Press Releases
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SPECIAL UNIT FOR CARICOM HAITI ASSISTANCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has mandated the CARICOM Secretariat to establish a small dedicated unit to co-ordinate CARICOM’s continued assistance to Haiti over the long term in the wake of the catastrophic earthquake which struck that country on 12 January. The extended Bureau met in Paramaribo, Suriname,…
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MORE AUSTRALIAN FUNDS FOR HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has been identified as one of the agencies through which an additional $5M from the Australian Government will be channeled for immediate emergency humanitarian assistance for Haiti. At a press conference on 19 January 2010, the Hon. Stephen Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia, announced the…
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REBUILDING HAITI: A PRIORITY FOR THE CARIBBEAN – AN ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON, ON, OCC, PC, QC, TO THE JAMAICA STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTMENTS & CAPITAL MARKETS CONFERENCE, WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY 2011
Salutations I congratulate the Board of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and its General Manager, Mrs. Marlene Street-Forrest for organizing what portends to be a most exciting Conference. The timing is opportune as the Caribbean struggles for survival in a changed and most uncertain global economic environment and as the international community struggles to help Haiti rebuild after the devastating…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. FARAH KHODABAKS, SURINAME’S CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADOR, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARICOM REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 27 JANUARY 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen: We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the future are represented by suffering millions; and the youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. (hier een wat zwaardere stem dan de normale stem)…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN. W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 28 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Honourable Patrick Simmons, Minister of Youth Empowerment, Culture and Sport of Grenada and Chairman of the Council for Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community; Honourable Ministers; Honourable Jermaine Wade, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Affairs, Community Services and Sports, Montserrat [Distinguished Members of the Parliament]; Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. PATRICK SIMMONS, CHAIR OF COHSOD AND MINISTER OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, CULTURE AND SPORT, GRENADA TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 28 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Acknowledgements • Suriname for hosting • CARICOM Secretariat Staff for preparing • Haiti for attending despite their tragedy • Commissioners for fulfilling their mandate • Colleague Ministers for attending Today we are meeting as a Council at a critical juncture, where both man-made and natural catastrophes threaten the very foundation of our existence. Global economic crises, the effects of climate…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. EDWIN WOLF, MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SURINAME AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 28 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the Republic of Suriname at this Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) with special focus on youth and development. Yesterday, young people of CARICOM Member States came together in this very same venue to discuss that draft Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development…
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HAITIAN YOUTH APPLAUDED AT YOUTH FORUM: MINUTE OF SILENCE FOR HAITI’S YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s youth representatives attending the Regional Youth Forum in Paramaribo, Suriname, on Wednesday, were lauded for their “grim determination and resilience” by speakers at the opening ceremony of the Forum, which is funded by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). Leading the charge, His Excellency Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname noted that the presence of…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM, 27 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it gives me very great pleasure to welcome you all, to what can justly be termed, the laying of the foundation stone in the building of the edifice of youth development, by the Community, here in Suriname this week. It is fitting that this historic week should begin with the emphasis on…
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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, HIS EXCELLENCY RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM OF CARICOM, 27 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Salutations Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: A special welcome to the delegation of Haiti, Mr Junior Mercier and Ms Letitia Cadet, Haiti’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador. This forum takes place at an appropriate time – at the commencement of the International Year of the Youth and on the eve of the presentation of the Commission on Youth Development’s report to…
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