Speeches
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TELEVISED REMARKS BY DR. PETER PIOT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNAIDS, UN UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dear Participants of the Third Annual PANCAP Meeting, First of all, I wish to express my best wishes and solidarity with you in your continuing leadership in the response to AIDS. I am sorry not to be able to be with you in person. The Pan-Caribbean partnership against HIV/AIDS has come a long way: from the first ‘concept’ back in…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is indeed an honour for me to Chair this opening session and PANCAP III and even moreso a pleasure to extend greetings to you all on behalf of the Secretary General and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat and the PANCAP Coordinating Unit. Permit me to take this opportunity to make some general remarks as well as to update this…
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MESSAGE FROM DR. THE HON. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIRMAN OF PANCAP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I send you all very fond greetings and best wishes on the occasion of the 3rd Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS. PANCAP as it is affectionately known, is a very special mechanism endorsed by the Heads of Government of CARICOM as a pillar of the Nassau Declaration which emphasised that the “health of the region…
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REMARKS BY HON. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL CARIBBEAN MULTI-NATIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON “GLOBALISATION TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD,” 9 NOVEMBER 2003, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
“Robin Hood used to rob from the rich to give to the poor. The global market economy is causing the exact reverse” [Address by The Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica “CARICOM Beyond Thirty: Connecting with the Diaspora”. at CARICOM 30th Anniversary Lecture, New York, 2 October 2003] First I would like to thank the organizers – the…
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REMARKS BY MR. MURRAY KAM, CIDA, HEAD OF AID, CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, GEORGETOWN, AT THE PANCAP/CIDA/USAID SECOND REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS ON HIV/AIDS, LAW, ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 7 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy; Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, Caribbean Community Secretariat; Dr. Morris Edwards, National HIV/AIDS Coordinator; PANCAP/CARICOM officials; participants; Distinguished Guests: On behalf of the government and people of Canada, I am pleased to greet you this morning on the occasion of CARICOM/PANCAP’s Second Regional Training Workshop for country…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE PANCAP/CIDA/USAID WORKSHOP ON LAW, ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 7 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat and in particular the Secretary-General and indeed the entire CARICOM Family. This workshop is a very important one as it deals with one of the priority areas: law ethics and human rights identified in the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS.…
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Press release 144/2003 (7 November 2003) REMARKS BY MR. MURRAY KAM, CIDA, HEAD OF AID, CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSION, GEORGETOWN, AT THE PANCAP/CIDA/USAID SECOND REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS ON HIV/AIDS, LAW, ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 7 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Honourable Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy; Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, Caribbean Community Secretariat; Dr. Morris Edwards, National HIV/AIDS Coordinator; PANCAP/CARICOM officials; participants; Distinguished Guests: On behalf of the government and people of Canada, I am pleased to greet you this morning on the occasion of CARICOM/PANCAP’s Second Regional Training Workshop for country…
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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT TO MEET IN SPECIAL TWO-DAY SESSION IN SAINT LUCIA
CARICOM Heads of Government will be meeting in Castries, Saint Lucia, on the 13-14 November 2003, at their Ninth Special Meeting, to deliberate on issues arising from the Twenty-Fourth Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, held in Jamaica in July of this year. The Meeting is being viewed as an opportunity for taking stock of the progress…
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REGIONAL TRAINING WORKSHOP FOR NATIONAL ASSESSMENTS ON HIV/AIDS, LAW, ETHICS AND HUMAN RIGHTS TO BE HELD 7-11 NOVEMBER 2003
The Second Regional Training Workshop for National Assessments on HIV/AIDS, Law, Ethics and Human Rights takes place on 7-11 November 2003 in Georgetown, Guyana. The workshop convened by the CARICOM-led Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) is part of a series of initiatives to train country research teams to undertake assessments on the effect of existing law and policy on…
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INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AS A STRATEGY FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES : PREPARED TEXT FOR ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. KEITH C. MITCHELL, PRIME MINISTER, GRENADA, AT THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, CAVE HILL CAMPUS, 25 OCTOBER 2003
Pro-vice Chancellor and Principal of the University of the West Indies Professor Hilary Beckles, Honorable Ministers of Government, Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International and Regional Organisations, Faculty and staff of UWI, Graduates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for the invitation to address this Commencement Ceremony of the University of the West Indies. For me this holds particular significance, since…
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