Press Releases
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IPCC WORKING GROUP II REPORT RELEASED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to improve the understanding of climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation. Drawing together all the major research from around the world, the IPCC has released three Assessment reports…
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TECHNICAL PANEL TO REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON THE CARIBBEAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) The objective of the briefing organized by Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) and the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on April 23, 2007 is to disseminate the results of the IPCC’s latest assessment report on climate change and in particular the impacts on the Caribbean. The Technical Panel will be…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA, 23 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations On 6 April 2007, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fourth Assessment Report on climate change which focused on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability with regard to planet earth. The high level of confidence demonstrated in the methodology and in the quality data used in the preparation of the report, underscores the global concerns over the…
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CARICOM HOSTS AGRICULTURE DONOR CONFERENCE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will convene a Donor Conference in Trinidad and Tobago on June 2, 2007 to supplement the Region’s ongoing financial and technical support for the expansion and diversification of the Region’s agricultural sector. The Agriculture Donor Conference evolved from a mandate from the Eighteenth Inter-Sessional Heads of Government summit held in…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM/CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE 9TH EDF CARIBBEAN INTEGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME, 20 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency, Ambassador Geert Heikens, Head of the European Commission Delegation in Guyana Your Excellency, Mr. Fraser Wheeler, British High Commissioner Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Representatives of the European Commission Delegation Representative of the Embassy of Suriname Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Media As Secretary-General of both the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT TO BRIEF REGIONAL PRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On Monday 23 April 2007, the CARICOM Secretariat will host a Press Briefing on climate change for the Caribbean media. Organized by the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC), and the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the briefing will highlight the results of the IPCC’s latest assessment report on climate…
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FRANCE HIGHLIGHTS COOPERATION PRIORITIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Government of France has identified as priority areas of cooperation with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), enhancing the rule of law, combatting all forms of trafficking, and providing assistance on sustainable development and poverty alleviation. Those and other areas were outlined by new French Ambassador to CARICOM. H.E. Jean-Paul Dumont when he presented his…
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CARICOM THANKS FRANCE FOR MEDICAL SUPPORT FOR ICC CWC 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E. Edwin Carrington has expressed gratitude to the government of France for its support to the Caribbean during the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC) which concludes on April 28. France readily acceded to the Region’s request for medical emergency facilities in support of its widespread efforts to…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JEAN-PAUL DUMONT, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE TO CARICOM, 18 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GUYANA
Ambassador Jean-Paul Dumont, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of France to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Media Excellency, in November of 2005, I was pleased to receive, on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the credentials of your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Boursin, as…
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SPAIN’S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) History was created when Spain’s first Ambassador to CARICOM presented credentials to CARICOM Secretary-General H.E. Edwin Carrington on Tuesday 17 April at CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown. Ambassador Jesus Silva in remarks at the ceremony saw this development as the beginning of “another phase between the already deep relations between Spain and CARICOM”; one that…
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