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TAKE RESPONSIBLE DECISIONS IN BEST INTEREST OF REGION – DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES STAKEHOLDERS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Her Excellency Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite urged regional stakeholders to “take responsible, mature decisions in the best interest of the Caribbean Region.” Ambassador Applewhaite was speaking at the opening of the meeting of Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) States on the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) Programming which is…
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HAITI HOSTS 15TH CARIFORUM MINISTERIAL MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti will be at the centre of Caribbean activity from 15-19 October 2007. The 15th Meeting of Ministers of CARIFORUM the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States takes place during that week in Port-au-Prince and the Caribbean Community will re-open its Representation Office in Haiti on 19 October. It will be…
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CARIFESTA X LAUNCHED AT COHSOD XVI – WE ARE IMPRESSED, SAYS CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), H.E Edwin W. Carrington has communicated the full support of the Community for Guyana, as it prepares to host the tenth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA X), 22-31 August 2008. Speaking at the soft launch of CARIFESTA X during the Closing Ceremony of the Sixteenth Meeting of…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [CULTURE AND YOUTH], 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Representatives of Regional and International Organisations Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my privilege and pleasure to welcome you to this Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community. I offer a special welcome to the Honourable Dr. Frank Anthony…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN TRIBUTE TO DR. LUCY STEWARD OUTGOING REGISTRAR OF THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CXC) DURING THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 10 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am extremely pleased today to be the one afforded the opportunity to pay tribute to my friend, Dr Lucy Steward, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and a true Caribbean citizen, who will shortly be demitting office as Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), one of our premier institutions and one as old as CARICOM itself. It is…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon.…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN TRIBUTE TO DR. LUCY STEWARD OUTGOING REGISTRAR OF THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CXC) DURING THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 10 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am extremely pleased today to be the one afforded the opportunity to pay tribute to my friend, Dr Lucy Steward, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and a true Caribbean citizen, who will shortly be demitting office as Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), one of our premier institutions and one as old as CARICOM itself. It is…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon.…
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CXC REGISTRAR HONOURED BY COHSOD
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Lucy Steward, retiring Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) was honoured at the Opening Ceremony of Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) being convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community.…
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(CARICOM SECRETARIAT PARTNERS WITH TELESUR ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) History was created in the Caribbean Community today, when His Excellency Edwin Carrington, CARICOM Secretary-General signed to seal what is deemed to be the first Public/ Private partnership between the CARICOM Secretariat and a commercial entity, Telecommunications Service Provider of Suriname, Telesur. The signing, which took place at the Sixteenth Meeting of the Council…
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