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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Third Annual General Meeting of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was held in Georgetown, Guyana on 12-13 November 2003, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Republic of Guyana, assisted by Deputy Chairperson, H.E. Ms. Dolores Balderamas Garcia, Ambassador/Chairperson National AIDS Commission, Belize. OPENING CEREMONY The Opening Ceremony was chaired by Dr. Edward…
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TELEVISED REMARKS BY DR. PETER PIOT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNAIDS, UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dear Participants of the Third Annual PANCAP Meeting, First of all, I wish to express my best wishes and solidarity with you in your continuing leadership in the response to AIDS. I am sorry not to be able to be with you in person. The Pan-Caribbean partnership against HIV/AIDS has come a long way: from the first ‘concept’ back in…
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MESSAGE FROM DR. THE HON. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIRMAN OF PANCAP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I send you all very fond greetings and best wishes on the occasion of the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS. PANCAP as it is affectionately known, is a very special mechanism endorsed by the Heads of Government of CARICOM as a pillar of the Nassau Declaration which emphasised that the “health of the region…
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REMARKS OF THE OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), DR. WALTER SANDRIMAN, MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SURINAME, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COHSOD, 8 OCTOBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(Presented by Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat) It is my pleasure to be here at this Ninth Meeting of COHSOD, which focuses on labour issues in the context of human resource development in the Caribbean. However, let me first of all extend the apologies of the Hon Walter Sandriman, Minister of Education and Community…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY- GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 8 OCTOBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is my pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development. Our Directorate has worked assiduously over the past year to support the flagship activity of the Community, which is the accelerated implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. Many of the activities in which we have been engaged are being discussed…
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30TH ANNIVERSARY OF CARICOM : A TIME OF HONOURS FOR ITS SECRETARY-GENERAL
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington was among 35 members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat who received awards at a ceremony on 23 July 2003 at Le Meridien Pegasus in Georgetown, Guyana. It was an extraordinary occasion for the Secretary-General who received two other awards apart from one for 10 years of service. The first was a Special Award for being…
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SPEECH BY H.E ELISABETH HARPER ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS AS AMBASSADOR OF GUYANA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 24 JULY 2003
Your Excellency Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Colleague Members of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media I feel deeply honoured today to present to you, Secretary-General, the letters which accredit me as Guyana's Ambassador to the Caribbean Community. As can be evidenced from Guyana's foreign policy,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 31 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Ministers Other Heads of Delegation Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my pleasure this morning, as Secretary-General, to welcome you to the Twelfth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers, the second highest decision-making body in the Caribbean Community. Today’s session is statutorily required in order to complete the arrangements, including the agenda, for…
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. SAM CONDOR, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AND INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 29 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman and Members of CARICOM, Host Minister Hon. Clement Rohee, outgoing Chair Hon Margaret Dyer-Howe, Colleague Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of Member Governments, Representatives of Inter-Hemispheric and Regional Governments, Ambassador Richard Bernal – Director of the Regional Negotiating Machinery, Friends of the Media: We in the Region continue to face an extremely busy and urgent trade negotiating…
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OPENING REMARKS BY MR. BYRON R. BLAKE, ASST. SECRETARY GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 29 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Deputy Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Incoming Chairman of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Hon. Sam Condor; Minister of Agriculture, Housing, Lands and the Environment of Montserrat and Outgoing Chairman of the Coted, Hon. Margaret Dyer-Howe; Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Host Minister, Hon. Clement Rohee; Deputy Prime Ministers;…
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