Statements and Declarations
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) H.E. MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16-17 FEBRUARY 2005, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
His Excellency Drs. Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic Of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community; Other Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States of the Caribbean Community; His Excellency Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Brazil; Honourable Ministers of Government; Speaker and Members of Parliament; Heads of International and Regional Organisations;…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT A MEDIA BRIEFING ON THE FLOOD DISASTER IN GUYANA AND ITS AFTERMATH, 28 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the Caribbean Community and on behalf of the Representatives of the Regional institutions who have been introduced to you, I wish to reiterate the expressions of concern and continued solidarity and support among the Member States of the Community, contained in a letter of 20th January 2005, from the Chairman of The Conference, H.E. Drs. Runaldo R.…
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STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT CONCERNING THE FLOODING IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA AND SURROUNDING AREAS, JANUARY 2005
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, now back from the United Nations Meeting on the Sustainable Development of Small Island States in Mauritius, today (Monday, January 24, 2005) met with the Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite and staff to assess the impact on staff and operations of the Secretariat, of the current flood situation in Georgetown…
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Statement sent by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to H. E. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community are aware of the recent intense campaign directed against you and the United Nations. The Heads of Government are concerned by these attacks and take this opportunity to express our continued confidence in you and your commitment to the ideals of the United Nations. The Heads of Government are cognizant of the fact…
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PAN Caribbean Partnership Against Aids Selected as International Best Practice
The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will this week be officially designated an “International Best Practice” by the United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) during a Press Launch of the publication: Common Goals, Shared Responses: A Case Study on the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). The publication, produced jointly by the UNAIDS and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariats, will be…
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DELIVERING THE CSME BY 2005: THE PORT-OF-SPAIN STATEMENT ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, for the Tenth Special Meeting 8-9 November 2004, pursuant to the decision of the Conference at its Twenty-Fifth Regular Meeting at Grand Anse, Grenada in July 2004 to convene a Special Meeting to discuss progress towards the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME),…
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Statement By H. E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, caribbean community (CARICOM), on the Occasion of World AIDS Day, 1 December 2004
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I take note that this year UNAIDS Day is dedicated to the problem of HIV/AIDS particularly as it affects women and girls. This focus is most appropriate since it reminds us that our women and girls, especially those between the ages of 15-24, are among the most vulnerable to the disease. Recent studies…
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133/2004
The Caribbean Community mourns the passing of one of its pioneer sons, Sir Kenneth Standard, Professor Emeritus (Community Health) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) at the age of 82. Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Rex Nettleford, remembering Sir Kenneth, recalled that in 1948 this young Barbadian, already a headmaster in his native island journeyed to Mona,…
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