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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF HAITI-CARICOM CONSULTATION, 5-7 JANUARY 2011, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Arising from consultations held in Kingston, Jamaica, January 5-7, the Government of Haiti and representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on several key project proposals designed to strengthen Haiti’s institutional and technical capacity in three priority areas: housing and settlement development; physical and environmental planning; and infrastructure development and coordination. The consultations brought…
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REGIONAL OFFICIALS MEET IN JAMAICA ON HAITI RECOVERY PROJECTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials will meet with their Haitian counterparts and officers of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) in Kingston, Jamaica, January 5-7, 2011, in a high-level and broad-based meeting with critical focus on building institutional capacity in Haiti, and development project-planning, towards assisting in the recovery of the earthquake-torn French Speaking CARICOM Member…
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CARICOM SG BEMOANS HAITI RECONSTRUCTION AID SLOW DISBURSEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the first anniversary of earthquake which rocked Haiti on 12 January 2010 approaches, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington is bemoaning the slow disbursement of the aid promised by the international community to support the reconstruction in the French Speaking CARICOM Member State. Delivering remarks at the opening…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY EXCELLENCY PAUL BRUMMELL, AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CARICOM, 10 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Excellency, today’s Ceremony accrediting you, High Commissioner Brummell, as your country’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is a notable and important one. You are the second Representative of the United Kingdom to be accredited to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Your predecessor High Commissioner Fraser Wheeler, based as he was in Georgetown, Guyana, had a close and active relationship…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY STEFAN SCHLUTER AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO CARICOM, 7 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Stefan Schlüter; Deputy Secretary-General and other Members of the Executive Management Committee; Other Members of Staff of the Secretariat Excellency, it is always a pleasure for me to welcome the representative of a development partner country of the Caribbean Community to the Headquarters of the Community. This Ceremony, today, to accredit you as your country’s third Plenipotentiary Representative…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 2 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Welcome to you all! I am particularly pleased to make special reference to the Honourable Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, of Barbados and of Suriname who I am advised are attending their first meeting of COTED. Honourable Ministers, we are delighted to have you as members of this august Council and we look forward to your unique contribution. Honourable Ministers…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (CARIFORUM) AT THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 26 NOVEMBER 2010, BELMOPAN, BELIZE
Permit me to begin these brief opening remarks to the Seventeenth Meeting of the Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) by thanking the Outgoing Chair for the outstanding leadership which she gave to CARIFORUM during her tenure. As Secretary-General of both CARICOM and CARIFORUM, I had the opportunity and privilege to work closely…
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STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE BRUCE GOLDING, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), REGARDING THE CHOLERA EPIDEMIC IN HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is distressed and extremely saddened by the deadly effect of the cholera epidemic currently ravaging the people of its Member State, Haiti. Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the many who have already perished and we share the grave concern of the loved ones of the thousands…
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REMARKS BY DR. THE HON. W. BALDWIN SPENCER MP, PRIME MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE CONFERMENT OF THE AWARD OF KNIGHT COMMANDER (AD HONOREM) OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF THE NATION (KCN), ON HIS EXCELLENCY DR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 05 NOVEMBER 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Salutations Her Excellency the Go
Salutations Her Excellency the Governor General Colleague Ministers His Excellency Dr. Edwin Carrington Ladies and gentlemen On Wednesday this week, several of us, representing the people and governments of many Caribbean nations, gathered in Barbados to pay tribute to an outstanding son of the region, who sadly has passed on. This morning we gather here to pay tribute to another…
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REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HON. JOANNE MASSIAH, MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 2-3 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA It was only a few months ago, I sat here as the stand-in-chair of the Council in place of my colleague from Trinidad and Tobago and directe
It was only a few months ago, I sat here as the stand-in-chair of the Council in place of my colleague from Trinidad and Tobago and directed the meeting on a number of critical matters facing the Community. Since then, a number of other developments at the national, regional and international levels have taken place, and the Council, like many…
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