Press Releases
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PRODUCE INCREASING SHARE OF FOOD CONSUMED – ASG URGES REGION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Assistant Secretary-General, Trade and Economic Integration, said Wednesday that there was a greater need for the Caribbean region to produce an increasing share of the food it consumed. Delivering remarks at the opening of the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Plant Health Directors at the…
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BARBADOS ELECTED TO CHAIR CASSOS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Anthony Archer, Director, Civil Aviation, Barbados, and outgoing Acting Chairman of the Regional Aviation Safety Oversight System (RASOS) was Wednesday elected Chairperson of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS). Mr. Ramesh Lutchmedial, Director General, Civil Aviation of Trinidad and Tobago, was elected Vice Chairperson. The elections of office holders for…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCA
Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Deryck Brown, Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group for the Governance and Institutional Development Division Ambassador Kishan Rana, Senior Fellow, Diplofoundation, Malta and Geneva and Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi Representatives from CARICOM Member States Representatives of the Institute of International Relations and the University of the…
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DIPLOMACY KEY TO STRENGTHENING VOICE OF SMALL STATES IN GLOBAL ARENA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The greatest assurance of the survival of small states lies in their diplomacy and their ability to maximise benefits from the existence of international law, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General said on Monday, March 2, 2009. Ambassador Applewhaite was at the time addressing a High-level Regional Consultation on Diplomatic Training, at…
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CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS DISCUSS MEASURES TO GUARD AGAINST PLANT PESTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Senior Plant Health Officials from across the Caribbean are seeking to guard against the threat of plant pests. They will hold a second meeting on the issue on 4-5 March, 2009 at the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Guyana as they continue to mobilise their efforts towards the formulation of policy,…
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WANTED: REGIONAL POLICIES ON DRUG CARE AND TREATMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The need for the development of evidence-based policies on drug treatment and care in the Caribbean Region was one of the main issues raised at the start of the regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers. Organised jointly by the CARICOM Secretariat and the Inter-American Drug…
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ICTs CAN PROVIDE ECONOMIC BENEFITS FOR CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been urged to use Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as a driver for economic survival as one means of combating the global economic down turn. This encouragement came from Senator Ann Peters, Minister of State in the Ministry of Health of Grenada when she addressed the…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE HIGH-LEVEL REGIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON DIPLOMATIC TRAINING IN THE CARIBBEAN, 02 MARCH 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Deryck Brown, Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group for the Governance and Institutional Development Division Ambassador Kishan Rana, Senior Fellow, Diplofoundation, Malta and Geneva and Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi Representatives from CARICOM Member States Representatives of the Institute of International Relations and the University of the…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 29 JANUARY 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
The Honourable Humphrey Hildenburg, Minister of Finance of Suriname and Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP); Honourable Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia Honourable David Estwick and other Distinguished Ministers; President of the Caribbean Development Bank; Central Bank Governors and Deputy Governors; Assistant Secretary-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; Other…
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FEATURE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MS. CHRESELDA ST. JUSTE, DEPUTY PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF HEALTH, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL ANTI-DRUG STRATEGIES AND PLANS, 29 APRIL-1 MAY 2009, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
On behalf of the Government and people of Saint Lucia, I am pleased to welcome our regional delegates to this CARICOM – OAS – CICAD – EU supported Workshop. For the next four days, we extend to you the keys to the conference of the future as change agents to a new approach in combating drug abuse in our respective…
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