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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL VISITS NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community His Excellency Edwin Carrington will pay a two-day official visit to the Netherlands Antilles on 20-21 September. The visit is at the invitation of the Government of the Netherlands Antilles. The Secretary-General and a team of officials from the CARICOM Secretariat will arrive in Curacao on the evening of…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.…
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DECLARATION OF PORT-OF-SPAIN: UNITING TO STOP THE EPIDEMIC OF CHRONIC NCDs
We,the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 15 September 2007 on the occasion of a special Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs); Conscious of the collective actions which have in the past fuelled regional integration, the goal of which is to enhance the well-being of the…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Host Prime Minister Your Excellency the President of Suriname Other Members of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers The Honourable Sir George…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS ON THE OCCASION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
It is a wonderful feeling, as Prime Minister of Barbados, to be in a position to welcome you, and to preside over a Conference in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Fear not. I will not take over. It is not the Flying Fish Season. I offer a special welcome to two Prime Ministerial Colleagues who are attending their first…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ON THE OCCASION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Colleague Heads Members of the Diplomatic Corps Representatives of Local, Regional and other International Agencies Representatives of Academia Members of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure to address this Regional Heads of Government Summit on Chronic and non-Communicable Diseases. I wish to extend fraternal greetings to my colleagues Heads of CARICOM and warmly welcome one and…
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MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE – PM DOUGLAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The groundbreaking CARICOM Heads of Government Summit on NCDs opened in Port-of-Spain, with a strong call from the Keynote Speaker the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and the Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Health, in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM, to implement appropriate legislation, fiscal and…
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CARICOM HEADS ADOPT DECLARATION ON NCDs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The curtain came down on the landmark Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) on Saturday, 15 September 2007, with the adoption of a fourteen-point declaration committing Heads of Government to collective action to stop the epidemic of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases. Among the tenets in the declaration titled, Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, TO THE MEDIA CLINIC FOR THE SUMMIT ON NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Introduction Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September. The burden of non-Communicable Diseases This Summit results from a decision of CARICOM Heads of Government in July 2006 after receiving a presentation…
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