Press Releases
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TO HELP MEMBER STATES TACKLE DRUG PROBLEM
The Caribbean Community Secretariat is seeking to empower CARICOM Member States to tackle more effectively the worsening illicit drug problem within the Caribbean through the development and subsequent implementation of National Anti Drug Strategies and Plans. To this end the Secretariat has collaborated with the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (CICAD/OAS, the Saint Lucia…
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PANCAP TWELFTH RCM TO DISCUSS RESOURCE MOBILISATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will convene its twelfth ordinary meeting on 27 to 28 April 2009, in Saint Lucia. Under the chairmanship of Dominica Minister of Health and Chair of the RCM, Hon. John Fabien, the issue of resource mobilization is high on…
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CARICOM LEADERS IN VITAL TALKS AT FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a series of side meetings in the margins of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. CARICOM Leaders met with The President of the United States, Mr Barack Obama, the Prime Minister of Canada, the Honourable…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE DEAN O. BARROW, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, 17 APRIL 2009, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Your Excellency Dr. George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Heads of State and Heads of Government Your Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States Heads of International and Regional Organizations Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen It is very much an honour to address…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT SETS UP EPA IMPLEMENTATION UNIT
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has moved to ensure urgent implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Community (EC). In keeping with the directive of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, the Secretariat has established a Unit to coordinate the implementation of the Agreement which was signed in…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY, CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM, FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, 16 APRIL 2009, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Ms. Grace Talma, Chairperson; Hon. Hazel Manning, Minister of Local Government of Trinidad and Tobago; Members of the Media Distinguished Members of Civil Society Ladies and Gentlemen Although I was unable to attend the entire Civil Society Forum, my brief engagement today and the reports I received have left me in no doubt as to the exceptional value of the…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE DEAN O. BARROW, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM AT THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY OF THE FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, 17 APRIL 2009, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Your Excellency Dr. George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Heads of State and Heads of Government Your Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States Heads of International and Regional Organizations Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen It is very much an honour to address this…
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FORGE NEW SPIRIT OF COOPERATION – CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT URGE SUMMIT PARTICIPANTS
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Participants at the Fifth Summit of the America now underway in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago should use the opportunity to promote partnerships and dialogue to find solutions to the problems that confronted them, Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) advised Friday. CARICOM Heads of Government met in Caucus Friday…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY, CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM, FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, 16 APRIL 2009, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Ms. Grace Talma, Chairperson; Hon. Hazel Manning, Minister of Local Government of Trinidad and Tobago; Members of the Media Distinguished Members of Civil Society Ladies and Gentlemen Although I was unable to attend the entire Civil Society Forum, my brief engagement today and the reports I received have left me in no doubt as to the exceptional value of the…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) FOLLOWING A CAUCUS
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, have met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17th, 2009, in advance of the inauguration of the Fifth Summit of the Americas. It is a source of immense pride for us that the Fifth Summit of the Americas is taking place for the first time in a Member…
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