Speeches
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REGIONAL ICT STEERING COMMITTEE TO PUSH DEVELOPMENT OF DRAFT ACTION PLAN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The work towards the development of a regional Information and Communication and Technology for Development (ICT4D) strategy and Action Plan will continue when the members of the Regional ICT Steering Committee meets in Barbados 13-17 October. The meeting will bring together representatives from Member States of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations Mrs Angela Hunte, Director…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS , SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND LAUNCH OF THE RESOURCES CONSORTIUM IN SUPPORT OF THE 2010 ROUND OF CENSUSES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 27 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Chairman Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations Mrs Angela Hunte, Director…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES, 23 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries Staff of the CARICOM SecretariatRepresentatives of the Media As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries. This Meeting is important…
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTRIES LIKE GUYANA / BY MAURICE ODLE, PH.D., ECONOMIC ADVISER TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, TO THE GEORGETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 20 OCTOBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Fellow Panelists Distinguished GuestsLadies and Gentlemen Introduction Making an effective contribution to a panel discussion could be tricky proposition in that the audience could be quite bored with repetition, unless the presenters had previous consultation and reached an agreement among themselves on the allocation of different aspects of the subject matter. In addition, the financial crisis has been…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Mr Chairman The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community; Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union; Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission; Honourable Gareth Thomas,…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIFORUM AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, 15 OCTOBER 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Mr Chairman The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados; Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community; Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union; Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission; Honourable Gareth Thomas,…
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EDUCATION TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT AT SEVENTEENTH COHSOD
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On 18-19 November, 2008, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Education meet in Georgetown, Guyana, for a comprehensive review of the last ten years of the Community’s work in education. This Seventeenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) with special focus on Education has been described as “a meeting…
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CARIBBEAN WEEK FOR AGRICULTURE GOOD FOR THE REGION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Defined by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, the Agriculture Policy for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) came into focus in several ways during the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2008. Addressing the audience on Wednesday, 8 October in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines at the official opening of CWA 2008, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General for…
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STUDENTS EMBRACE CSME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first batch of students who participated in the recently launched project ‘Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotions’ have lauded the practical, more hands-on approach to learning about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The groups of 20 students each from Belize, Suriname and Dominica who participated in the initiative described it…
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