Press Releases
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE SIGNING OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARICOM AND THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY ON COOPERATION IN HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL MONITORING, NATURAL DISASTER AND EARLY WARNING, 4 APRIL 2006, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Senator Giampaolo Bettamio, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Gerardo Carante Other members of the Italian Delegation Representatives of the Media Colleague staff members of the CARICOM Secretariat It is with pleasure that I welcome you today, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, at the signing of a scientific cooperation agreement on Cooperation in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring, Natural…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), A
Honourable Senator Giampaolo Bettamio, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Gerardo Carante Other members of the Italian Delegation Representatives of the Media Colleague staff members of the CARICOM Secretariat It is with pleasure that I welcome you today, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, at the signing of a scientific cooperation agreement on Cooperation in Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring, Natural…
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UWI World Debating Champ!
O’Neil Simpson looked the part of a world champion and well he might. Eyes alight and with a confident smile creeping seemingly unbidden to suffuse his countenance, the Cave Hill star debater sat down after his historic win of the coveted first prize in the World Public Speaking Competition at the 2006 World’s Universities and Colleges Debating Championships held between…
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CARIFORUM-EU Principal Negotiators take stock of EPA Negotiations
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Fifth Meeting of CARIFORUM-EU Principal Negotiators was convened in Barbados on March 27-28. A Joint Statement (appended to this News Release), which takes stock of the one and a half day encounter, was issued this afternoon at a Joint Press Conference, in which both the CARIFORUM and EU Principal Negotiators participated. The meeting of Principal…
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STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE FREDERICK A. MITCHELL, M.P., MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPEN DEBATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 27 MARCH 2006
Mr. President, The Caribbean Community appreciates the opportunity to participate in this debate, which is taking place during a critical phase in Haiti’s transition to constitutional rule. On 7 February 2006, after two years of calamitous trials, the people of Haiti in large numbers demonstrated their yearning to be governed by persons of their choice. The tremendous courage, determination, discipline…
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Meeting between CARICOM Foreign Ministers and the US Secretary of State
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas on 21-22 March 2006, Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), under the Chairmanship of Minister Fred Mitchell of The Bahamas, and the US Secretary of State, Dr. Condoleezza Rice, agreed to strengthen cooperation with a view to enhancing CARICOM-US relations. The Ministers and the Secretary of State recognized the…
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