Press Releases
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CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN: PM ARTHUR AND US SECRETARY TO THE TREASURY PAULSON TO SPEAK AT OPENING CEREMONY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Barbados the Rt Honourable Owen Arthur, who also has the lead portfolio for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and US Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Henry M. Paulson Jr., will deliver the keynote addresses at the Plenary Opening Ceremony of the Conference on the Caribbean which begins in Washington…
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REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS CARIFESTA X
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Preparations for CARIFESTA X, the Caribbean Community’s premier Festival of the Arts will be one of the key issues high on the agenda of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) slated for Havana Cuba, on 8-9 June 2007. The Bahamas, which has responsibility for hosting CARIFESTA X in August, 2008 will…
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CARIBBEAN WEATHER HEADS ATTEND HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF UN ORGANIZATION
Geneva, Switzerland, May 24, 2007: The Coordinating Director of the Port of Spain-based Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO), Mr Tyrone Sutherland, was unanimously re-elected for a second term as the World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) Second Vice-President. Mr Sutherland has served on the WMO Executive Council since 1999, and was first elected as a Vice-President in 2003. The election took place at…
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NEW SYSTEM IN PLACE TO TRACK SAINT LUCIA’S PROGRESS ON THE MDGS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Government of St. Lucia has launched HelenInfo, its adaptation of DevInfo 5.0., a mechanism to monitor statistics and indicators. HelenInfo, was launched on 13 April 2007 under a joint collaborative arrangement instituted primarily by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and UNICEF to strengthen statistical capacity in the area of Social Statistics in the…
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JOINT COTED-COFAP MEETING IN PORT OF SPAIN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Councils for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and Finance and Planning (COFAP) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in a joint session from 5-7 June 2007 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Joint Meeting will consider a revision of `Towards a Single Economy and a Single Development Vision’, a report…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 30 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
he Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers The Honourable Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Other Honourable Ministers Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Delegates Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM-CUBA, 29 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
The Second CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting took place on 29 May 2007 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, under the joint Chairmanship of the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada and outgoing Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and His Excellency Mr. Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.…
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STATEMENT ON TERRORISM ISSUED AT THE SECOND MEETING OF CARICOM-CUBA FOREIGN MINISTERS, 29 MAY 2007,
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Ministers recalled the Declaration against terrorism, adopted in Bridgetown, Barbados, on the 8th of December 2005, during the Second Cuba-CARICOM Summit. In this context, they reaffirmed their strong and unequivocal condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, as well as all acts, methods and practices of terrorism, wherever, by whosoever, and…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF CARICOM-CUBA FOREIGN MINISTERS, 29 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Mr. Chairman, the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Hon. Sir Louis Straker Your Excellency Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Honourable Ministers…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 30 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
The Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers The Honourable Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Other Honourable Ministers Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Delegates Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of…
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