Press Releases
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON VULNERABILITY AND CULTURAL RESILIENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN, 11 JANUARY 2005, MAURITIUS
Friends, Caribbean Partners, Presenters – Professor Nettleford and Dr. John Agard, Dr. Michael Witter and Dr. Hilary Brown, Ladies and gentlemen. As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community and of the Caribbean Forum of ACP States it gives me immense pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you all on this beautiful “Caribbean” morning in Mauritius. This morning it is the…
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CARIBBEAN SEEKS CULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is taking the lead in inviting partnerships to strengthen the Caribbean Region's capacity for cultural resilience or renewal and to enhance the real economic gains accruing to regional economies and their people from their cultural resources. An interactive session dealing with the subject was convened by the CARICOM Secretariat in association…
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CARIBBEAN HAS BIG ROLE AT SMALL ISLANDS MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A high level team from the Caribbean is participating in an international meeting on the sustainable development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which opened in Mauritius on Monday, January 10, 2005. Prime Minister of Barbados, The Right. Hon. Owen Arthur; St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, Hon. Denzil Douglas; and Deputy Prime Minister of Belize,…
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REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS TO DISCUSS ICTs AHEAD OF WSIS MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM officials, representatives of Regional organisations and Regional universities will meet in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday, 12 January 2005 for the first CARICOM Regional Stakeholders meeting of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The WSIS Stakeholders Meeting is expected to receive and determine a strategic Regional response to activities leading up to WSIS, as…
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REMARKS BY HON. MICHAEL P. JONG TJIEN FA, MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Deputy Secretary-General, Director General of the CRNM, Delegates, Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Representatives of regional bodies and private sector organizations, Friends of the media, Ladies and Gentlemen At the beginning of this New Year I like to wish you all a prosperous and fruitful 2005. I hope that this year will bring our Caribbean Community great…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Outgoing Chairman of COTED, Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture St Vincent and the Grenadines Incoming Chairman of COTED, Hon Michael Jong Tjien Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon. Clement Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Ministers of Government of Member States of the Community Representatives of Institutions of the…
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REMARKS BY HON. MICHAEL P. JONG TJIEN FA, MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Deputy Secretary-General, Director General of the CRNM, Delegates, Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Representatives of regional bodies and private sector organizations, Friends of the media, Ladies and Gentlemen At the beginning of this New Year I like to wish you all a prosperous and fruitful 2005. I hope that this year will bring our Caribbean Community great…
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MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE FROM THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE PASSING OF DR. THE HONORABLE KENNETH RATRAY, OJ, CD, QC., FORMER SOLICITOR-GENERAL, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF JAMAICA’S AIR POLICY COMMITTEE, AND AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF JAMAICA AND AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is saddened by the passing of Dr. Kenneth Rattray. Dr. Rattray was both an accomplished diplomat and an eminent jurist who combined in a formidable mix, the skills and qualities of both professions in representing the interests of Jamaica, as well as the CARICOM Region. The Caribbean Community acknowledges Dr. Rattray's outstanding and unmatched contribution to…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Outgoing Chairman of COTED, Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture St Vincent and the Grenadines Incoming Chairman of COTED, Hon Michael Jong Tjien Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon. Clement Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Ministers of Government of Member States of the Community Representatives of Institutions of the…
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CARICOM TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS ADVANCE WORK ON CARICOM SINGLE MARKET IMPLEMENTATION : PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Trade participated in the Eighteenth Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at the Le Meridian Pegasus hotel, Georgetown, Guyana 4-7 January 2005, under the chairmanship of Hon. Michael Jong Tjein Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname. The meeting focused on a range of issues relating to the establishment of…
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