Press Releases
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Opening Remarks By The CARICOM Co-Chair Rt. Honourable Freundel Stuart, Q.C, M.P. Prime Minister Of Barbados at The Third CARICOM-Mexico Summit April 29,2014
It is my privilege, on behalf of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to address this opening session. Mr President, at the outset let me express on behalf of all delegations both our gratitude for the generosity of your Government which has made splendid arrangements for us to participate in this Summit, and our pleasure at the…
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Remarks the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Opening Ceremony of the third CARICOM-MEXICO SUMMIT MERIDA, YUCATAN, MEXICO 29 APRIL 2014
It is my pleasure to address the Opening Ceremony of this the Third Summit between the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico. Forty years ago a foundation was laid for the building of a strong and mutually beneficial relationship, formally underpinned by instruments such as Technical Co-operation Agreements and Memoranda of Understanding. Significantly, Mexico…
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CARPHA’s 59th Caribbean Health Research Conference addresses Non-communicable Diseases as a Health and Economic Development Priority
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, April 28, 2014. Chronic non-communicable diseases (CNCDs) remain a major cause for concern in the Region as the prevalence and mortality rates in the Caribbean are among the highest in the world, and the costs are not sustainable to families, business and government. For this reason, NCDs – Through the Life Course has been…
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CARICOM Mexico creating a new platform for their relations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The series of meetings between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico including the Third Summit must be viewed as creating “a new platform” for the relationship in the years ahead. This view was expressed by the Chairman of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community and Relations (COFCOR) the Honourable Winston Dookeran, Minister of Foreign…
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CARICOM Seeks Consensus on Strategy to Reduce Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives from the 15 CARICOM Member States will meet in Gros Islet, St Lucia April 29 -30 to agree on a strategy and action plan to reduce adolescent pregnancy in the region. The meeting is a follow-up to the High Level Multi-stakeholder Consultation on the Reduction of Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean that was…
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CARICOM, Germany hold discussions
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan PhD., will lead a CARICOM Secretariat delegation on Tuesday to talks with a team from Germany headed by His Excellency Stefan Schlueter, Ambassador of Germany to CARICOM. The visiting side will include representatives from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation, the Society for International…
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CARICOM and Mexico leaders hold third summit
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Agriculture and disaster risk reduction take centre stage as Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico gather in Merida, Mexico for their Third Summit on Tuesday 29th April. The Summit will be preceded earlier in the day by a meeting of the Foreign Ministers. In 1974 Mexico became the first country…
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CARICOM, Spain strengthen diplomatic relations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Kingdom of Spain on Thursday, 24 April continued to build on the long-standing relationship formalised in 1999, with the accreditation of a new Plenipotentiary Representative of Spain to CARICOM, H.E. José María Fernández López de Turiso. In receiving the Letters of Credence from the Spanish Ambassador at the…
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CARICOM, French Republic forge closer cooperation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and French Republic on Thursday, 24 April formalised diplomatic relations with the accreditation of H.E. Michel Prom, Plenipotentiary Representative of France to CARICOM. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque accepted the Letters of Credence in a simple handing over ceremony in his office at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown,…
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BRIEF ADDRESS TO HIS EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONY OF ACCREDITATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY JOSÉ MARÍA FERNÁNDEZ LÓPEZ DE TURISO, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE (DESIGNATE) OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN TO CARICOM GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, APRIL 24, 2014
Your Excellency, it is my honor to present to you the letter from my Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation by which I have been designated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary / Permanent Representative of Spain to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Spain and the nations of the Caribbean have a common history dating back many centuries. This shared history provides a…
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