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Fisheries agency hosts CARICOM Secretary-General on Belize visit
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met on Thursday with Executive Director of the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) Mr. Milton Haughton and his team of dedicated staff who continue to work with Member States to secure the Region’s invaluable fisheries resources. The Belize-based CRFM was established in 2003 with a mandate to “promote and facilitate the responsible utilization of the…
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SG meets new CARICOM Chairman, PM Barrow
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque met the new Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Prime Minister Hon. Dean Barrow of Belize, at the Prime Minister’s Belize City Office, on Wednesday. Prime Minister Barrow assumed the CARICOM Chairmanship on 1 January 2016, taking over from the Prime Minister of Barbados, Rt. Hon Freundel Stuart whose six-month tenure ended on December 31.…
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CARICOM congratulates Haiti
CARICOM has congratulated the Government and People of Haiti as they celebrate the country’s two hundred and twelfth independence anniversary on 1 January 2016. The CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in his congratulatory message to Haiti’s President, His Excellency Michel Martelly, paid tribute to “the solidarity, strength and unity of the Haitian people”, which he said “continued to inspire…
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CARICOM coordination at its best; Region’s issues all represented – CARICOM SG on Paris Climate Change Agreement
“We saw our Community operating as its best on the international front in Paris. The coordination was superb and I want to say hats off to our negotiators – our technical negotiators led by Minister James Fletcher, the Minister of Sustainable Development of St. Lucia, and of course the role played by all our Ministers and Heads of Government. I…
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CARICOM SG congratulates re-elected Vincentian Leader
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador LaRocque has congratulated Dr. Ralph Gonsalves on his party’s victory in the recent elections in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and his re-election to office as the nation’s leader. Dr. Gonsalves’ Unity Labour Party (ULP) won eight of the 15 seats at stake in the December 9 general elections to register…
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CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque chairs a CARICOM Caucus at COP 21
Please see video of CARICOM Secretary-General’s address to the High Level Segment of COP 21 at this link: http://unfccc6.meta-fusion.com/cop21/events/2015-12-08-15-00-conference-of-the-parties-cop-9th-meeting-conference-of-the-parties-serving-as-the-meeting-of-the-parties-to-the-kyoto-protocol-cmp-7th-meeting As the second week climate negotiations in Paris rolls on, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is continuing to advocate for a legally binding Paris Agreement that limits long term temperature increase to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. CARICOM Secretary-General on Tuesday…
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Caribbean Negotiators Determined to Succeed in Paris
by Desmond Brown – Executive Editor PARIS, France, Dec 03 2015, CNS – They have come to Paris in “full force” with “a determination to succeed”. But whether that optimism will translate into an acceptable agreement for Caribbean leaders and negotiators remains to be seen. The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque told Caribbean News Service…
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Special circumstances of Small Island Developing States must be reflected in final COP21 Agreement – CARICOM SG in Paris
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque says recent severe weather events have signaled that the Caribbean region is already being impacted by climate change and the Region is taking the current negotiations in Paris for a binding agreement on climate action very seriously. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador LaRocque at COP21, Paris, France, 2 December 2015 from Caribbean Community on Vimeo. CARICOM Leaders…
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CARICOM congratulates new Commonwealth SG
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended congratulations to Dominica-born Baroness Patricia Scotland on her election as Commonwealth Secretary-General. Baroness Scotland’s election came on the opening day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Malta, Friday. Read the full congratulatory message: CARICOM Secretary General, Irwin LaRocque, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulates Baroness Patricia Scotland on her election as…
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Remarks by The Secretary-general Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque on The Occasion of The Signing Ceremony Between The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and The United States Agency for International Development
It is really a pleasure for me to participate in this Ceremony, which is a clear indication of the strong ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States. These Regional Development Objective Agreements are rendering assistance in areas that have been identified as critical to the well-being of our citizens. They have been structured based on consultations between…
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