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  • Opening Remarks by Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, Phd at The Workshop to Mark ‘Girls in ICT Day 2014 CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters 24 April 2014

    It is an honour and a pleasure for me to welcome you today – both to the Secretariat and to the first Secretariat observance of Girls in ICT day. In observing this day with you – we show continued solidarity with the  United Nations and the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU’s) call for action to empower women and girls to meet…

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  • Celebrating girls in ICT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)      Girls in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are preparing to join their counterparts worldwide on Thursday 24 April, to call attention to the opportunities available to them in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). On Thursday, International Girls in ICT Day will be observed under the theme Expanding Horizons And Changing Attitudes. The…

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  • CARICOM officials to discuss Consumer Protection

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Rapid Alert System for Information Exchange on Dangerous Goods (CARREX) will be the focus of   the Seventh Meeting of Consumer Affairs, in Jamaica on 24 – 25 April 2014.   CARREX is part of a CARICOM Secretariat project, funded by the European Union under the Tenth European Development Fund (EDF); and is intended…

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  • Photo of Chilean President assures CARICOM of her country’s support

    Chilean President assures CARICOM of her country’s support

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Chile’s President Her Excellency Michele Bachelet assured CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque of her country ’s continuing support for the development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The President received the Secretary-General at her office, in Santiago on Tuesday, the second and final day of his official visit to Chile. Ambassador LaRocque welcomed her assurance…

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  • Photo of CARICOM youth ambassador delighted with youth participation in human rights consultation

    CARICOM youth ambassador delighted with youth participation in human rights consultation

    BASSETERRE, St Kitts — Sonia Boddie, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassador for the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis, was a part of the youth contingent selected from across the region, to participate in the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and Aids (PANCAP) Caribbean Consultation on Justice for All and Human Rights Agenda, convened under the theme “Advancing Justice for ALL…

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  • Photo of SG praises CARICOM-Chile co-operation

    SG praises CARICOM-Chile co-operation

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque hailed CARICOM-Chile co-operation as a model for South-South co-operation. At a meeting with Chilean Foreign Minister His Excellency Heraldo Muñoz in Santiago on the first day of an official visit to the country, Ambassador LaRocque said the co-operation was “strong and meaningful” and was making…

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  • Photo of Regional HIV Consultation identifies steps to eliminate stigma and discrimination

    Regional HIV Consultation identifies steps to eliminate stigma and discrimination

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     After two days of dialogue, more than 75 delegates, representing Caribbean countries, regional institutions and development partners of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), arrived at approximately 15 actionable recommendations aimed at ending HIV-related stigma and discrimination over the next three to five years. The regional dialogue benefited from the charge…

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  • Photo of Statement by Ambassador Claes Hammar, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Occasion of the Presentation of Credentials to Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM

    Statement by Ambassador Claes Hammar, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Occasion of the Presentation of Credentials to Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM

    It is a great honour for me to present today, as the first time ever for Sweden, my credentials as Plenipotentiary Representative of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, signed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Mr. Carl Bildt. Although I and my predecessors have been accredited to the individual Member States of CARICOM, we…

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  • Photo of New Swedish Ambassador to CARICOM sees his appointment as historic

    New Swedish Ambassador to CARICOM sees his appointment as historic

    The newly accredited Ambassador of Sweden to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Claes Hammar, has described the formalisation of his country’s ties with the Community as an historic and significant step. Following meetings with Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Sweden and other Nordic countries and CARICOM Foreign Ministers in the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, the Ambassador…

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  • Photo of CARICOM indebted to Professor Girvan – CARICOM Secretary-General

    CARICOM indebted to Professor Girvan – CARICOM Secretary-General

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The death of Professor Norman Girvan, an “unstinting advocate for Caribbean integration”, has left a void in the intellectual capital of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said Friday. In a tribute, Ambassador LaRocque said that the Community was indebted to Professor Girvan for his prolific writings and intellectual contribution on the…

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