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Positive Outcomes From EU/CELAC Summit
Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, Senator the Hon. A.J. Nicholson, is reporting a number of positive developments for Jamaica and the wider region, coming out of the Second European Union/Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (EU/CELAC) Summit. The summit was held June 10 and 11 in Brussels, Belgium. Minister Nicholson was part of the Jamaican delegation to the…
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Secretary-General welcomes new EU funding programme
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has welcomed the European Union’s (EU) new regional funding programme for the Caribbean of €346 million. The signing of the Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme (CRIP), financed by the 11th European Development Fund (EDF), took place at the Caribbean Forum of Africa Caribbean Pacific States (CARIFORUM)…
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Jamaica Prime Minister Urges Poverty Reduction Cooperation at CELAC
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller has urged member countries and governments of the Community of Latin American States and Caribbean States (CELAC) to continue to give focused attention to meaningful cooperation that can significantly reduce poverty in their respective countries through expanded production, trade, investments and job creation. Prime Minister Simpson Miller commended the CELAC Action Plan…
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At CELAC: PM Christie focuses on human development, migration, poverty reduction
The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and Chairman of theCaribbean Community (CARICOM) on Wednesday focused on human development, migration and poverty as he addressed the opening ceremony of the CELAC Summit underway in San Jose, Costa Rica. The Summit is being held under the theme `Building Together’. I wish to identify with the…
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PM Browne makes another call for ending of US Embargo against Cuba
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – 29th January 2015……Heads of States and Governments attending the Third Summit of the Community of Latin America and Caribbean states have been urged to call on the United States Congress to lift the economic blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States government. Speaking at the Opening of the session on Wednesday, Prime Minister Browne outlined…
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PM Browne calls for strengthening of relations between CELAC Members
SAN JOSE – Costa Rica – 29th January 2015…..Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda the Hon. Gaston Browne, who is attending the Third Summit of CELAC Heads of State and Government in Costa Rica has commended President Luis Guillermo Solis for his leadership of the organisation and calls for nations to further strengthen relations. Speaking at the opening of the two-day…
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OAS Secretary General Calls for Greater Integration and Expanding Domestic Markets at the Opening of CELAC Summit
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, urged the countries of the region to further integrate and to expand their domestic markets to restore the economic growth of the past decade, in his speech today at the opening ceremony of the summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Costa…
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