Press Releases
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NEW JAPANESE AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM PLEDGES TO STRENGTHEN TIES
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly accredited Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Yoshimasa Tezuka, has pledged to “do his best” to “provide all possible means for the development of CARICOM countries”. Delivering remarks after presenting his credentials to Amb. Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General, at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, on 25 May…
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CARICOM SEEKS MEXICO ADVOCACY AT G20
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has signalled that it is relying on Mexico to bring to the attention of the G20, issues that are of critical importance to the Community, including the slow reform of multilateral institutions, climate change and the achievement of sustainable energy for all in the Small Island Developing States. At the…
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REMARKS BY H.E. FELIPE CALDERÓN, PRESIDENT OF MEXICO, AT THE OPENING-CEREMONY OF THE SECOND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY-MEXICO SUMMIT, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 21 MAY 2012
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning. Honourable Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados. Your Excellency Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. Your Excellency Irwin LaRocque, Secretary General of CARICOM. Distinguished special guests. Esteemed Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community. Ladies and…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. FREUNDEL J. STUART, O.C. M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND CARICOM-MEXICO SUMMIT, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 21 MAY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am delighted to have the opportunity, on behalf of my fellow CARICOM Heads of Government, to extend to you, President Calderón, and to your delegation, a warm and brotherly welcome to Barbados. My Government is doubly honoured at this historic opportunity to host the first ever visit to our country by a Mexican…
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REMARKS BY H.E. DESIRÉ DELANO BOUTERSE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND CARICOM-MEXICO SUMMIT, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 21 MAY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Let me first of all take this opportunity on behalf of the Heads of Government and other delegates of CARICOM to extend a warm welcome to His Excellency Felipe Calderón to this part of our Caribbean, the beautiful Island of Barbados and to the Second CARICOM-Mexico Summit. Your Excellency, we have keenly anticipated the…
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CARICOM AND SICA SECRETARIES-GENERAL LAUD JOINT BUSINESS EVENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretaries-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Integration System (SICA) were on Tuesday afternoon high in praise for an initiative which brought together high level representatives of the private sector of both regions at the Trinidad Hilton. Speaking at the event CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said it set the stage…
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SECOND CARICOM-MEXICO SUMMIT SET FOR MONDAY IN BARBADOS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade, Investment, Tourism and Cooperation will feature prominently when Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico meet in Barbados on Monday 21 May for their second Summit. The first was held in Mexico in 2010. Monday’s Summit will be preceded by a meeting of the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission on Saturday and…
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STATEMENT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP) ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA AND TRANSPHOBIA (IDAHO) 2012, 18 MAY 2012
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Today, the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) joins millions of fellow human rights activists around the world to observe the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO). This year the commemoration of IDAHO is crucial as we all chart the way forward towards a world where equality for all is…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND CARICOM-MEXICO SUMMIT, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 21 MAY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my honour to welcome you all to this Second Summit of the leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States of Mexico. CARICOM and Mexico have had a long and mutually beneficial relationship, with Mexico being the first country to form a Joint Commission with the Community, doing so just…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COALITION OF SERVICES INDUSTRIES, CROWNE PLAZA, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 16 MAY 2012
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I wish to thank the organisers of this event for offering me the opportunity to interact with you, or as your flyer indicates, to be intimate with you this afternoon. In particular I want to thank Nirad for his patience with the time it took to get me here. Colleagues, the importance of…
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