Press Releases
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A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO YOUTH AND AIDS
CARICOM is scaling up the response of the youth sector to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic. In establishing what is described as an Inter-Agency Coordinating Mechanism, the regional institution hopes to streamline and combine human, technical, financial and other resources aiming to reduce the incidence of HIV/AIDS among young people. At a recently completed Meeting in Jamaica, the Inter-Agency engine on Youth…
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CSME PUBLIC EDUCATION MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is enhancing the regional Public Education Programme for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with a series of communications events beginning in Barbados this week. Focus group sessions to inform a CSME message-design will be conducted by a team of consultants in Bridgetown 3-4 March 2004 and a similar exercise will be undertaken in…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF AN EMERGENCY SESSION ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 2-3 MARCH 2004, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
CARICOM Heads of Government met on 2 and 3 March 2004 in Kingston, Jamaica, in an emergency session to consider the situation in Haiti. The Heads of Government expressed dismay and alarm over the events leading to the departure from office by President Aristide and the ongoing political upheaval and violence in Haiti. They called for the immediate return to…
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CARICOM OPENS BOOK OF CONDOLENCE FOR SIR HAROLD ST. JOHN
With the passing of the former Prime Minister of Barbados Sir Harold St. John, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will open a book of condolence for signature on Friday 5 March 2004 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The book will be located at the office of the CARICOM Secretariat, 3rd Floor Bank of Guyana Building. Representatives of the Government…
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OUTSTANDING CARIBBEAN SON LOST WITH THE PASSING OF SIR HAROLD ST. JOHN : STATEMENT ISSUED BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE PASSING OF SIR HAROLD ST. JOHN, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS
The Caribbean Community has lost one of its most outstanding sons with the passing of Sir Harold St John. The former Prime Minister of Barbados served his country and the Region with an unwavering commitment for more than four decades during which his insightful and incisive views were of tremendous benefit to both country and Region. Sir Harold had outstanding…
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ADDRESS ON HAITIAN SITUATION BY K.D. KNIGHT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL , 2 MARCH 2004
Allow me at the outset to extend my congratulations to you on your leadership of the Security Council during the month of February. Your diplomatic skills and gracious style have obviously ensured smooth and effective handling of the various matters which have come to the Council. I had the pleasure of visiting your great country just over a week ago…
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CHARTING A NEW COURSE FOR THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION : ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION TENTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING , 2 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Salutations The work of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union is an area of continuing interest to the Caribbean Community Secretariat for several reasons, not least of which is that the CTU was established by the Heads of CARICOM Governments. It is, therefore, a privilege and a pleasure to address this landmark meeting of your Council, coming, as it does, at a…
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STATEMENT BY PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, THE MOST HONOURABLE P. J. PATTERSON ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 29 FEBRUARY 2004, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
President Aristide has submitted his resignation as the President of Haiti and has left the country for an undisclosed destination. We are bound to question whether his resignation was truly voluntary, as it comes after the capture of sections of Haiti by armed insurgents and the failure of the International Community to provide the requisite support, despite the appeals of…
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SPEECH BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE HANDOVER CEREMONY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF GEORGETOWN CENTRAL, 29 JUNE 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations I was deeply honoured to receive the invitation extended by President James to be the guest speaker at this important event in the Rotary calendar. I was especially pleased to learn that the theme was: “Lead the Way”, since leadership means having the opportunity to serve people in a special way. Andrew Carnegie once stated: “Take away my people,…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BELIZE MOVE ON CCJ
CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington has welcomed the introduction of legislation by the Government of Belize to change its constitution to allow for the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). A bill was introduced in the Belize Parliament on Friday 6 February to replace the United Kingdom-based Privy Council with the CCJ as the Central American CARICOM Member…
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