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CARICOM CHAIRMAN CONFIDENT SINGLE MARKET SCHEDULE ON TARGET(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has expressed optimism that mechanisms will be in place for the full “consummation” of the CARICOM Single Market by 30 June, 2006.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has expressed optimism that mechanisms will be in place for the full “consummation” of the CARICOM Single Market by 30 June, 2006. Addressing staff of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, the CARICOM Chairman said the full participation of…
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CARICOM SETS FRAMEWORK FOR ROLE OF EDUCATION IN HIV/AIDS RESPONSE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 9-10 June 2006 agreed on a framework of action for a more positive role of the national and regional educational sectors in HIV and AIDS response. The meeting, which also included representatives…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN ON FIVE COUNTRY MISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago begins a mission to five Member States on Wednesday 14 June with a visit to Guyana. Prime Minister Manning, whose term as Chairman of CARICOM, ends on 30 June, is visiting his colleague Heads of Government to…
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PORT-OF-SPAIN DECLARATION ON THE EDUCATION SECTOR RESPONSE TO HIV AND AIDS
1. We, the Ministers of Education of the Caribbean Community, along with representatives of National AIDS Authorities, and other representatives of governments, organizations and agencies participating in the Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Education and HIV and AIDS in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 9-10June 2006; 2. Recall that the Nassau Declaration asserts that…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, JUNE 2006
We, the peoples of the Caribbean, both in the Homeland and in the Diaspora, will without doubt always remember the sixth month of the sixth year of the 21st century. It is both an historic and a momentous occasion, as on 5 June 2006 the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, officially proclaimed June 2006 –…
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MESSAGE FROM H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOOTBALL TEAM, THE SOCA WARRIORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The following is a message from His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Team, the Soca Warriors. As the 2006 FIFA World Cup opens today in Munich, it is with a sense of pride and anticipation that I take this opportunity to wish the members…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF H.E. ARTHUR CORREA AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL TO CARICOM, 7 JUNE 2006
Excellency, it is certainly a pleasure to welcome you warmly as the Plenipotentiary representative of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I have perused your CV and I must say that your many years of service and the dedication to your duties make you eminently qualified to be Brazil’s representative to the Caribbean Community. The decision…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCC
Excellency, it is certainly a pleasure to welcome you warmly as the Plenipotentiary representative of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I have perused your CV and I must say that your many years of service and the dedication to your duties make you eminently qualified to be Brazil’s representative to the Caribbean Community. The decision…
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BRAZIL APPOINTS AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade and economic relations as well as South-South cooperation between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Brazil are expected to expand under the stewardship of His Excellency Arthur Vivacqua Correa Meyer, the Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil to CARICOM. The career diplomat, who is currently serving as Brazil’s Ambassador to Guyana, presented…
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CARIBBEAN TO ACHIEVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS BY 2010
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of the Republic of St.Kitts and Nevis and Chair of Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas committed the Caribbean to the goal of universal access to prevention, care, treatment and support for every man, woman and child by 2010. According to the Prime Minister, “by 2010 [the…
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