Press Releases
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Spotlight on importance of statistics to Regional development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Regional policy-makers and other high level officials will gather in St. George’s, Grenada, on Monday, 26 May, for a discourse that is aimed at placing the spotlight on the value of statistics to regional development. Top government officials and other regional and international stakeholders will participate in a High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics…
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Communiqué Issued at The Conclusion of The Seventeenth Meeting of The Council for Foreign And Community Relations (COFCOR), 20-21 May 2014 Georgetown, Guyana
The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Georgetown, Guyana, on 20-21 May 2014, under the chairmanship of the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana. The Council Meeting was attended by Senator the Hon. Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign…
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CARICOM Council of Ministers to deliberate on third draft of Five-year Strategic Plan
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Community will deliberate on the third draft of the CARICOM Five-Year Strategic Plan when the Council meets on Thursday 22 May at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown Guyana. The two-day meeting which concludes on Friday 23 May, will be held under the…
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Remarks by the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana and Chair of COFCOR At the Opening Ceremony of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) Guyana International Conference Centre May 20, 2014 ,
It is a real pleasure for me to welcome you all this morning to the opening ceremony of the 17th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations of CARICOM. As I welcome our visitors to Guyana, I do so not only on my own behalf, but also on behalf of His Excellency President Donald Ramotar and the people…
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Opening Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community At The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council For Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) Georgetown, GUYANA 20-21 May 2014
It is my pleasure to welcome you to this Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). This annual gathering is the opportunity for the Ministers of Foreign Affairs to look back and take stock of the multiple activities undertaken by the Community in the promotion and protection of its interests. It also provides the occasion to look…
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CARICOM enhances Member States’ Capacity to implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat continued to put measures in place to enhance capacity of Member States to implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing by hosting its third capacity-building workshop on the issue. The event was held in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity at the CARICOM Secretariat Annex,…
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CARICOM, Spain identify priority areas for continued cooperation – Cooperation must be visible to Member States – DSG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Spain have identified information and communication technology, the development of Regional micro small and medium enterprises, and the strengthening of a competitive Regional economy as areas of priority that will be pursued under Spain’s technical cooperation agreement with the Community. Developing human capacity through the transfer of knowledge, as…
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Remarks By Ms Myrna Bernard Director, Human Development At The Opening Of The Caribbean Sub-Regional Capacity Building Workshop On The Nagoya Protocol On Access And Benefit-Sharing Georgetown, Guyana 19 May 2014
I bring you greetings and warm wishes on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to be a collaborative partner in this workshop, which represents a continuation of our work to build the capacity of member states to reap a fair and equitable share of benefits generated from the use…
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High Level Advocacy Forum headlines week of statistics activities in Grenada
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The quest to place statistics frontally before the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues later this month with a high level engagement of stakeholders in St. George’s, Grenada. The High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, planned for 26 May, is the second such event to be coordinated by the CARICOM Secretariat with support from its international…
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Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Social Services from Montserrat, Hon. Colin Riley and is being hosted with support from the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN…
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