Press Releases
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CARICOM AND HAITI SIGN MOU
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Foreign Minister of Haiti, the Honourable Laurent Lamothe on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) identifying of a number of areas in which CARICOM can assist its Member State. The signing of the MOU came at the end of the two-day Mission…
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UN ENVOY EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN PANCAP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Confidence in PANCAP’s ability to build on past successes to reverse or even eliminate the spread of AIDS was expressed by Professor Edward Greene, as he reiterated his support for the Partnership. In an inaugural visit to the Secretariat of the Partnership, one day before the regional partnership celebrates its 11th anniversary, the UN…
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CARICOM BUREAU HEADS TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname will lead members of the Bureau of Heads of Government on a two-day mission to Haiti on 13-14 February. The other members of the Bureau are the immediate past Chairman, The Right Honourable Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime…
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SG TO COMMUNITY COUNCIL: EQUIP THE SECRETARIAT TO BE AN AGENT OF CHANGE – CHAIRMAN CALLS FOR THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Tuesday charged the Community Council to equip the CARICOM Secretariat to be the change agent it required. Delivering an address at the opening of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council, the Secretary-General said that the Secretariat appreciated the challenging circumstances which Member States faced,…
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PRESENTATION BY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), DR. THE HONOURABLE TIMOTHY HARRIS, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, MARINE RESOURCES, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND CONSTITUENCY EMPOWERMENT OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CARICOM-CHILE JOINT COMMISSION SANTIAGO, CHILE: 3-4 FEBRUARY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Your Excellency Alfredo Moreno, Foreign Minister of Chile; Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation of CARICOM Member States; Senior officials of Chile and CARICOM States and of the CARICOM Secretariat; Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen; Representatives of the Media. It is a pleasure to be here in Santiago, Chile on the occasion of this,…
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL SETS UP WORKING GROUP TO STUDY ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP OF CARICOM
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers have agreed to establish a Working Group to look at issues pertaining to Associate Membership of CARICOM. At its one-day meeting at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Tuesday 7 February, the Council appointed Saint Lucia to head the Working Group. The other members are Antigua…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 7 FEBRUARY 2012, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this 29th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers. I extend a particularly warm welcome to the Ministers of Jamaica and Saint Lucia who are attending their first meeting of this, the second highest Organ of our Community. This Council is meeting at…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 7 FEBRUARY 2012, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this 29th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers. I extend a particularly warm welcome to the Ministers of Jamaica and Saint Lucia who are attending their first meeting of this, the second highest Organ of our Community. This Council is meeting at…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 7 FEBRUARY 2012, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this 29th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers. I extend a particularly warm welcome to the Ministers of Jamaica and Saint Lucia who are attending their first meeting of this, the second highest Organ of our Community. This Council is meeting at…
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CARICOM TO SET UP TASK FORCE ON SPORT TOURISM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In the wake of calls to harness the resources of sports for development, the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at their 22nd Meeting in Georgetown, last week, agreed to establish a Regional Task Force on Sports Tourism to develop a strategy for harnessing the Region’s potential in sports. The COHSOD, which…
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