Press Releases
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CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES ASSURED OF SUPPORT TO COORDINATE PLANT HEALTH SECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean countries were today assured of scientific and technical assistance to improve plant health systems which if not effectively dealt with could negatively impact on the work towards ensuring food security which has become critical in the face of rising food prices across the globe. This assurance came from the International Development Partners (IDP)…
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A HOMECOMING FOR CARIFESTA – ASG GREENE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat said, Guyana’s offer to host the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA X) represents a homecoming for the Festival. Speaking at the Opening Session of the Nineteenth Meeting of the Regional Culture Committee (RCC) held in Guyana…
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CARICOM ATTORNEYS-GENERAL AND MINISTERS OF JUSTICE MEET ON CRUCIAL ISSUES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meets on Friday 9 May in St. Lucia for its Tenth Ordinary Meeting. The meeting’s agenda is replete with modern and timely legislation and instruments for CARICOM Member States to address the challenges of an increasingly globalised world. The Committee, comprised of Attorneys-General or…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairperson, Collaborative Partners – Food and Agriculture Organisation – Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) – Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) – Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) – Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney, Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries, Members and Associate Members…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairperson, Collaborative Partners – Food and Agriculture Organisation – Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) – Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) – Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) – Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney, Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries, Members and Associate Members…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 23-25 APRIL 2008, LE RESSOUVENIR, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA
The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport The Hon. Junia Regrello, Parliamentary Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago Distinguished delegates of the Ninteenth Regional Cultural Committee Members of the Interim Festival Directorate Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat I have the distinct pleasure of welcoming Directors of Culture and other culture officials to the Nineteenth Meeting of…
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REGIONAL CULTURE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS POLICY FOR CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The relentless call for coordinated national and regional action to address the developmental needs of a growing cultural industry within the Caribbean Community has not fallen on deaf ears. When the Regional Culture Committee (RCC) meets for its Nineteenth conference in Guyana on Wednesday (23 April 2008), it will discuss the development of a…
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CYAP WELCOMES HAITI’S NEW AMBASSADORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) For the first time in four years, Haiti has appointed two Youth Ambassadors for the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYA) programme. Both M. Isnel Pierreval and Mlle. Gyliane Cadet were warmly welcomed among fifteen new Youth Ambassadors who were presented with their instruments of appointment, by Mr Lionel Weekes, Barbados Permanent Secretary in the Ministry…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [ENVIRONMENT] (COTED), 17-18 APRIL 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fifth Special Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development [Environment] (COTED) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, from 17-18 April 2008, under the Chairmanship of Guyana. Ministers in attendance were the Hon. Harold Lovell, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Culture and the Environment, Antigua and Barbuda; the Hon. Esther Byer Suckoo, Minister…
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SHAPING A CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY FRAMEWORK IN A COMMUNITY FOR ALL : REMARKS BY DR EDWARD GREENE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT , AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (ENVIRONMENT), 17-18 APRIL 2008, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
This Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is significant as much for the fact that it is actually taking place, as it is for its ultimate goal in helping to fashion a Caribbean Environment and Natural Resource Policy Framework. This is not an easy task given the multifaceted ambit of environmental issues, its widespread impact…
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