Press Releases
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PANCAP URGED TO STRENGTHEN ITS ROLE IN FIGHT AGAINST HIV AND AIDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The implementation of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework (CRSF) on HIV and AIDS (2008 -2012) along with the development of the Priority Area Co-ordinating Committee (PACC) and the proposed constitution for the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) were some of the major discussions which took place at the just concluded 13th…
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STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN HONDURAS, ISSUED BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, HIS EXCELLENCY BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT OF THE COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) views with continuing grave concern the situation in Honduras arising from the removal by military intervention of the democratically elected Head of State, President Manuel Zelaya. The Caribbean Community notes the recent return to Honduras of President Zelaya and his presence in the Embassy of Brazil. The Community wishes to underline the critical importance of respecting…
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CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN NEW YORK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Foreign Affairs will over the next two days be fully engaged in a series of meetings on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, USA. Foreign Ministers will convene the Twelfth informal consultations of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) on Friday…
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PANCAP CONVENES NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Under the theme Towards Universal Access: Enhancing the Multi-sectoral Response to HIV and AIDS in the Caribbean, more than 150 representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will meet for the Ninth Annual General Meeting on 28-30 October 2009, in Grenada. A key highlight of this ninth meeting is…
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CAUCUS OF MINISTERS OF HEALTH MEETS IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEKEND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) The Caucus of Ministers of Health meets in Washington this week-end (26 -27 September) for its 18th Annual Meeting, with a formidable agenda of critical regional health issues to be addressed. This Forum provides an opportunity for Health Ministers of the Caribbean Region, including the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to collectively discuss and approve regional policies…
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CARICOM MOURNS THE LOSS OF THREE MAJOR CARIBBEAN LITERARY FIGURES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community has lost, in one week, three major literary figures: Jamaica’s Trevor Rhone, Suriname’s Henk Tjon and Trinidad and Tobago’s Wayne Brown. While Rhone and Tjon were both multi-talented, regionally and internationally acclaimed theatre artists, Wayne Brown was an acclaimed poet, creative writing teacher, short story writer, critic and journalist. Trevor…
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CARIBBEAN NATIONAL HEADS UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE – CARICOM SG EXPRESSES CONGRATS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community Secretary-General H.E. Edwin Carrington has extended congratulations to His Excellency Ambassador Davidson L. Hepburn on his election as President for the 35th General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). A Bahamian, Ambassador Hepburn, who was elected last week in Paris by the 58 Member States 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 THIRTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (AGRICULTURE), 18 SEPTEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is a pleasure for me as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community to join the Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana, in welcoming Honourable Ministers and Officials from our Member States to this important meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development of the Caribbean Community. Let me begin by extending special greetings to the Honourable Hilson…
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TIME FOR AGRICULTURE TO LEAD REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Agriculture from CARICOM Member States meeting in Guyana on Friday were challenged to let Agriculture take the lead in regional development efforts. This the Ministers heard from CARICOM Secretary-General H. E Edwin Carrington in his address at the opening of the 32nd Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic…
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FORWARD PUSH ON AGRICULTURE URGED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the of the 32nd Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Agriculture, the Honourable Ezekiel Joseph, Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries and Forestry of Saint Lucia urged his colleague Ministers on Friday to implement the decisions taken at the one-day meeting. Speaking…
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