World AIDS Day
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Commit to move from Promise to Reality: Justice for all in ‘A Community for All’ MESSAGE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY 2013
As we commemorate World AIDS Day on 1 December and its significance, we do so at a time when the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in its fortieth year of existence, has renewed and heightened its focus on its reason for being. A Community for All is much more than a tagline! Rather, it reflects the “lifeline” extended to us by the…
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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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