Press Releases
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CARICOM Cuba Leaders to talk trade in Havana
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Economic and Trade Relations will be among the issues discussed at the Fifth Summit of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba which takes place in Havana, Cuba on Monday 8 December. The Summit will be preceded on Sunday by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers. In accordance with the…
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CARREX to be fully operational by year end
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Exchange of Information on Dangerous (non-food) Consumer Goods (CARREX) is expected to be completely operational at the national and regional levels by the end of 2014. Representatives from national standards bureaux in CARICOM are being trained at a Regional Workshop in Suriname on matters relating to the CARREX…
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Message from Sophia Martelly- World AIDS Day 2014
Monday on the occasion of World AIDS Day, Sophia Martelly, the First Lady of Haiti has issued a message of hope. Message from Sophia Martelly : “The World Day against AIDS is once again an opportunity to take stock of the HIV epidemic in Haiti and look it in the face, our achievements and challenges. As First Lady of the…
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TOGETHER WE MUST CLOSE THIS GAP – says CARICOM Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Douglas Slater, CARICOM Secretariat Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development, was speaking at a brief ceremony to hand over more than G$150,000 worth of food items to the Food Bank of Guyana National HIV & AIDS Programme (NAP). Initiated and organised by the PANCAP Coordinating Unit (PCU) in collaboration with the CARICOM…
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SG says Private Sector Essential to CARICOM Growth and Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The involvement and commitment of the Private Sector are essential to achieving the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) growth and development agenda. That was the message from CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque as he addressed the Annual Awards Ceremony of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association in Georgetown. Guyana on Friday night. “As members…
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Remarks from Mr. Ainsley Reid Chairman, the Caribbean Regional Network of People Living with HIV (CRN+)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It has been over three decades since the first case of AIDS was recorded, leaving a trail of crippling fear that gripped the nations of the Caribbean. Though much work is still to be done, the fear is now abating. More governments have sought funding and technical support from international donors to reverse the…
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Closing the Gap to Universal Access” Remarks by Mr Dereck Springer, PANCAP Coordinating Unit Director
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 2014 World AIDS Day theme is ‘Closing the Gap’. This theme challenges us as Policy makers, programme managers and implementers to identify and develop strategies and policies for closing the gap in resources to achieve universal access. For the Caribbean, removing the barriers that impede universal access by all members of our society…
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World AIDS Day Message from Dr. Edward Greene, UN Secretary General Special Envoy for HIV in the Caribbean
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) This World AIDS Day brings with it the realization that in less than 400 days the Millennium Development Goals would have expired. It is clear that some targets would not have been achieved. Among them, are those associated with the response to HIV and AIDS. Yet there is much to celebrate. People with AIDS…
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Let us resolve to close the Gap MESSAGE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY 2014
World AIDS Day provides an opportunity for reflection and resolution. Not long ago an affliction with HIV and AIDS was literally a death sentence. Today, thanks to scientific breakthroughs and access to treatment, people with HIV and AIDS are living longer and leading productive lives. Yet there are lingering challenges to overcome. Among them are the increases in new infections…
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World AIDS Day: opportunity for reflection, resolution – Secretary-General
MESSAGE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY 2014 World AIDS Day provides an opportunity for reflection and resolution. Not long ago an affliction with HIV and AIDS was literally a death sentence. Today, thanks to scientific breakthroughs and access to treatment, people with HIV and AIDS are living longer and leading productive lives. Yet there are…
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