Press Releases
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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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Suriname a showcase for CARICOM as it celebrates Thirty-Nine
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has congratulated the Government and People of Suriname as they mark thirty-nine years of Independence. The Secretary-General applauded Suriname for continuing to be a showcase for the Caribbean Community in many areas, citing among others, the rich diversity of its culture and people living in harmonious union; the continued dynamism of its economic growth which…
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Staff at CARICOM Secretariat show off array of gifts for Staff Talent celebrations 2014
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Creativity and Innovation for a Better Tomorrow is the theme for this year’s Staff Talent Celebration at the CARICOM Secretariat. The Celebration got off to an official start when Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque declared the week of activities open on Monday November 24 in a brief ceremony at the…
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CARICOM Secretariat staffers display gifts at Staff Talent 2014
Creativity and Innovation for a Better Tomorrow is the theme for this year’s Staff Talent Celebration at the CARICOM Secretariat. The staff talent activities got off to an official start when CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque declared the week of activities open on Monday, November 24, in a brief ceremony held in the Secretariat’s large conference room. The ceremony was…
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CARICOM extends diplomatic relations to Republic of Georgia
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The accreditation of the first Ambassador of Georgia to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Otar Berdzenishvili, represents a deliberate and key element of CARICOM’s coordinated foreign policy to expand diplomatic, development, trade and economic relations. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM expressed those sentiments, Monday 24 November 2014, as he welcomed the Republic…
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Multiple renewable energy options in all CARICOM Member States – Dr. Devon Gardner
Multiple renewable energy options exist in all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States in all of them, the obvious one being solar. All are medium to high in terms of solar energy potential, Dr. Devon Gardner, Energy Programme Manager at the CARICOM Secretariat, revealed. In varying degrees, Member States also have geo-thermal, hydro, and wind sources of energy, Dr. Gardner said.…
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CARICOM, Lithuanian embark on historic diplomatic relations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Lithuania charted a historic course of diplomatic relations when the first Ambassador of a Baltic country, Her Excellency Raimonda Murmokaite, was accredited to CARICOM on Monday, 17 November 2014. In welcoming the Lithuanian envoy, Deputy Secretary-General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan described the occasion as “quite an honour.” “You have been…
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