Press Releases
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UN SECRETARY-GENERAL LAUDS SINGLE MARKET IMPLEMENTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary- General of the United Nations (UN), Mr. Kofi Annan has joined with the rest of the international community in congratulating the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the formal launch of the CARICOM Single Market. In a congratulatory statement to CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr. Edwin Carrington, the UN Secretary-General said the Single Market represents an important…
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CARICOM WELCOMES ELECTION OF HAITIAN PRESIDENT
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the news of the election of a new President of Haiti, Mr. René Preval. This has brought an end to the uncertainty surrounding the outcome of the Presidential elections. The decision came after a review was undertaken of the vote count process in the face of troubling allegations of manipulation and other grave irregularities. CARICOM…
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JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ELEVENTH JAPAN-CARICOM CONSULTATION, 16-17 FEBRUARY 2006, TOKYO, JAPAN
The Eleventh Japan-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Consultation was held at the International Conference Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo from February 16 to 17, 2006. The delegation of CARICOM was headed by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary General of the CARICOM Secretariat and that of Japan by Mr. Mitsuo Sakaba, Director General of the Latin American and Caribbean…
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CARICOM HOLDS SECURITY TALKS WITH UN COUNTER TERRORISM OFFICIALS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Crime and Security and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force met with a team from the United Nations (UN) Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) on Thursday 16 February in Georgetown, Guyana. The meeting focussed on the progress made by Member States in meeting their…
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STATEMENT ON THE FIRST MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) AND THE DONOR COMMUNITY, 13 FEBRUARY 2006, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), convened its first meeting with the Donor Community on Monday 13 February 2006, at the Knutsford Court Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica. The meeting focused on Improving Harmonisation of HIV/AIDS programme activity with particular emphasis on more standardised funding and reporting arrangements. The engagement between PANCAP and the Donor Community carried several objectives. These included PANCAP’s…
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CARICOM AND FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS COOPERATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Regional Councils of the French Overseas Departments in the Americas (DFA’s), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Forum of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) are meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, on Friday 17 February to discuss a framework for operational and functional cooperation. The meeting comes as a…
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CARICOM-EU MEET IN GEORGETOWN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) and representatives of the European Union (EU) are meeting in Georgetown, Guyana to discuss the framework for future relations between the Caribbean and Europe. The round of meetings, which is being held at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, began on…
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SOUTH AFRICAN DELEGATION TALKS CRICKET WITH CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Her Excellency Faith Doreen Radebe, the High Commissioner of South Africa to Jamaica will pay a courtesy call on His Excellency Edwin Carrington Secretary General of the Caribbean Community on Thursday 16 February at his office at CARICOM Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana. The High Commissioner is visiting the Secretariat with a delegation from South Africa…
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REGIONAL HIV/AIDS OFFICIALS FOCUS ON UNIVERSAL ACCESS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-coordinated Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will host a Consultation on Universal Access to HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment, 14 -15 February in Kingston, Jamaica. The Consultation represents one of the ongoing activities being coordinated globally by the UNAIDS Global Steering Committee, with the aim of securing major policy changes…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 17TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE, 9-10 FEBRUARY 2006, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Seventeenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 9-10 February 2006 under the chairmanship of the Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government,. Other Heads of Government in attendance were: the Prime Minister…
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