Press Releases
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YOUTH COMMISSION STEPS UP COMMUNICATION ON ITS RESEARCH FINDINGS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) is preparing its regional report on findings of a research done on the situation of Caribbean youth which will be a major input into its report to the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. As a result, the Commission is engaged in a flurry…
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CARICOM ACCREDITS FIRST SOUTH AFRICAN AMBASSADOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Faith Radebe, the first Plenipotentiary Representative of South Africa to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was accredited on Thursday May 28, 2009, at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana. Describing the accreditation as “historic”, CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington said that it affirmed the principles of solidarity and fraternity between…
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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…
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ACT NOW AS A COORDINATED UNIT – AGRICULTURE STAKEHOLDERS URGED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the agriculture sector have been urged to act now to build alliances to promote agri-business development in the Region. At the opening of the Consultation on Public-Private Sector collaboration at the Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday morning, the Hon. Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, and His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the…
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JAMAICA TO HOST COHSOD AND ECOSOC MEETINGS, HEALTH AND EDUCATION PRIORITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Health and Education will be involved in two meetings in Montego Bay, Jamaica next week. First they will convene the Eighteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) and then will meet with their Latin American counterparts to in preparation for a meeting of the…
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JAPAN HAS SUPPORT FOR SEAT ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday May 27, 2009 signalled support to Japan from Member States of the Community for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the term 2009-2010. Accepting Letters of Credence from the new Ambassador of Japan to CARICOM, His Excellency Tatsuaki…
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CARICOM LEADERS CALL FOR RESTRUCTURED CDB
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have agreed that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) should be a vehicle for all development resources of the Region and in this regard should be restructured to become more responsive to the needs of the Region. Meeting in Special Caucus at the Diplomatic Centre, Port of…
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REGIONAL SOLUTION FOR FINANCIAL PROBLEMS SAYS FINANCE MINISTERS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four main objectives were identified at the end of a meeting of CARICOM Finance Ministers and Financial Services Sector Regulators as they sought to resolve difficulties arising in the Region’s insurance and banking sectors. At the Meeting held on Monday at the Hyatt Regency Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, under the chairmanship…
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CARICOM LEADERS HOLD SPECIAL CAUCUS ON GLOBAL CRISIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday 24 May at a Special Caucus to discuss the current economic circumstances of Member States arising from the on-going global economic and financial crisis. The meeting, convened at the request of the Prime Minister of Trinidad…
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AGRI-BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS IN TWO-DAY CONSULTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders of agri-business in the Caribbean will meet in Georgetown, Guyana next week to identify the levels of collaboration that are necessary in the short, medium and long term to move the sector forward. On 27-28 May 2009 a Public-Private Consultation organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will be held to facilitate dialogue…
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