Press Releases
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REGION GEARS UP FOR HEALTH AUTHORITY IN 2010
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Health meeting in Washington DC, USA at their 18th Caucus fully endorsed the time table for the establishment of the Caribbean Public Health Authority (CARPHA) in 2010. Among the actions leading up to the start up of CARPHA are the completion of the costing of the functions, infrastructure and…
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CARICOM SEEKS VOICE IN G20
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would like a voice in the Group of 20 (G20). This was one of the issues raised by the Community’s Foreign Ministers during a meeting with United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in New York, USA last Friday 25 September. Assistant Secretary-General at the CARICOM Secretariat for Foreign and…
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CARICOM TO FACILITATE ONE-DAY SEMINARS ON SOLAR ENERGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The business community and hoteliers in Belize will benefit from two one-day seminars on effective use of solar energy to be facilitated by the Caribbean Regional Energy Development Programme (CREDP) of the CARICOM Secretariat on 3-4 October, 2007 at the Radisson Fort George Hotel and Marina in Belize City. CREDP facilitators will seek to…
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STUDENTS TO BE EXPOSED TO CSME OPPORTUNITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than two hundred students from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be exposed to the operation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) during the period 30 August to 3 October 2009. This exposure represents the second phase of the CARICOM Secretariat project, “Students engaging the CSME through Field Promotion”. The project is…
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CARICOM-MEXICO JOINT COMMISSION TO MEET IN MEXICO CITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Mexico for the 5th Meeting of the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission which takes place on 1st October 2009 in Mexico City. The one-day meeting will be followed by a Business Promotion Forum on 2nd October. The business forum will bring together representatives of private sector…
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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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