disaster management
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CARICOM IN MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH, INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION FOR HAITI’S RECOVERY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Even as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply saddened by the devastation in Haiti, it is continuing to ensure that all efforts are made to render assistance in the earthquake torn nation. The CARICOM Secretariat hosted a special briefing linking the regional media via video conference at its Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Friday January…
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HAITI THANKS CARICOM FOR QUICK RESPONSE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti Prime Minister Honourable Jean-Max Bellerive has expressed his country's gratitude for the quick response of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the wake of the devastating earthquake of Tuesday 12 January 2010. Speaking to the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), which was part of CARICOM's Tactical Mission to Haiti, Mr Bellerive said his country was…
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“RESPONDING EFFECTIVELY TO THE GLOBAL HURRICANE REQUIRES GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP” BY DR EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, DELIVERED AT CONFERENCE ON “CAUGHT IN A GLOBAL HURRICANE: DEBATING THE CARIBBEAN’S DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD”, BROOKINGS INSTITUTE/WOODROW WILSON CONFERENCE CENTRE, 24 MARCH 2009, WASHINGTON D.C.
This Conference is most timely and its theme is appropriately expressive of the daunting prospects facing the Caribbean as it confronts several challenges and prepares for the epic Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago, among others. The Summit is being planned and implemented as a CARICOM hosted event in Trinidad and Tobago. The…
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