Press Releases
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NEW WHA PRESIDENT WANTS LIFESTYLE DISEASES INCLUDED IN THE MDGs
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly-elected President of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the Hon Dr Leslie Ramsammy has lamented the omission of the issue of chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (cNCDs) from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and is insistent that this issue is accorded high priority on the global public agenda. In his Inaugural address to the 61st World…
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WHA PRESIDENT CALLS FOR A HALT TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Domestic violence and sexual abuse, particularly of young children is one of the many issues that the new President of the World Health Assembly wants to see tackled by the World Health Organisation, (WHO). Guyana’s Minister of Health, the Hon Dr. Ramsammy who now holds the presidency of the WHA told the 61st Assembly…
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TWO MINISTERS TO ADDRESS COTED OPENING CEREMONY TOMORROW
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Hon Dr Christopher Tufton, Agriculture Minister of Jamaica, Chair of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), and the Hon. Robert Persaud, Agriculture Minister of Guyana, will address the opening session of the Twenty-Seventh Special Meeting of the COTED on Agriculture tomorrow in Georgetown, Guyana. The addresses are expected to set…
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CARICOM MINISTERS FOCUS ON HEALTH AND THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Ministers of Health met during the 61st World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva 19-24 May, to discuss the strategies for implementing the Caribbean Regional Health Authority. Based on a number of studies and reports completed by experts in the field over the past years, the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in…
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DR LESLIE RAMSAMMY ASSUMES PRESIDENCY OF 61ST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 61st World Health Assembly opened today (19 May 2008) at the United Nations Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland with the Hon. Dr Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health of Guyana assuming the Presidency of the premier international Health organization. The Guyana Minister of Health is the second Caribbean Community (CARICOM) appointee to this position in…
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PREPARATIONS STEPPED UP FOR AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS FORUM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With food prices soaring in the Caribbean and around the globe and its annual food bill expected to climb this year, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is taking a proactive approach to the issue by hosting an international investment Forum in Guyana early next month tailored specifically to attracting investment for its agriculture sector. The…
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COTED TO FOCUS ON FOOD SECURITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Region continues to identify and implement measures to achieve food security in a time of spiraling cost of living, the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in a special session next week to deal with agriculture. The Twenty-Seventh Special Meeting of the COTED (Agriculture)…
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INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE 61ST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, 19-24 MAY 2008, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Vice Presidents of the 61st World Health Assembly Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan Colleague Ministers of Health Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen This is not merely a personal honour. I am from Guyana and from the Caribbean Community. I proudly assume the Presidency of this august body, doing so as a representative of the CARICOM Region and the countries…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS OFFICIAL VISITS TO ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington is in Peru on the first stop of a three-nation visit to South America. The Secretary-General is in Peru to participate in the Fifth Summit of the European Union and Latin American and Caribbean countries (EU-LAC) which takes place on 16-17 May 2008. As…
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MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON BANANAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting for the Council of Trade and Economic Development in Antigua and Barbuda on 10 May 2008, examined various issues relating to the Region’s banana industry, in particular, matters affecting the level of preferential access to the European market — preferences that have…
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