Press Releases
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RE-ENERGISING AGRICULTURE AND DECREASING DEPENDENCY ON FOREIGN FOOD AID KEY TO HAITI’S RECOVERY – P.J. PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “The Haiti of the future must be completely different and significantly different from the Haiti of the recent past,” the Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson said at the International Donors Conference on Haiti, Wednesday, 31 March 2010. The Conference was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, to mobilise support for the…
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A STRONG CARICOM NEEDS A STRONG HAITI – P.J. PATTERSON
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) had a vital interest in the welfare and development of Haiti and saw its rebuilding as a priority issue for all CARICOM Member States, the Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson said Wednesday. “A strong Caribbean Community needs a strong Haiti,” the former Jamaica Prime Minister and current Special Representative of the Heads of Government of CARICOM…
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CARICOM ON INTERIM HAITI RECONSTRUCTION COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is among organizations represented on the Board of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission that will oversee the money pledged for Haiti’s reconstruction. The IHRC, which has an 18-month mandate, will be co-chaired by the Hon Jean-Max Bellerive, Prime Minister of Haiti and Mr. Bill Clinton, former US President and current United…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMISSIONING OF THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR FACILITY, 31 MARCH 2010, BRASSO VENADO, TABAQUITE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Honourable Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister of Public Utilities of Trinidad and Tobago Ms Kathrin Renner, Acting Chargé d’Affaires, European Union Delegation, Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Tyrone Sutherland, Coordinating Director, Caribbean Meteorological Organisation Madam Permanent Secretary and Deputy Permanent Secretary Mr. Emmanuel Moolchan, Director, Meteorological Services Division, Ministry of Public Utilities Other Senior Officials Distinguished Guests Representatives of the MediaLadies and Gentlemen…
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CARICOM REPRESENTED AT HAITI DONORS CONFERENCE AT UN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica and Special Representative of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to Haiti, and Ambassador Colin Granderson, Assistant Secretary-General Foreign and Community Relations, CARICOM Secretariat, will represent the Community at an International Donors Conference on Haiti on Wednesday 31 March 2010.…
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THE LEADERSHIP OF THE RCM IN THE NEW DIRECTIONS FOR PANCAP : REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, AT THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATING MECHANISM (RCM) OF PANCAP, 25-26 MARCH 2010, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
It is my pleasure to bring you greetings from the Caribbean Community Secretariat and indeed the entire Caribbean Community on the occasion of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM). It is quite clear from the Agenda that the RCM and PANCAP are confronting some of the most challenging issues, most of which revolve around sustainable funding for…
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ADDRESS BY DR. JOY ST. JOHN, CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COORDINATING MECHANISM OF PANCAP, 25-26 MARCH 2010, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
On behalf of the Government of Barbados I would like to warmly welcome all of you to our shores on the occasion the 14th Ordinary Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP). Let me begin by reaffirming the unequivocal commitment of the Government of Barbados to the ideals of PANCAP and to…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE DISCUSSION FORUM ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 26 MARCH 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It gives me particular pleasure to deliver these remarks at this Forum which focuses on the future of Youth in the Caribbean Community and indeed on the future of the Caribbean Community where youth under the age of 30, comprise some 60 percent of its population. Today’s Forum is part of a process that began with the establishment of the…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR GARFIELD BARNWELL, DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE FIRST TRAINING INTERVENTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL ANTI-DRUG STRATEGIES AND PLANS, 23–26 MARCH 2010, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
The Honourable Dr Douglas Slater, Minister of Health and the Environment Distinguished representatives at the Head table and in the audienceThe Media and delegations from our Member States It is my pleasure to bring greetings on behalf of Mr. Edwin Carrington, the Secretary- General of the Caribbean Community. It is also a pleasure for me to be present at…
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FEATURE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MS. DEBORAH DALRYMPLE, DIRECTOR, MARION HOUSE, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIRST TRAINING INTERVENTION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL ANTI-DRUG STRATEGIES AND PLANS, 23 MARCH 2010, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
When my colleague, Patsy Wyllie, Chief Health Educator, at the Ministry of Health asked if I would do the feature address this morning, I did not immediately agree. I thought to myself: What could I say to an audience such as this, comprising persons whom I am sure could teach me a thing or two? I think Patsy was…
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