Press Releases
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Statistics critical to regional development efforts -CARICOM Secretary- General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Special focus on the role of statistics at this juncture was critical to the development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), particularly in light of the global economic and financial crisis which was adversely affecting the Region. This view was expressed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington at the…
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HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER SUPPORTS CROH PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMME ON THE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti’s Prime Minister the Honourable Michelle Duvivier Pierre Louis has lent her strong support to a public education programme on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) in Haiti. The programme is being undertaken by the CARICOM Representation Office in Haiti (CROH) and its Haitian counterpart agency, the Bureau de Coordination et Suivi. The…
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Remarks by His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community, (CARICOM) On the Occasion of the Opening of the High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics, 30 July 2009, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
I join Madame Chair in welcoming you all to this High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics. In the game of cricket, the role of opening the batting has always attracted me. Today, as Secretary-General of CARICOM, I am particularly pleased in this setting and in these opening remarks, to take first strike, knowing full well that there are many top…
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Make integration a priority – Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Region reflects on the successes of the thirty six years of regional integration, all efforts should be combined to make integration within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) a priority. This view was expressed by the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, as she delivered remarks on behalf of the Government of Guyana…
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WICB-WIPA MEDIATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first Meeting in the West Indies Cricket Board-West Indies Players Association (WICB-WIPA) Mediation Process was held on Sunday 26th July in the Office of the Mediator, Sir Shridath Ramphal, with assistance from the CARICOM Secretariat. Under the Agreement signed on 21 July in Georgetown, each side has nominated a Facilitator with whom…
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Functional Cooperation fully Embraced by Regional Institutions
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of institutions of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed that functional cooperation provided a means by which they could achieve programme objectives and become even more effective in contributing to fulfilling Community mandates. To this end they have agreed to intensify efforts towards initiating projects involving the use of information and communication…
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Achievement of Single Economy requires greater resolve and determination – CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, on Friday July 24 urged the Community to commit to the achievement of the tenets of the regional integration movement with a sense of vision and determination. Delivering a toast at his Reception hosted at the CARICOM Secretariat to mark the 36th Anniversary of the signing…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEADS OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 23-24 JULY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations Other Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen As always it gives me very great pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to say a few words in welcoming you all to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is good to see…
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TOAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, IN CELEBRATION OF CARICOM DAY 2009, 24 JULY 2009, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank you all for having accepted my invitation to join in our celebration tonight, of the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Caribbean Community – CARICOM. A CARICOM which, in addition to the original English-speaking Members, includes the full participation of Dutch-speaking Suriname and French-speaking Haiti as Member States and of Anguilla, Bermuda,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEADS OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 23-24 JULY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations Other Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen As always it gives me very great pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to say a few words in welcoming you all to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is good to see so many…
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