Press Releases
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE SEMINAR FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CARIBBEAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION (CARICAD), 8 JULY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Madame Chair Most Honourable Professor Sir Kenneth Hall, Former Governor-General of Jamaica Executive Director and Other Board Members of the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) Professors Ralph Carnegie and Winston Anderson Assistant Secretary-General LaRocque and other Distinguished Participants Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning and a warm and hearty welcome to you all to the CARICOM Headquarters. The Secretary-General of…
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PREPARATIONS MOVING APACE FOR REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than a hundred representatives of the Services Sector in the Caribbean will gather in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda next week to begin charting a more structured approach to the development of the Sector within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Chief Executive Officers of large, medium and small sized enterprises…
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LAST LAP FOR CARICOM YOUTH COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 14-member CARICOM Commission on Youth Development is meeting on Monday, for the seventh and last time to add the finishing touches to their much anticipated Report. Co-chaired by UWI Professor Barry Chevannes and former Youth Ambassador Yldiz Beighle, the Commission, for the next three days, (7-9 December) will be locked into meetings at…
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CARICOM YOUTH MEET IN HAITI FOR CULTURAL EXCHANGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Youth – Making the Caribbean is the theme of a four-day Caribbean Youth Exchange set for Port Au Prince, Haiti, this week-end, as the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) steps up its programme of sensitisation on its research findings, ahead of the proposed Heads of Government Summit on Youth, later this year. The…
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CARIPASS ON TRACK FOR END OF YEAR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be moving one step closer to creating a Single Domestic Space when it implements the CARICOM Travel Card (CARIPASS) by the end of 2009. At their 30th Summit held in Georgetown, Guyana last week, CARICOM Heads of Government agreed to proposals for implementing CARIPASS, the travel card that will…
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STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS ISSUED BY THE THIRTIETH REGULAR MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2-5 JULY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Member States of the Caribbean Community reiterate their view that respect for the rule of law, representative democracy and integrity in public life are fundamental elements of good governance to which they all strongly adhere. Accordingly, they were deeply disturbed by the adverse findings of Turks and Caicos Commission of Inquiry into possible corruption or other dishonesty in relation…
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Liliendaal Declaration On Climate Change And Development Issued By The Thirtieth Meeting Of The Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community, 2-5 July 2009, Georgetown, Guyana
We,the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community, at our Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference in Liliendaal, Guyana from 2–5 July 2009, affirm our commitment to the principles and objectives of the Caribbean Community as embodied in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy – 1. Recalling…
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Liliendaal Declaration On Agriculture And Food Security
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at our Thirtieth Meeting in Liliendaal, Guyana, 2-5 July, 2009, affirm our commitment to the principles and objectives of the Caribbean Community as embodied in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy – 1. We recognize the multi-functional nature of agriculture as…
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Liliendaal Declaration On The Financial Sector (new Framework For Financial Regulation And Supervision In The Region)
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at our Thirtieth Meeting in Liliendaal, Guyana, 2-5 July 2009, affirm our commitment to the principles and objectives of the Caribbean Community as embodied in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas establishing the Caribbean Community including the CARICOM Single Market and Economy; Having experienced the negative fallout from the global financial…
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GLOBAL CRISIS HAS SERIOUS IMPLICATIONS FOR SOCIAL SECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The global financial and economic crisis is projected to pose a serious threat to the social gains that have been achieved over the last decade as it was likely to push an additional 46 million people below the poverty line over and above the 130-155 million who were there in 2008. This was the…
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