Press Releases
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PANCAP GOES TO THE UNITED NATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Approximately 50 representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-coordinated Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will attend the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS on May 31 to June 2, at the United Nations Headquarters, New York. The PANCAP/CARICOM delegation is headed by Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts…
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HIV/AIDS AND HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES TO DEVELOP STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Human Rights and HIV/AIDS advocates from across the Caribbean will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on 25 to 26 May 2006 at a workshop to develop strategies for rights based responses to HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean. The workshop is convened by the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) Law, Ethics and Human Rights project…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL LEADS OFFICIAL VISIT TO SURINAME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington will lead a team of officials from the CARICOM Secretariat on an official visit to Suriname from Monday 22 May to Wednesday 24 May. During the mission, taking place on the initiative of the Secretary-General, the CARICOM Secretariat team will hold discussions with the President of Suriname His…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 19 MAY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Knowlson Gift, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Council Other Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Eighteenth Meeting of the Community Council, which is, as you are aware, the second-highest organ of the Community, after…
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SURINAME TO RECEIVE FLOOD ASSISTANCE FROM CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers got underway in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday 19 May, with Trinidad and Tobago announcing its willingness to assist Suriname in the wake of heavy flooding in that Member State of the Community. The Council, comprising Ministers responsible for CARICOM Affairs, was set to finalise…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. JOHN E.D. WILLIAMS, AT THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS AS AMBASSADOR OF BARBADOS TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 18 MAY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Madam Deputy Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with honour that I present to you Letters accrediting me as Ambassador of Barbados to the Caribbean Community. Allow me to begin by thanking you for the warm welcome which you are extending to me today in these excellent new facilities that now house the CARICOM Secretariat. It is a great honour…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY H.E. JOHN WILLIAMS AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF BARBADOS TO CARICOM, 18 MAY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is my pleasure to welcome Ambassador John Williams to the Caribbean Community Secretariat and to receive him as the Plenipotentiary Representative of Barbados to the Caribbean Community. Ambassador Williams, a former Senator and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, brings with him a wealth of experience in matters pertaining to the Caribbean Community. Ambassador, your country…
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BARBADOS NEW AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The new Plenipotentiary Representative of Barbados to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), pledged his country’s “unwavering commitment” to the goals of CARICOM. His Excellency John Williams presented his credentials to Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite on Thursday 18 May at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown. At the ceremony Ambassador Williams gave assurances…
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COFAP TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT FUND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) will convene on Friday 19 May in Montego Bay, Jamaica for its Third Special Meeting. The Council is expected to discuss the operalisation of the regional Development Fund which was established to address imbalances across disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors within the operation…
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