Press Releases
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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 development falls.…
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CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY URGENT – CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington is calling for the expedition of the Climate Change strategic plan and accompanying action plan which would mainstream critical issues related to the impact of Climate Change on the Region. In remarks read by CARICOM Secretariat’s Garfield Barnwell, Director of Sustainable Development, to the Opening Ceremony of the Second Climate…
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REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS URGED TO ADOPT CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Lucia Prime Minister, the Hon Stephenson King is urging Caribbean governments as a matter of priority to develop, strengthen and apply national and regional adaptation policies that will address Climate Change concerns within the Region. He also called on the governments to pursue vigorously mitigation, adaptation and resource mobilisation strategies to combat Climate…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE SITUATION IN THE TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS, AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is following with growing concern recent political and constitutional developments in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), a British Overseas Territory and Associate Member of the Community. On 16 March 2009 the Interim Report of the Turks and Caicos Commission of Inquiry into possible corruption or other dishonesty in relation…
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JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS, 19 MARCH 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
The Thirteenth Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Japan Consultations on their bilateral cooperation arrangements was convened in Barbados on 19 March 2009. The CARICOM delegation was led by His Excellency Anthony Liverpool, Non-Resident Ambassador of Antigua and Barbuda to Japan and the delegation of Japan was led by His Excellency Ambassador Tatsuaki Iwata, Representative of the Government of Japan. The CARICOM delegation was…
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SAINT LUCIA PRIME MINISTER TO OPEN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon Stephenson King, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia will be the keynote speaker at the Second Caribbean Community Climate Change Conference slated for March 23-24, 2009, in Saint Lucia, under the theme: Mainstreaming Climate Change for the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean. Saint Lucia has lead responsibility for sustainable development in the quasi–Cabinet…
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CARICOM/JAPAN TO HOLD THIRTEENTH CONSULTATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultations on technical cooperation will convene in Barbados on 19-20 March 2009 and are expected to cover both technical and political issues of mutual interest. The Consultations will also present an opportunity for reviewing Japan’s technical assistance programme with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Presently Japan’s technical assistance with CARICOM is by…
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COTA LAUNCHES SECOND ESSAY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Organisation of Tax Administrators (COTA) has launched its second essay competition for secondary school students throughout the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) aimed in part at stimulating broad interest in taxation matters. The topic is `Building Efficient Tax Administrations in Promoting National and Regional Development’. The competition is geared at encouraging youth – as…
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BELIZE BECOMES TWELFTH MEMBER STATE TO ISSUE CARICOM PASSPORT BELIZE BECOMES TWELFTH MEMBER STATE TO ISSUE CARICOM PASSPORT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) All twelve Member States participating in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are now issuing the CARICOM passport. This week Belize became the twelfth CARICOM Member State to introduce the document during a ceremony held in the capital of Belmopan. A CARICOM passport, which features the CARICOM logo and the words “Caribbean Community”…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTIETH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 12-13 MARCH 2009, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twentieth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Belize City, Belize, from 12-13 March 2008. The Honourable Dean O. Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, the…
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