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PIVOTAL MEETING OF REGIONAL EPA FUNCTIONARIES TO BE CONVENED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is convening a meeting of National coordinators and heads of national implementation units of the fifteen Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM) States under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union. The Meeting, on 2 and 3 August in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, will allow…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE SECOND HIGH-LEVEL FORUM ON KOREA-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, 31 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a distinct pleasure for me to address this Second High Level Forum on Korea-Caribbean Partnership between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Korea. It is a pleasure both because of the warm and friendly relations between the two sides and also because of the generous hospitality extended to us since…
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EXPO 2012 YEOSU CELEBRATE CARICOM DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has underscored the importance of its participation in, and expectations of the Exposition 2012 now underway in the Republic of Korea under the theme `The Living Ocean and Coast’. Ambassador Irwin laRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM, who is in Korea on an official visit, addressed CARICOM Day celebrations at the Exposition…
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SG ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO KOREA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is on his way to the Republic of Korea on an official visit from 29 July to 2 August. While in Korea the Secretary-General will attend the Second High Level Forum on Korea-Caribbean Partnership to be held in Seoul on 31 July and address CARICOM…
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CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES CAN SUSTAIN HIV RESPONSE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean countries are well poised to respond to the challenges in sustaining the HIV response in the Region. This was the key message of Ms. Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, Director, Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) who was at the time addressing a session on the sustainability of the Caribbean Region’s HIV response at…
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NEW MEDIA CAMPAIGN TARGETING HIV-RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION IN CARIBBEAN YOUTH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) PANCAP’s Caribbean Regional Social Marketing Project (CARISMA) will be rolling out a new media campaign in five English speaking Caribbean countries (Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana and Saint Lucia) on July 25, 2012. The campaign aims to generate more compassion and respect for individuals living with HIV. Funded by KfW (The German Development…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR ANTHONY LIVERPOOL, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND CO-CHAIR ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIFTEENTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 23 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed my great pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegations of Japan and of CARICOM to this Fifteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation. Our Japanese colleagues are no strangers to our Caribbean shores. Indeed the fact that this occasion marks the fifteenth time that we are convening for consultations between the…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD XX111) ON SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) views with grave concern the alarming prevalence of sexual abuse of children in Member States. COHSOD reviewed the overwhelming evidence documented in recent studies that points to new and emerging forms of abuse against both girls and boys. COHSOD denounces…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AT THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE HUNGER FREE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN INITIATIVE, GUYANA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, TURKEYEN, GUYANA, 12-14 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)It is with pleasure that I accepted the opportunity to address you today. The Secretary General has asked that I convey to you his sincere regrets that prior commitments do not make it possible for him to be here especially when His Excellency President Ramoutar, CARICOM’s lead Head of Government for agriculture is present to…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AT THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP OF THE HUNGER FREE LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN INITIATIVE, GUYANA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTRE, TURKEYEN, GUYANA, 12-14 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)It is with pleasure that I accepted the opportunity to address you today. The Secretary General has asked that I convey to you his sincere regrets that prior commitments do not make it possible for him to be here especially when His Excellency President Ramoutar, CARICOM’s lead Head of Government for agriculture is present to…
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