Statements and Declarations
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STATEMENT OF CONGRATULATIONS BY H. E. EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM TO THE ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN MEDIA WORKERS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)The CARICOM Secretariat extends to the Association of Caribbean Media Workers heartiest congratulations on the election and installation of a new executive. Your organisation, representing as it does, media professionals from across the Caribbean region, is well placed to play a critical informational and educational role, as we take yet another important step to deepen the regional…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION
Your Excellency Ambassador Patrick Boursin Assistant Secretaries-General and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Enfin nous y sommes! – Finally we are here! It is truly my pleasure and honour to do what history and geography, culture and anthropology have long deemed natural and inevitable. It is my pleasure to formally…
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Statement By H. E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), On The Second Phase Of The World Summit On The Information Society (WSIS) In Tunis, 16-18 November 2005, Tunisia
The Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) gets under way this week in Tunisia with a promise of bridging the digital divide between the more developed and developing countries and hastening the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the help of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). For us in the Caribbean…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR REFORM OF THE EU SUGAR REGIME, 6 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at their Twenty-Sixth Session in Saint Lucia on 3-6 July, 2005, considered the recent proposals by the European Commission for reform of the EU Sugar Regime and protest in the strongest terms the severe and dislocating loss of benefits from the Sugar Protocol which would result if the Commission’s…
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ADDRESS BY H.E. DRS. RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN, PRESIDENT, REPUBLIC OF SURINAME AND OUTGOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE, 3-6 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Your Excellencies Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community Your Excellency Dr. Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic Your Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Your Excellency Enrique Iglesias, outgoing President of the Inter- American Development Bank Your Excellency Dr. Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary- General of the Organisation of American States Distinguished Ministers Members…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE RETURN TO WORK OF HON. PERRY CHRISTIE, PRIME MINISTER, THE BAHAMAS
CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington today expressed pleasure on learning of the return to work of the Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Hon. Perry Christie, after a recent illness. Secretary-General Carrington who had a short telephone chat with the Prime Minister during his visit to Freeport, The Bahamas for meetings of the Council of Foreign Ministers and…
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STATEMENT BY HON. FREDERICK MITCHELL, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SERVICE, THE BAHAMAS, AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 1 JUNE 2005, FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS.
Distinguished Secretary General Colleague Ministers Excellencies and other representatives of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Guests Members of the Media It is an honour and a privilege to welcome colleague Ministers of Foreign Affairs and their delegations to this Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). On behalf of the Prime Minister, the Government and people of…
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Statement By The Bureau Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On The Current Situation In Belize
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, having been seized of ongoing events in Belize, expresses its deep concern over the situation in that Member State. The Bureau is alarmed at the reports of violence, looting and deliberate acts of sabotage, which have affected the personal security of the people…
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PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ON THE GENERAL ELECTIONS BY THE CARICOM ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION TO SURINAME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The General Elections held on 25 May 2005 were monitored by the CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission at the invitation of the Government of the Republic of Suriname. The six-member Observer Team's principal functions were to monitor the preparations for the Elections, the campaign, the conduct of the poll and the counting of the ballots, as well…
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