Press Releases
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MEXICO LOOKS TO STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly accredited Mexican Ambassador to Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Fernando Sandoval Flores, today underscored the commitment of the United Mexican States to fortify its relations with the Region. Speaking at the Ceremony for the Presentation of Credentials, on May 28, 2009, Ambassador Sandoval stated that México’s establishment of an Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana…
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DEMANDS COOPERATION AS NEVER BEFORE – SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Faith Radebe, the first Plenipotentiary Representative of South Africa to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has emphasised the need for greater bilateral collaboration in the face of the global financial and economic crisis. She said the crisis “impressed upon us cooperation demands that have never been seen before”. Ambassador Faith Radebe was at…
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PRESIDENT JAGDEO CALLS FOR MORE INCENTIVES FOR AGRICULTURE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The two-day Public-Private Sector Consultation on agribusiness wrapped up in Georgetown Thursday with an acknowledgement by stakeholders that much more needed to be done to shape agriculture into a more viable sector to advance growth in the Region. On Thursday evening, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana and Lead Head of Government with…
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CARICOM HEALTH MINISTERS AGREE TO CURB SMOKING IN PUBLIC SPACES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caucus of Ministers of Health have endorsed a recommendation for the banning of smoking on public spaces as a public good and regional goal, as the Region intensifies its efforts to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), under the Port of Spain Declaration on Uniting in the fight against NCDs. At a meeting of the…
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AGRIBUSINESS CONSULTATION : IDENTIFYING MARKET DEMANDS, CHALLENGING PRODUCERS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The forum on agribusiness was one step towards identifying the demands of the market and setting the challenge for producers to meet those demands, officers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat have said. Ms. Desiree Field-Ridley, Adviser, Single Market and Sectoral Programmes, and Mr. Sam Lawrence, Adviser, Regional Transformation Programme on Agriculture, indicated that…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, greater Georgetown, Guyana) “International cooperation is now more than ever necessary for global sustainable development,” CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington said yesterday, May 27, 2009. He was at the time speaking at the Ceremony for the Presentation of Credentials by His Excellency Tatsuaki Iwata, Plenipotentiary Representative of Japan to the Caribbean Community. The ceremony…
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JAPAN SYMPATHETIC TO EFFECTS OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS ON CARICOM, EXTENDS CONTRIBUTION TO IMF
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly accredited Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Tatsuaki Iwata, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 noted his country’s consideration of the adverse effects of the global financial and economic crises on the Region. After he presented his letters of credence to the Secretary-General of the CARICOM His Excellency Edwin…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY FERNANDO SANDOVAL FLORES, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES TO CARICOM, 28 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Excellency, welcome to the Caribbean Community Secretariat. Your arrival has been long anticipated! The establishment of an Embassy of Mexico in Georgetown, Guyana – the home of the headquarters of the Caribbean Community – marks a significant signpost in the long standing relationship between the Caribbean Community and Mexico. Our close and historic relations were formalized in 1974, with the…
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CARICOM SOLICITS MEXICO’S SUPPORT IN IFI GRADUATION ISSUE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 35-year old relationship between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico was solidified on May 28, 2009, at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, with the accreditation of a new Plenipotentiary Representative of Mexico to CARICOM, His Excellency Fernando Sandoval. In his remarks, CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, stated that the…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HER EXCELLENCY FAITH RADEBE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TO CARICOM, 28 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
High Commissioner Faith Radebe Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of South Africa to the Caribbean Community Deputy Secretary-General Other Members of the Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Participants of the Regional Diplomatic Training Programme Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my sincere and profound pleasure to welcome you to this historic occasion – the first accreditation…
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