Press Releases
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VIDEO CONFERENCING FACILITIES FOR THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT
The CARICOM Secretariat has benefited from a UNDP US$303,370 grant to establish a video conferencing facility at its new headquarters in Georgetown. The Facility is expected to reduce the exorbitant logistic cost associated with the myriad of meetings that are convened by the Secretariat. According to Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington, “The strategic use of modern information and…
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CARICOM STRENGTHENS DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH CHILE
CARICOM and Chile moved one step closer in their relationship of co-operation, when Secretary General of CARICOM Mr. Edwin Carrington accepted credentials from Chilean Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM His Excellency Alfonso Silva. In accepting his letters of accreditation at a brief ceremony held at the CARICOM Secretariat on Tuesday 27 April, the Secretary General stated that the relationship with Chile…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY THE CHILEAN PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE TO CARICOM, 27 APRIL 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Members of staff Members of the Media I look forward to receiving today, the letter of introduction from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile naming, Ambassador Alfonso Silva as Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Chile to the Caribbean Community. I will accept that letter with pleasure, knowing that I do so from a country which has steadily increased…
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CARICOM COUNCIL TO FOCUS ON HEALTH
Health, Sustainable Development and the Environment will be the focus of the deliberations of the Tenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which takes place at the Tobago Hilton, Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago, on 28-30 April 2004. As the Community continues to put in place the polices and programmes to accelerate the integration process, significant among…
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REMARKS BY HON DR. DENZIL L. DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS/NEVIS, AND PRIME MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH IN THE QUASI CABINET OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE US/CARIBBEAN HIGH LEVEL MEETING ON HIV/AIDS, 20 APRIL 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
H.E. President Jagdeo, Hon Tommy Thompson, Hon Dr Douglas Slater, Chairman of the Council for Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community and other Ministers of Health, Dr Peter Piot of UNAIDS, Ambassador Godard, and other Member of the Diplomatic Corps and Representatives of Regional and International Institutions, Delegates to this Conference, Members of the Press. It gives…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY H.E. JESUS SILVA, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN TO CARICOM, 17 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Ambassador Jesus Silva, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Kingdom of Spain to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Other distinguished Guests Representatives of the Media I bid you a hearty welcome, Excellency. This moment has been long in the making; perhaps over many Centuries. Indeed,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARIFORUM AT THE LAUNCH OF THE CARIBBEAN-EUROPEAN COMMISSION ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, 16 APRIL 2004, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The Most Hon. Percival J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica; The Prime Minister of Dominica, The Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit; Distinguished Commissioners Poul Nielson and Pascal Lamy of the European Union; Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Barbados, Dame Billie Miller; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Special Invitees: Ambassadors to Brussels, The Esteemed Secretary-General of the ACP Group of…
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PRESENTATION OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) DELIVERED BY DR. WINSTON ANDERSON, GENERAL COUNSEL, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LOCAL DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN THE CARIBBEAN, 19-21 APRIL 2004, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is delighted to extend warm and sincere congratulations to the Government of Jamaica and to the Commonwealth Local Government Forum for taking the timely initiative of convening this Regional Symposium on Local Democracy and Good Governance in the Caribbean. I bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary General, His Excellency, Edwin Carrington, who very much…
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RNM DG: ‘CARIFORUM Negotiating Structure/Schedule Endorsed’
KINGSTON, JAMAICA – CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) were officially launched in Kingston, Jamaica, April 16. The formal CARIFORUM EPA launch commencement proceedings were followed by the First Joint EPA Ministerial Negotiating Meeting, between the two sides, convened the same day. Immediately preceding the April 16 events was a Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council…
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