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Distinguished Lecture By AMBASSADOR IRWIN LaROCQUE SECRETARY-GENERAL Caribbean Community On the status of the Regional Integration Process and Vision for the Future of CARICOM Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3 October 2013
I am honoured to be here with you this afternoon at the invitation of Professor Sankat to deliver this lecture and begin the series of Distinguished Lectures on our integration movement. It is a discourse that is much needed and if my understanding is correct, I look forward to hearing from some of the Region’s iconic figures on this theme.…
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CARICOM, SPAIN to cooperate on US$1.1M Regional Cooperation Programme for 2013-2014
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Spain will collaborate on a citizen security project that will focus on youth and gender issues, as well as youth entrepreneurship . The CARICOM-Spain Citizen Security Project was signed off on Wednesday 25 September, 2013, during discussions between representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat and the Spanish Agency for International…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE TENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 28 APRIL 2004, TOBAGO
Hon. John Rahael Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Honourable Chief Secretary and Other Representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly Ms Carole Ainstey Manager/Director World Bank Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased that I can participate in this Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Council for Human and Social…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE TENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 28 APRIL 2004, TOBAGO
It is my pleasure to welcome you all on behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development and indeed the entire CARICOM Secretariat. I wish in particular to thank you Minister and your staff at the Ministry of Health for making the arrangements for hosting this meeting. I also wish to express great pleasure that The Hon. Orville London…
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CARICOM deplores threatened economic boycott of The Bahamas
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday said it deplored the threatened economic boycott of The Bahamas and attacks on that country’s economic interests in Florida by interest groups based in Miami. A Statement endorsed by the Fifth Special Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) reads as follows: `The Caribbean Community…
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CARICOM appeals to international community to support review of `graduation’
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has appealed to the international community to support the Region’s call for the immediate review of the criteria used by multilateral financial institutions (MFIs) and some development partners to graduate small highly indebted middle income countries (SHIMICS) from access to concessional resources. The appeal was issued by Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar,…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT CLOSING CEREMONY CARIFESTA XI 25 AUGUST 2013, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a great pleasure and privilege for me to be here with all of you at the Closing Ceremony of the Eleventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and to deliver these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, H.E Mr. Irwin LaRocque. This has been a very vibrant and…
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Learn lesson from HIV & AIDS – PM Douglas urges Meeting on Non Communicable Diseases and Disability
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, on Monday called for bold actions to ensure that Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and disabilities are among the priorities in the post 2015-development agenda. The Prime Minister, who has responsibility for health, human resources and HIV in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Quasi Cabinet,…
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Communique issued at the conclusion of the First Regional Conference on Reparations Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15-17 September, 2013
On Sunday September 15th, the Caribbean Community opened the first Regional Reparations Conference at St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Victoria Park. The Conference was mandated by the historic, unanimous, decision of CARICOM Heads of Government in July, 2013, in Trinidad and Tobago. The Heads of Government also requested each CARICOM Member State to set up its own National Reparations Committee…
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CARICOM reiterates condemnation of use of chemical weapons
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday expressed profound concern and reiterated its condemnation of the use of chemical weapons following confirmation by the United Nations that such weapons were used against civilians in the Ghouta Area of Damascus, Syria. Following is the full text of the Statement: CARICOM Statement on Recent Developments with regard…
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