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Haiti seeking to improve economy through mining
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said Monday that the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country would like to see itself as “an emerging mining country” within the next two decades. “Haiti would like to place itself as an emerging mining country in the next 20 years,” he said at the start of a two day-conference being…
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Dookeran signs Arms Trade Treaty
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran yesterday signed the Arms Trade Treaty which establishes common international standards for the movement across borders of conventional arms and ammunition. When the Treaty comes into effect after 60 nations have signed and ratified it, illegal guns which end up in the hands of local criminals will be traced since records…
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Guyana signs Global Arms Trade Treaty
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana Monday signed the United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty. The treaty calls on states to explicitly consider the risk that an arms transfer could facilitate serious acts of violence against women and children before allowing it to proceed, said Susan Bissell, UNICEF’s Chief of Child Protection. “This is critical given that weapons are now one…
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IICA to provide assistance to Guyana
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, CMC – The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) says it will support Guyana in developing its trade in agricultural products. IICA Director General, Víctor M. Villalobos met with Guyana’s Agriculture Minister Leslie Ramsammy, who outlined the country’s priorities that included the development of an agrofuels unit, the establishment of programmes to combat and mitigate…
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Montserrat to benefit from 11th EDF programme
BRADES, Montserrat, CMC – Montserrat says it will receive funding for development programmes under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) during the period 2014-2020. The European Union Foreign Affairs Council Monday approved the level of funding for the 11th EDF for the period 2014-2020 of which Euro 364 million pounds (One Euro = US$.1.25) is for the Overseas Countries and…
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