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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY ASTONA BROWNE, PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, IMMI
On behalf of the Caribbean delegations gathered here today in Paramaribo, Suriname, I have the pleasure to extend our sincere greetings and warm words of welcome to the delegation of the United States of America. This technical meeting on Caribbean – US Security Co-operation is of critical importance in many respects. As a consequence of mounting concerns over the threats…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT AND PARTNERS TEAM UP FOR ICT FESTIVAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has attracted widespread support to host its first Children’s ICT festival. The Festival takes place on Friday 22 May at the Guyana International Conference Centre from 8:30 a.m. The theme of this event is “Protecting Children in Cyberspace” which is in keeping with the global theme of the World…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY ASTONA BROWNE, PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE SECURITY POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEPAC), AT THE CARIBBEAN-US TECHNICAL MEETING ON SECURITY COOPERATION, 20 MAY 2009, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
On behalf of the Caribbean delegations gathered here today in Paramaribo, Suriname, I have the pleasure to extend our sincere greetings and warm words of welcome to the delegation of the United States of America. This technical meeting on Caribbean – US Security Co-operation is of critical importance in many respects. As a consequence of mounting concerns over the…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY ASTONA BROWNE, PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE SECURITY POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEPAC), AT THE CARIBBEAN-US TECHNICAL MEETING ON SECURITY COOPERATION, 20 MAY 2009, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
On behalf of the Caribbean delegations gathered here today in Paramaribo, Suriname, I have the pleasure to extend our sincere greetings and warm words of welcome to the delegation of the United States of America. This technical meeting on Caribbean – US Security Co-operation is of critical importance in many respects. As a consequence of mounting concerns over the…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COFCOR, 8-9 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Leader of the Opposition Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda, and Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations Fellow Members of the Cabinet Honourable President and Members of the Senate Colleague Ministers of Foreign Affairs of…
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OPENING REMARKS BY RANSFORD SMITH, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA DELIVERED BY MR. HENRY CHARLES, DIRECTOR, COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME
It gives me great pleasure to address you on the occasion of the opening of this important Regional Diplomatic Training Course for Mid-Career Diplomats in the Caribbean Community. The phrase a “born diplomat” is of long standing. In the past, this may have led to training being undervalued. Fortunately, this is no longer the case. Your participation in this programme…
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REMARKS BY HER EXCELLENCY ELIZABETH HARPER, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
This is for me a most pleasant duty to extend a very warm welcome to all of you, to those participants and presenters who have travelled to Guyana and in particular to those of you for whom this is your first visit to the site of the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. I would like to acknowledge some…
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REMARKS BY PROFESSOR E. NIGEL HARRIS, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
My sincere thanks are extended to the Secretariat and the Secretary General for inviting me to speak at this Opening Ceremony. It is always wonderful to be in Guyana – the country of my birth – and I thank you for affording me an opportunity to visit. The pleasure is even greater as the training programme that begins…
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CARICOM TO FOCUS ON THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN CYBERSPACE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hosting its first ever Children’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) festival on Friday 22 May from 9:30 a.m. to mark World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) 2009. WTISD is observed globally on the 17th of May and the theme for 2009, ‘Protecting Children in Cyberspace’, seeks to…
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THE 21ST CENTURY CARIBBEAN DIPLOMAT – PRACTICING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIPLOMACY : REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Your Excellency Albert Ramdin, Assistant-Secretary-General of the OAS Mr Henry Charles, Director Commonwealth Youth Programme and Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat Members of the Diplomatic Corps The Honourable Sir Shridath Ramphal, OCC The Honourable…
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