Press Releases
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BELIZE AG CALLS FOR CHANGE IN APPROACH TO EDUCATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Belize’s Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, the Honourable Wilfred Elrington has called for a “fundamental change” in the country’s approach to education. Speaking on the occasion of the launch of the Belize Coalition of Services Providers (BCSP), the minister said that emphasis should be placed on the service areas…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT
Secretary General of the United Nations, Your Excellency Ban Ki-Moon; Their Excellencies, Representatives of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors to the United Nations; Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs; Representatives of Specialised UN Agencies; Director General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; Deputy Secretary General and Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat; Heads and other Representatives…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY BAN KI-MOON, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL, TO THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF CARICOM AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, 09 FEBRUARY 2009, NEW YORK
Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM ExcellenciesLadies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to join you for this forum. Since the United Nations and CARICOM signed our cooperation agreement some twelve years ago, we have collaborated closely on a number of critical issues. I welcome this opportunity to deepen our ties further still. We meet at a time of crisis. The…
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GLOBAL CRISIS CALLS FOR INCREASED COOPERATION BETWEEN UN, CARICOM – UN SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The United Nations (UN) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) needed to step up cooperation in the face of the current global economic and financial crisis and work to combat serious problems such as narco-trafficking and the accompanying violent crimes, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said Monday. In this regard, the renewed cooperation between CARICOM…
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CASSOS GETS DOWN TO WORK
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly launched Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS) on Friday afternoon wrapped up its first Board of Directors Meeting with plans to tackle administrative issues to ensure that by March the entity would be well set to begin its work. Mr. Anthony Archer, Chairman of CASSOS and Director of Civil Aviation,…
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EXCITEMENT BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION FOR FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS – SECRETARY-GENERAL CARRINGTON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted the excitement across the Region as the date for the Fifth Summit of the Americas draws closer. The Summit will be held in Trinidad and Tobago 17-19 April 2009, under the theme ‘Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security…
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CARICOM TO COMPLETE DRAFT STANDARDS FOR DRUG TREATMENT PRACTITIONERS BY NOVEMBER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Meeting on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers rolled out an ambitious timeline for the completion of its first handbook that will establish the standards for practitioners in drug treatment and care facilities in the Region. The Meeting which ended on 4 March in Montego Bay, Jamaica…
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FIRST REGIONAL MEETING ON DRUG TREATMENT STANDARDS DEEMED A SUCCESS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers which ended in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 4 March was deemed a “resounding success” by the more than forty international and regional stakeholders who participated. Facilitated jointly by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Inter-American Drug Abuse Control…
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NOEL LEE OF JAMAICA HEADS CARICOM ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION TO ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community has announced that Mr. Noel Lee, former Director of Elections of Jamaica, will be Chief of Mission for the CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission for the 12 March, 2009 Antigua and Barbuda General elections. Mr Lee will head a small team of observers knowledgeable in electoral matters. A Core…
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DRUG ABUSE A THREAT TO REGIONAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager Sustainable Development, Ms Beverely Reynolds has made an impassioned plea for the Caribbean Countries and the European Union to strengthen the partnership in waging the war against the use of illicit drugs in the Caribbean Region, declaring that the Region’s sustainable development was seriously threatened by this social malady. Speaking…
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