Press Releases
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CARICOM WELCOMES RAMDIN’S ELECTION TO OAS POST
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community Secretary-General H.E Edwin Carrington says the election of CARICOM's candidate Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin to be the next Assistant Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), is a reflection of CARICOM's growing influence in the Region. In congratulating the senior Surinamese diplomat on his election to the second highest post on the hemispheric…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 9-10 JUNE 2005, JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement was held in Jamaica, 9-10 June 2005. The Meeting was convened to facilitate the dialogue between Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement officials and Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 on the security requirements and specifically the…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [HEALTH], 8 JUNE 2005, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS.
The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation. Hence The Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in April 2002 recommended that a task Force be established and the…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [HEALTH], 8 JUNE 2005, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation. Hence the Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in April 2002 recommended that a task Force be established and the…
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Surinamese Diplomat Elected as Next OAS Assistant Secretary General
SURINAMESE DIPLOMAT ELECTED AS NEXT OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal welcomed the election Tuesday evening (June 7) – on the occasion of the XXXV Meeting of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida – of Ambassador Albert…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 1-2 JUNE 2005, FREEPORT, GRAND BAHAMA, THE BAHAMAS
The Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas, on 1-2 June 2005. The Ministers attending were: Dr the Hon. Edmund Mansoor, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Antigua and Barbuda; Hon Frederick A Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service, The Bahamas;…
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CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS URGE ACTION ON HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have expressed deep concern over the deterioration of the situation in Haiti. The Community's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) pointed out that “the fragility and volatility of the security environment in Port-au-Prince had increased” This has been illustrated “by the most grave incidents of violence affecting Haitians of all…
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CARICOM TASK FORCE – AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL IN REGIONAL RESPONSE TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The immediate past Chair of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Hon. Dame Billie A. Miller says the crisis in Haiti has been one of the most complex and revealing tests of CARICOM's foreign policy management and Caribbean solidarity in the Region's political and integration history. She said that in the context of…
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARICOM IN DISCUSSION ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The immediate past Chair of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), The Hon. Billie A. Miller says the current discussion on the reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council represents an opportunity CARICOM states as small vulnerable actors in the international system, to “inform a new definition of security with the realities and…
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