Speeches

  • March 8, 2012
    453

    STATEMENT BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AT THE TWENTY-THIRD INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), PARAMARIBO SURINAME, 8-9 MARCH 2012

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am pleased to join my distinguished colleagues, our Secretary General LaRocque and the other members of the CARICOM delegations who have all converged here in Suriname in conveying profound gratitude to Your Excellency, President Desi Bouterse, your Government and people of the Republic of Suriname for the unique hospitality extended to us here…

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  • March 7, 2012
    2,087

    SPORTS ACADEMY LAUNCH FOR CARICOM SUMMIT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Sports Academy will be launched at the Twenty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which begins in Paramaribo, Suriname on Thursday 8 March 2012. The inaugural group of students to the Academy, which will be in Suriname, will be presented to the Bureau of…

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  • February 29, 2012
    467

    ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE GUYANA MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION LTD BUSINESS LUNCHEON 29 FEBRUARY 2012 GUYANA

    ​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Thank you for this invitation to speak at your quarterly Luncheon. This Luncheon affords me the first opportunity, since assuming office as Secretary-General some six months ago, to address a forum in Guyana outside of the confines of Secretariat’s Headquarters or a Secretariat organized event. The time could not be more appropriate for me to…

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  • February 29, 2012
    473

    ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE GUYANA MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATION LTD BUSINESS LUNCHEON 29 FEBRUARY 2012 GUYANA

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown) Thank you for this invitation to speak at your quarterly Luncheon. This Luncheon affords me the first opportunity, since assuming office as Secretary-General some six months ago, to address a forum in Guyana outside of the confines of Secretariat’s Headquarters or a Secretariat organized event. The time could not be more appropriate for me to…

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  • February 24, 2012
    443

    GEORGETOWN MEETING REVIEWS CaribVET CHARTER, TACKLES SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Coordinating Unit and Chairs of the Working Groups of the Caribbean Animal Health Network (CaribVET) met at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, 14-15 February and revised the network’s Charter Document. The revised Charter, which outlines the principles, organisation and functions of the Network, will be presented for ratification when CaribVET’s…

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  • February 24, 2012
    506

    CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETS IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

    CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Come next week Tuesday, Antigua and Barbuda will host the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) Technical Working Group (TWG) on Preventing Crime by Focusing on At Risk Youths and Vulnerable Populations. The TWG is one of the four Working Groups under the CBSI which includes CARICOM, the Dominican Republic and…

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  • February 16, 2012
    473

    JOBS KEY TO HAITIAN RECOVERY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Job creation and strengthening the capacity of the Haitian Government were the top two priorities laid out to the Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) during its two-day mission to Haiti. Both the President and Prime Minister of Haiti emphasised those points in their meetings with the Bureau led by Chairman,…

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  • February 15, 2012
    518

    CARICOM AND HAITI SIGN MOU

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and the Foreign Minister of Haiti, the Honourable Laurent Lamothe on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) identifying of a number of areas in which CARICOM can assist its Member State. The signing of the MOU came at the end of the two-day Mission…

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  • February 14, 2012
    439

    UN ENVOY EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN PANCAP

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Confidence in PANCAP’s ability to build on past successes to reverse or even eliminate the spread of AIDS was expressed by Professor Edward Greene, as he reiterated his support for the Partnership. In an inaugural visit to the Secretariat of the Partnership, one day before the regional partnership celebrates its 11th anniversary, the UN…

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  • February 10, 2012
    511

    CARICOM BUREAU HEADS TO HAITI

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname will lead members of the Bureau of Heads of Government on a two-day mission to Haiti on 13-14 February. The other members of the Bureau are the immediate past Chairman, The Right Honourable Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime…

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