Haiti
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HAITI RECONSTRUCTION URGENT – WORLD SUMMIT CONCLUDES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Region braces for the 2010 hurricane season, expected to be “extremely active”, the urgency of moving the reconstruction process forward in Haiti has intensified. Some 80 international delegations met at the resort of Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic on 2 June for the World Summit on the Future of Haiti, to…
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CARICOM MOUNTS SEARCH FOR MISSING PERSONNEL
Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that four delegates who were attending the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have not been accounted for. The delegates include a national of Saint Lucia, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and two nationals of…
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CARICOM DELEGATION IN HAITI ON FOLLOW-UP MISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Former Jamaican Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson, Special Representative of the CARICOM Heads of Government on Haiti, is in Haiti as part of follow-up activities to the International Donor Conference: ‘Towards a New Future for Haiti’ held in New York last month. The Donor Conference, held at the United Nations Headquarters on 31 March,…
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HAITI’S CRISIS : IT’S NOT ENOUGH FOR US JUST TO BE SORRY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington has called on labour ministers and labour organisations to marshal troops in support of our brothers and sisters in Haiti, a country in the throes of restoration, after the January 12 earthquake, which devastated its capital, Port-au-Prince. An update of the recovery process in Haiti is one of the major…
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HAITI DONOR CONFERENCE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
(CARICOM Seceretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In a striking display of solidarity with the people and Government of Haiti, the international community pledged $5.3 billion for the next two years and $9.9b for the next three years and beyond to reconstruct the earthquake ravaged country. Haiti itself had sought initial pledges of $3.9 billion and $11.5 billion over the next…
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HAITI DONOR CONFERENCE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONSHAITI DONOR CONFERENCE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
(CARICOM Seceretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In a striking display of solidarity with the people and Government of Haiti, the international community pledged $5.3 billion for the next two years and $9.9b for the next three years and beyond to reconstruct the earthquake ravaged country. Haiti itself had sought initial pledges of $3.9 billion and $11.5 billion over the next…
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CARICOM ON INTERIM HAITI RECONSTRUCTION COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is among organizations represented on the Board of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission that will oversee the money pledged for Haiti’s reconstruction. The IHRC, which has an 18-month mandate, will be co-chaired by the Hon Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of Haiti and Mr. Bill Clinton, former US President and current United…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, 13 jANUARY 2010, ON THE EARTHQUAKE IN HAITI
I was deeply shocked and saddened at the extent of the destruction caused by the catastrophic earthquake which devastated our sister nation of Haiti yesterday. The haunting images of bodies, injured persons and ruined buildings struck a chord of compassion throughout our nation for the people of Haiti. Haiti as the poorest country in the western hemisphere is now severely…
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RE-ENERGISING AGRICULTURE AND DECREASING DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN FOOD AID KEY TO HAITI’S RECOVERY – P.J. PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “The Haiti of the future must be completely different and significantly different from the Haiti of the recent past,” the Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson said at the International Donors Conference on Haiti, Wednesday, 31 March 2010. The Conference was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, to mobilise support for the…
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A STRONG CARICOM NEEDS A STRONG HAITI – P.J. PATTERSON
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) had a vital interest in the welfare and development of Haiti and saw its rebuilding as a priority issue for all CARICOM Member States, the Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson said Wednesday. “A strong Caribbean Community needs a strong Haiti,” the former Jamaica Prime Minister and current Special Representative of the Heads of Government of CARICOM…
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