Press Releases
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PANCAP OBSERVES BRAZIL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMME
A high level team led by Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis will visit Brazil from 4-8 April 2005 to examine that country's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to explore avenues for technical cooperation between the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and Brazil, in the prevention and control of HIV/AIDS. The leading…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE USAID GUYANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT SEMINAR ON “TRADE AND LABOUR: THE RIGHT TO DECENT WORK”, 17 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutation “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. YVONNE HOLDER, TECHNICAL COORDINATOR, TECHNICAL ACTION SERVICES UNIT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARICOM FORUM OF DIRECTORS OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, 16 MARCH 2005, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The convening of this Forum is a tangible expression of the commitment of the CARICOM Secretariat to providing support to Member States in the discharge of their obligations under the Revised Treaty. We in the Secretariat, as I’m sure you in your various capacities in the public and private sectors, are constantly assailed by public criticism, that not enough is…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE USAID GUYANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT SEMINAR ON “TRADE AND LABOUR: THE RIGHT TO DECENT WORK”, 17 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutation “Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity,…
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Canadian Minister talks Trade in the Region
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Minister Pierre Pettigrew, the Canadian Minister of International Trade, met his CARICOM counterparts in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on March 10. The meeting was co-Chaired by Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Trade and Industry Hon. Kenneth Valley. The meeting provided an opportunity for both sides to assess progress made in beleaguered global trade talks…
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CARICOM AND UNECLAC TO DEEPEN COOPERATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) have identified new areas in which to pursue future collaboration, even as the Community and the Commission strengthen existing cooperation programmes for economic and social development in the Region. On Thursday March 10, CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington headed…
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MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) , ON THE OCCASION OF COMMONWEALTH DAY, 14 MARCH 2005
Commonwealth Day provides an opportunity for the people of the Member States of the Commonwealth to reflect on a range of global issues and on the international cooperation that has been undertaken, and continues to be pursued, among the 53-nation Commonwealth, for the benefit of its 1.8 billion citizens. Twelve Member States of the Caribbean Community are members of the…
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PANCAP, PARTNERS TO FINE-TUNE HIV/AIDS ADVOCACY STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A workshop to advance advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Caribbean will be hosted by the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP) Against HIV/AIDS on 10 March 2005, at the Rex Hotel, Saint Lucia. Core partners of PANCAP, as well as other key institutional and organisational representatives will, among other issues, agree on the strategic framework for…
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MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY MARCH 8, 2005
I express the warmest sentiments of the Caribbean Community to all women in the Region, the Regional Diaspora and indeed, the world on the occasion of International Women's Day 2005 in this the year of the CARICOM Single Market. This International Women's Day we pay tribute to women and their extraordinary economic, social, cultural and political contributions to societal development.…
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REGIONAL HIV/AIDS STRATEGY FOR REVIEW AT SAINT LUCIA MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) An assessment of the progress made to date in the implementation of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV/AIDS, specifically as it relates to such projects as the Global Fund, World Bank and CIDA will come under the microscope in Saint Lucia this week. The occasion is the Fourth Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM)…
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