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What CARICOM means to me – CARICOM Youth Ambassadors have their say on CARICOM Day
CARICOM Youth Ambassadors used the 4 July CARICOM Day anniversary for some reflection on the meaning of CARICOM to the people of the Caribbean Community. Several of the CYAs shared their thoughts in the series of video clips below: Saint Lucia’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador Ezbai Francis HAPPY CARICOM DAYHAPPY CARICOM Day – A message from Saint Lucia's CARICOM Youth Ambassador…
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Joint CARICOM Day Celebration by High Commissions in the UK
The High Commissions of CARICOM Members States in the United Kingdom held a joint virtual event to mark CARICOM Day, today 4 July 2020. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque presented a message to mark the occasion. See the full ceremony:
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CARICOM Youth Ambassadors Corps – CARICOM Day Message “I Am CARICOM, You Are CARICOM, We Are CARICOM”
The vision of the leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) articulated forty one (41) years ago has translated in today’s mandate of achieving regional integration through engaging, promoting and providing opportunities to Caribbean Member States to collectively direct the way forward. Indeed, within CARICOM, a considerable percentage of our population is between the ages of 18-30. As noted in the…
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“Celebrating CARICOM” Day with the CARICOM song!
Forty one years ago (July 4, 1973) the founding fathers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) came together and signed the Treaty of Chaguaramas which established the Community. Today we celebrate this anniversary on “CARICOM Day”, a day we set aside to commemorate all things CARICOM. This year is even more special because the Region now has an official CARICOM Song…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE CARICOM DAY CELEBRATIONS IN KOREA, 30 JULY 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is an honour and pleasure, to address you on behalf of the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) participating in Yeosu Expo 2012 here in the Republic of Korea. It is gratifying that I am doing so on this special occasion of CARICOM National Day. The friendly relations between the Caribbean Community and…
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EXPO 2012 YEOSU CELEBRATE CARICOM DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has underscored the importance of its participation in, and expectations of the Exposition 2012 now underway in the Republic of Korea under the theme `The Living Ocean and Coast’. Ambassador Irwin laRocque, Secretary-General of CARICOM, who is in Korea on an official visit, addressed CARICOM Day celebrations at the Exposition…
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TOAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, IN CELEBRATION OF CARICOM DAY 2009, 24 JULY 2009, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank you all for having accepted my invitation to join in our celebration tonight, of the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Caribbean Community – CARICOM. A CARICOM which, in addition to the original English-speaking Members, includes the full participation of Dutch-speaking Suriname and French-speaking Haiti as Member States and of Anguilla, Bermuda,…
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TOAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) IN CELEBRATION OF CARICOM DAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency the President of Guyana Honourable Prime Minister Members of Cabinet of Guyana Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Guests Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen It is my very pleasant task as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to welcome you on this CARICOM Day to this celebration of Caribbean unity –…
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