Press Releases
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SPECIAL COHSOD TO FOCUS ON SPORT AND DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Senior officials are meeting in Georgetown this Monday in preparation for the Seventeenth Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which focuses on Sports and opens in Guyana on Tuesday. This Special Meeting of the COHSOD on Sport, under the theme, Promoting health, education, development and inclusion…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT ON THE OCCASION OF THE MEDIA LAUNCH OF THE 2012 CARIBBEAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT (HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE SHIFT TO BETTER CITIZEN SECURITY), CARICOM SECRETARIAT, 3 OCTOBER, GEORGETOWN,
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, UN Assistant Secretary-General/UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean; Ms. Khadija Musa, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, Guyana; Representatives of other UN Agencies and Bodies; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen. I wish at the outset to apologise for the absence of the Secretary-General…
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CARICOM LEADERS AT THE UN SPEAK OUT AGAINST GRADUATION FROM DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) placed emphasis on the deleterious impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the economies of the Member States of the Community during their statements last week at the 67th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) The Leaders of Antigua and Barbuda, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St.…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT ON THE OCCASION OF THE MEDIA LAUNCH OF THE 2012 CARIBBEAN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT (HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND THE SHIFT TO BETTER CITIZEN SECURITY), CARICOM SECRETARIAT, 3 OCTOBER, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Heraldo Muñoz, UN Assistant Secretary-General/UNDP Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean; Ms. Khadija Musa, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative, Guyana; Representatives of other UN Agencies and Bodies; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen. I wish at the outset to apologise for the absence of the Secretary-General who…
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CRIME FIGHT NEEDS RESOLUTE AND SUSTAINED ACTION SAYS AMBASSADOR GRANDERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The situation with crime and violence in the Region “requires resolute and sustained action” to combat it. In making that point, His Excellency Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General Foreign and Community Relations at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat cited governments, the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, the private sector, Faith Based Organisations, the media and…
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CARICOM SG HAS BUSY WEEK AT THE UN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque used the opportunity of the High Level Debate of the 67th Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarters, New York, USA, last week to hold a number of side meetings. A number of CARICOM Heads of Government spoke at the Debate…
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MESSAGE OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ON THE OC
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) To the Youth across our Caribbean Community, I join with you in celebrating this Caribbean Youth Day. This year’s theme “Youth Harnessing Positive Energy for Caribbean Development” resonates with the regional vision in the CARICOM Youth Development Action Plan 2012 – 2017. That Plan which came out of the Declaration of Paramaribo on the…
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REMARKS BY MS SAFIYA ALI, GENERAL COUNSEL, LEGAL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONFERENCE ON THE JAGDEO INITIATIVE, GUYANA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ladies and Gentlemen, A pleasant morning. I am honoured to have been afforded this opportunity to make these remarks at this Conference on the Jagdeo Initiative on behalf of the Secretary-General of CARICOM who offers his sincere regrets that he could not be here this morning as he is out of the country. Allow…
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CARIFORUM, EU Conclude “Successful” Meeting of EPA Trade and Development Committee
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and the European Union (EU) convened the Second Meeting of the Trade and Development Committee (TDC) under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 27 September. Both sides characterized the intensive one-day Meeting as “successful.” The Meeting was…
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REMARKS BY MS SAFIYA ALI, GENERAL COUNSEL, LEGAL INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONFERENCE ON THE JAGDEO INITIATIVE, GUYANA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, 28 SEPTEMBER 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ladies and Gentlemen, A pleasant morning. I am honoured to have been afforded this opportunity to make these remarks at this Conference on the Jagdeo Initiative on behalf of the Secretary-General of CARICOM who offers his sincere regrets that he could not be here this morning as he is out of the country. Allow…
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