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LEADERSHIP UNITING VISION AND PURPOSE TOWARD ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL ACCESS: PRESENTATION BY SIR KENNETH HALL, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JAMAICA, TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 30 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is a pleasure for me to participate in this session on Leadership Uniting Vision and Purpose at this Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate PANCAP and, in particular, its Regional Coordinating Mechanism, its executive management committee, the Director and staff of the PANCAP Coordinating Unit…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY DAME PEARLETTER LOUSY, GOVERNOR GENERAL, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 29 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Chairman Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health, Jamaica Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health and the Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians of other Caribbean States Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Kevin Harvey, Chair of the Caribbean Coalition of National Programme Coordinators Members of…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY DAME PEARLETTER LOUSY, GOVERNOR GENERAL, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 29 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Chairman Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health, Jamaica Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health and the Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians of other Caribbean States Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Kevin Harvey, Chair of the Caribbean Coalition of National Programme Coordinators Members of…
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LEADERSHIP UNITING VISION AND PURPOSE TOWARD ACHIEVING UNIVERSAL ACCESS: PRESENTATION BY SIR KENNETH HALL, GOVERNOR-GENERAL, JAMAICA, TO THE EIGHTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 30 OCTOBER 2008, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is a pleasure for me to participate in this session on Leadership Uniting Vision and Purpose at this Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I wish to take this opportunity to congratulate PANCAP and, in particular, its Regional Coordinating Mechanism, its executive management committee, the Director and staff of the PANCAP Coordinating Unit…
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REGIONAL ICT STEERING COMMITTEE TO PUSH DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT ACTION PLAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The work towards the development of a regional Information and Communication and Technology for Development (ICT4D) strategy and Action Plan will continue when the members of the Regional ICT Steering Committee meets in Barbados 13-17 October. The meeting will bring together representatives from Member States of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations Mrs Angela Hunte, Director…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations Mrs Angela Hunte, Director…
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CHILEAN AND CARICOM OFFICIALS COLLABORATE ON SPS SYSTEM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Recognising the need to have a solid Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) regime in place in order to effectively become a viable trading partner Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are collaborating with the Organisation of American States (OAS) and the Government of Chile for a…
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PANCAP HOLDS VIII ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Under the theme Leadership: Uniting Vision and Purpose, the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS will hold its Eighth Annual General meeting on 29-30 October 2008, in Montego Bay, Jamaica. A key highlight of this eighth meeting is the Leadership Forum at which Jamaica’s Governor General, and former Principal of the University of the West…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, 23 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries Staff of the CARICOM SecretariatRepresentatives of the Media As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries. This Meeting is important…
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