMPROVEMENT FOR DOMINICA, 9 JANUARY 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is with mixed feelings that I take part in this very important ceremony today. Mixed feelings because as you all know earlier this week there was the unfortunate passing of the Honourable Pierre Charles, the late Prime Minister of Dominica, on Tuesday, 6 January. Mixed feelings because today, I have the privilege and honour to sign, on behalf of…
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