Press Releases
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR ANTHONY LIVERPOOL, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND CO-CHAIR ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTEENTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 23 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed my great pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegations of Japan and of CARICOM to this Fifteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation. Our Japanese colleagues are no strangers to our Caribbean shores. Indeed the fact that this occasion marks the fifteenth time that we are convening for consultations between the…
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DON’T UNDERESTIMATE CARICOM, SAYS JAPAN AMBASSADOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Japan’s Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Yoshimasa Tezuka, has declared that despite its modest size, the Community has significant political leverage when seeking to promote its interests in the international arena and therefore cannot be underestimated. Speaking at the opening session of the Fifteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultations at the CARICOM Secretariat in…
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CARICOM –JAPAN HOLDS THEIR 15th CONSULTATION ON MONDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Senior officials from Japan are to meet with senior officials of the Caribbean Community in their Fifteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation, which opens on Monday, at the Georgetown based CARICOM Secretariat. The CARICOM-Japan Consultation provides a forum for dialogue on the their bilateral and technical cooperation programmes, including the frameworks adopted at the first and second…
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CONNECT THE AMERICAS SUMMIT WANTS THE REGION TO HAVE SECURE AND FORDABLE ACCESS TO BROADBAND NETWORKS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Connect to the Americas Summit opened in Panama City on Wednesday with a chorus of calls for the speedy roll-out of secure and affordable and access broadband connectivity and digital inclusion, which gives everyone affordable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the region of the Americas. President of the Republic of…
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GRENADA CALLS FOR MORE SUPPORT FOR THE REGION’S ICT INITIATIVES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Grenada’s Finance and Planning Minister the Hon Nazim Burke has called for “renewed funding opportunities in Information and Communication Technologies for developing countries to avoid “remaining on the wrong side of the digital divide.” Minister Burke was representing Grenada’s Prime Minister the Hon Tillman Thomas at the just concluded Connect the America’s Summit in…
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MULTI-STAKEHOLDER MEETING HERALDS BEGINNING OF CONNECT AMERICAS SUMMIT
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Nine CARICOM Member States participated in a multi-stakeholder meeting within the margins of the Connect the Americas Summit to showcase their projects and woo potential investors. The Multi-stakeholder meeting brought together potential investors, countries and organisations to discuss the several projects show-cased for investment at Connect Americas Summit, which opened in Panama City last…
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CONNECT AMERICAS SUMMIT HIGH LEVEL PANELS HIGHLIGHT KEY ISSUES ON CARICOM BROADBAND DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The working session of the Connect Americas Summit began in the afternoon of Wednesday July 18 with two high-level panels discussing critical issues related to Broadband development. The first panel discussion session focussed on the topic Towards a future Built on Broadband was chaired by the Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD XX111) ON SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) views with grave concern the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse of children in Member States. COHSOD reviewed the overwhelming evidence documented in recent studies that points to new and emerging forms of abuse against both girls and boys. COHSOD denounces…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AT THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE HUNGER FREE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN INITIATIVE, GUYANA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, TURKEYEN, GUYANA, 12-14 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)It is with pleasure that I accepted the opportunity to address you today. The Secretary General has asked that I convey to you his sincere regrets that prior commitments do not make it possible for him to be here especially when His Excellency President Ramoutar, CARICOM’s lead Head of Government for agriculture is present to…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD XX111) ON SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) views with grave concern the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse of children in Member States. COHSOD reviewed the overwhelming evidence documented in recent studies that points to new and emerging forms of abuse against both girls and boys. COHSOD denounces…
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