Press Releases
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE REGIONAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Mr. Master of Ceremonies, The Honourable Mr. Stephenson King, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Head of Government with Lead responsibility for Sustainable Development in CARICOM The Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, Representing H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana and Chairman of CARICOM Honourable Ministers Assistant Secretaries General Granderson and Greene Officials from CARICOM Member States Distinguished Representatives…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HONOURABLE ROBERT PERSAUD, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR FORESTS, REPRESENTING H.E. BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT OF GUYANA AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, AT THE REGIONAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Hon. Prime Minister Stephenson King, Lead Head for Sustainable Development Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM MinistersNegotiators: Permit me first to convey the regret of President Jagdeo, Chairman of CARICOM, for not being in a position to attend. Colleagues, we are at a critical milestone, on the road to a new ambitious climate change agreement that has the…
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FEATURE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE STEPHENSON KING, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA AND LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE QUASI-CABINET OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, AT THE REGIONAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Let me begin by being quite relevant, in extending a pleasant climatic and environmentally peaceful day to all of you. It is a real pleasure, and a genuine honour, to welcome you to this Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change and Development. Indeed, I feel particularly honoured to welcome you today in my capacity as CARICOM’s lead Head of Government with…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
The Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change and Development in preparation for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change was convened on Tuesday, 15 September at the Bay Gardens Hotel in Castries, Saint Lucia. Honourable Stephenson King, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia presided for the first part; after which the Hon. Richard Frederick, Minister of Physical Planning, the Environment, Housing, Urban…
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AGRICULTURE FOCUS OF THIRTY-SECOND SPECIAL COTED IN GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirty-Second Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture opens on Friday 18 September, 2009 at the Le Meridien Pegasus, Georgetown, Guyana. COTED Officials began their meeting from Wednesday September 16, 2009 at the same location. High on the agenda are considerations for the establishment…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HONOURABLE ROBERT PERSAUD, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR FORESTS, REPRESENTING H.E. BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT OF GUYANA AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, AT THE REGIONAL MEETING ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT, 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Hon. Prime Minister Stephenson King, Lead Head for Sustainable Development Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM Ministers Negotiators: Permit me first to convey the regret of President Jagdeo, Chairman of CARICOM, for not being in a position to attend. Colleagues, we are at a critical milestone, on the road to a new ambitious climate change agreement that has the…
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BE RESOLUTE IN CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATIONS, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, on Tuesday, told some of the Region’s negotiators and policy makers to be resolute and vigilant in their positions for a New Climate Change Agreement. This resolve must be maintained even while consulting with other Parties of similar interests in order to achieve “the…
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NO ‘HORSE-TRADING’ OF OUR RIGHTS TO EXIST, SAYS SAINT LUCIA PM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister, Honourable Stephenson King has asserted that while negotiations of a new Global Climate Change Agreement are about ‘give and take’ there would be no ‘horse-trading’ of the inalienable rights of survival and development of the peoples of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Delivering the feature address at a special ministerial conference…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN WANTS REGION TO HONOUR CLIMATE CHANGE DECLARATION
Chairman of the Caribbean Community H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo sent an urgent call to Ministers at a special meeting on Climate Change and Development in Saint Lucia to remain consistent in the negotiations leading up to the United Nations Climate Change conference set for Copenhagen in December. He also urged them to honour the spirit of the July 2009 Liliendaal…
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CARIBBEAN MISTERS MEET TO SHORE UP POSITION FOR COPENHAGEN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has stepped up its meetings as it continues its negotiations process in the run up to the 15th Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set for December 7-18 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The series of meetings forms part of…
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