Press Releases
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S-G CARRIES THE MESSAGE TO THE DIASPORA IN NORTH AMERICA
CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr Edwin Carrington concluded a whirlwind five-day visit to North America on Friday June 21, with an address to a CARICOM Day celebration at New York's Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn. Earlier in the week, Mr Carrington had delivered the feature address at CARICOM Day celebrations in Ottawa, Canada on Monday June 17 and on Wednesday June 19…
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Technological developments and the policies underpinning the current phase of the globalisation process are leading to a widening of several development gaps between the industrially advanced and poorer countries, in particular small countries. In our presentation at the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico in March 2002, we drew attention to five (5) critica
Mr Chairman Your Excellency the Governor-General of St Kitts-Nevis, Colleague Heads of Government Ministers Your Lordship The Chief Justice Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps Ladies and Gentlemen. We have taken 21 years to return to where we began. When we started we were anxious but ever fearless. However cautious we were of success, we never once doubted our quest:…
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THE WIDENING DEVELOPMENT GAPS: HOW CAN CROSS-SECTORAL PARTNERSHIPS ASSIST SMALL CARICOM COUNTRIES MEET THE CHALLENGE : PRESENTATION BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, TO WORLD BANK STAFF EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, 19 JUNE 2002, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Technological developments and the policies underpinning the current phase of the globalisation process are leading to a widening of several development gaps between the industrially advanced and poorer countries, in particular small countries. In our presentation at the United Nations Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, Mexico in March 2002, we drew attention to five (5) critical gaps between…
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CARICOM TACKLES DISCRIMINATION AGAINST HIV/AIDS VICTIMS AND THEIR FAMILIES
HIV/AIDS related law, ethics and human rights violations will be tackled by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the region moves to address discriminatory practices against persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) along with USAID will be lending financial support to the Community while the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network will provide technical assistance. The…
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We have taken 21 years to return to where we began. When we started we were anxious but ever fearless. However cautious we were of success, we never once doubted our quest: the importance and permanence of the OECS. When future generations of the Caribbean look back across the passage of our regional development, I have no doubt that they will recognise the beginning of the OECS project as a trul
Honourable Ministers of Government Excellencies Members of Parliament and the Senate Other Distinguished Guests CARICOM Nationals Ladies and Gentlemen I want to thank my friend and colleague Ambassador Bullen for his very kind introduction indeed as I do for the invitation to be here. Ladies and Gentlemen I am sure you are all aware of the saying “third time” lucky…
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PRESENTATION BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT CARICOM DAY CELEBRATIONS IN OTTAWA, CANADA, 17 JUNE 2002
Honourable Ministers of Government Excellencies Members of Parliament and the Senate Other Distinguished Guests CARICOM Nationals Ladies and Gentlemen I want to thank my friend and colleague Ambassador Bullen for his very kind introduction indeed as I do for the invitation to be here. Ladies and Gentlemen I am sure you are all aware of the saying “third time” lucky…
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CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, TO MINISTER OF INFORMATION JAMAICA ON HUGH CROSS
“It is with deep regret that I have learnt of the unfortunate and tragic death of Mr Hugh Crosskill. Mr Crosskill's contribution to the development of the media in the Region was an outstanding one. From his early beginnings as a broadcaster in his native Jamaica, then on to the fledgling Caribbean News Agency (CANA) before going on to head…
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TOWARDS A REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER FORUM ON YOUTH
The just concluded CARICOM Inter-Agency Meeting on Youth has reported progress towards the creation of an enabling environment for youth development and empowerment in the Community. The CARICOM Inter-Agency Forum will be working towards developing an integrated regional initiative, bringing together regional and international agencies involved in youth development programming, national Youth Councils and CARICOM Regional Youth Ambassadors into the…
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CARICOM PREPARES FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ENCOUNTER, SUMMIT
Preparations for the Twenty Third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and for the Civil Society Conference “Forward Together” dominated the discussions at the Tenth Meeting of CARICOM's Community Council of Ministers. The Community Council, CARICOM's second highest decision-making body met at the Sherbourne Conference Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday 1 June, and considered the Agenda…
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