Press Releases
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIAL BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PURAN MAL MEENA, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY. MONDAY 29 APRIL 2013, CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community Secretariat. Allow me to also welcome the distinguished colleague from the High Commission of India in Georgetown, Guyana to the CARICOM Secretariat. Excellency, within this building itself is tangible evidence of the strong relations between CARICOM and India.…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL ENLISTS INDIA AS ADVOCATE FOR CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has enlisted India as another of the Community’s advocates to highlight the deleterious effects of the `graduation’ of small, highly-indebted Member States away from access to badly needed international development assistance on a concessional basis. The Secretary-General made the pitch for India’s support as he accepted the…
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CARICOM GETS HELP FROM JAPAN TO DEVELOP ENVIRONMENT POLICY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Environmental Policy and Action Programme is being developed with the assistance of the Government of Japan. With financing from the Japan-CARICOM Friendship and Cooperation Fund (JCFCF), a regional, integrated policy to ensure protection of the environment and the natural resources will be developed to address selected environmental themes and economic…
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION TAKES CENTRE STAGE AT CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The sustainable development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) can be brought about only through the incorporation of research and development in all sectors of the economy and the appropriate development of human resources. This was put forward by Ms Myrna Bernard Officer in Charge of the Human and Social Development Directorate at the Caribbean…
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REMARKS BY MS MYRNA BERNARD, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE EU-CARINET FIRST BI-REGIONAL DIALOGUE WORKSHOP, CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, TURKEYEN, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 26 APRIL, 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome you to this Bi- Regional Dialogue of the EU-CARINET Project, on behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Amb. Irwin LaRocque, and also to welcome you to the CARICOM Secretariat. Scientific knowledge has always been of importance to development in general and in particular,…
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CARICOM SG CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT MADURO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has expressed confidence that the continued goodwill, friendship and cooperation which characterised CARICOM-Venezuela relations would continue under the Presidency of His Excellency Nicolás Maduro of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. In a congratulatory message to President Maduro following his election to that country’s highest office, CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said…
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Remarks by Ms. Desiree Field-Ridley, Officer-in-Charge, Trade and Economic Integration, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on the occasion of The Opening Ceremony Forty-First Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development
On behalf of the Secretary-General of Caribbean Community, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Forty-First Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development on Energy being held here in Trinidad and Tobago. The Secretary General sincerely regrets that he could not be here at this so important COTED Energy Meeting. Ladies and Gentlemen, Energy…
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Harnessing Standby Facility to Improve EPA Implementation
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A senior Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) official has called upon members of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) to make full use of a standby Facility for capacity building under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. Mr Clairvair Squires, Division Chief (Ag.), Technical Cooperation Division, laid down…
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Role for EPA in Unlocking Economic Value of Region’s Cultural Industries, Sporting Sectors
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Unlocking the economic value of the cultural industries and sporting sectors of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) holds much promise for development prospects, especially at a time when there has been a significant reduction in traditional revenue streams. The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) represents an important ‘key’ for the…
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Second Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee, 3 April 2013 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Joint Declaration
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) 1. The Parliamentary Delegations of the CARIFORUM States Legislatures and the European Parliament, chaired by Senator the Honourable Vasant Bharath, Trinidad and Tobago, celebrate the holding of the Second Meeting of the CARIFORUM-EU Parliamentary Committee in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. As set out in Article 231 of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the…
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