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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE MANY STRONG VOICES WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES, 31 MARCH 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Theme: THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN : Choosing options, speaking with one voice Background It is my pleasure to address this workshop which challenges the world and in particular members of coastal states to join voices in securing a just and secure climate change agreement at Copenhagen in December 2009. We are therefore all here for a noble cause at a…
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HERS WAS A TRULY A LIFE LIVED FOR HER PEOPLE – SECRETARY-GENERAL CARRINGTON
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has hailed the contributions of former President of Guyana, Mrs. Janet Jagan to the development of Guyana. “Hers was truly a life lived for her people,” the Secretary-General said. Mrs. Jagan died Saturday after a brief illness. In a message of condolence, the Secretary-General said Mrs. Jagan “served her country…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT PARTICIPATES IN ILO CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL CRISIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will participate in an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Tripartite Conference on the social and labour dimensions of the global financial crisis. The conference will be held in Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday, 1 April 2009. The Forum, expected to be opened by Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica, will…
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STATEMENT BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HUBERT INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, THE BAHAMAS, ON BEHALF OF THE CAR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On behalf of the Caribbean Constituency, I wish to thank the host of this meeting, the Republic of Colombia as well as the city of Medellin, the staff of the Inter-American Development Bank Group and the other organizations and businesses involved in this event. All their hard work and attention to details behind the…
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FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE COMMERCIAL FISHING UNDER MICROSCOPE AT PANEL DISCUSSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The uncertainties surrounding the future of sustainable commercial fishing in the Caribbean region will be explored tomorrow, Thursday, when the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat hosts the panel discussion: `Caribbean Fisheries: Sinking or Swimming in Uncertain Waters’. The public discussion will take place at 10:00 a.m. at the…
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BAHAMAS PM CALLS FOR FOCUS TO RESOLVE CRISIS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In the face of extraordinarily difficult and uncertain times, the Rt Honourable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Bahamas has called on leaders to be clear in their purpose and firm in their resolve. In remarks at the closing session of the 50th Annual Inter-American Development Bank/Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB/IIC) Meeting in Medellin, Colombia,…
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CLIMATE CHANGE AS A GENERATOR OF EMPLOYMENT IN KEY ECONOMIC SECTORS OF THE CARIBBEAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the international community continues to give significant attention to the global phenomenon, Climate Change, Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Director of Sustainable Development at the CARICOM Secretariat posited some insights into how the Caribbean Region could transform this threat into employment opportunities when he made his presentation to the Second CARICOM Climate Change Conference in…
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“RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL HURRICANE REQUIRES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP” BY DR EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, DELIVERED AT CONFERENCE ON “CAUGHT IN A GLOBAL HURRICANE: DEBATING THE CARIBBEAN’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD”, 24 MARCH 2009, WASHINGTON D.C.
This Conference is most timely and its theme is appropriately expressive of the daunting prospects facing the Caribbean as it confronts several challenges and prepares for the epic Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago, among others. The Summit is being planned and implemented as a CARICOM hosted event in Trinidad and Tobago. The…
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“RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL HURRICANE REQUIRES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP” BY DR EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, DELIVERED AT CONFERENCE ON “CAUGHT IN A GLOBAL HURRICANE: DEBATING THE CARIBBEAN’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD”, BROOKINGS INSTITUTE/WOODROW WILSON CONFERENCE CENTRE, 24 MARCH 2009, WASHINGTON D.C.
This Conference is most timely and its theme is appropriately expressive of the daunting prospects facing the Caribbean as it confronts several challenges and prepares for the epic Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago, among others. The Summit is being planned and implemented as a CARICOM hosted event in Trinidad and Tobago. The…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, 24 MARCH 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I very much regret that I am unable to attend this important Conference to address the Region’s Climate Change agenda but this meeting coincides with a series of other pressing issues that demand my attention and that of the Assistant Secretary-General, Dr Edward Greene under whose portfolio the whole area of sustainable…
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