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Meeting an opportunity to move along sustainable energy path – CARICOM DSG
The Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Energy which is being held at the CARICOM Secretariat today is an opportunity for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to move forward along the sustainable development path, Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan said. Delivering opening remarks at the Ministerial Meeting, Ambassador Soeknandan pointed to the critical nature of…
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Remarks By Ambassador Dr. Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat, at The Opening Ceremony For The Workshop “Ibero-America And The Caribbean South-South Cooperation” 15 October 2014, CARICOM Secretariat
The Caribbean Community takes great pleasure in welcoming to Guyana and in particular to the headquarters of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, the participants in this Ibero-American and Caribbean Workshop on South-South Cooperation. The Community is pleased to be associated with the hosting of this collaborative effort between the Ibero-American countries and the Caribbean. The distribution of national participation in this…
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Opening Remarks By Ambassador Dr. Manorma Soeknandan Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat On Behalf Of The Secretary-General, Caricom Delivered At The Opening Ceremony Of The Caribbean Week Of Agriculture 2014 8 October, 2014 Suriname Chamber Of Commerce And Industry
The time has come again when the Region’s agricultural sector holds its premier annual event. This is the thirteenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture to have been held since it commenced in 1999 and every year the event has brought together participants in the agricultural sector in a number of fields ranging from producers themselves to scientific personnel to those with…
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Roles for both public, private sectors to push agriculture – CARICOM DSG at CWA opening
Both the public and private sectors must play their roles in order for the Region’s agricultural sector to achieve its full potential, Ambassador Dr. Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said Wednesday. The Deputy Secretary-General made the point as she delivered remarks at the official opening of the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2014, in Paramaribo, Suriname.…
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DSG wants focused attention at COTED
Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan has called for a more focused approach at the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). At the Meeting of the Alliance for Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Rural Milieu at the Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA) 2014 on Wednesday, the Deputy Secretary-General recommended a consideration of concrete outputs of…
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Wellness revolution’ continues at CARICOM Secretariat
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Headquarters of the Caribbean Community, the CARICOM Secretariat on Monday commenced a week of activities to commemorate Caribbean Wellness Day (CWD) 2014 and to sustain the ‘wellness revolution’ that began in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago in September 2007. CWD will be observed on 13 September 2014. Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary-General…
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Region’s Cultural Showpiece must be sustained despite economic crisis says CARICOM DSG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARIFESTA must be sustained despite current economic challenges. That was the main message from CARICOM Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan to delegates at the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana on Wednesday 18 June, 2014. CARIFESTA – the Caribbean Festival…
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Remarks By Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Secretariat At The Opening Of The Twenty-Second Meeting Of The Regional Cultural Committee, 18 June 2014, Georgetown, Guyana
It is a great pleasure for me, in- my capacity as Deputy Secretary General, to extend to all of you a warm welcome to the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee. This is the Regional Body which has been advising our Ministers of Culture for the past 27 years on shaping national and regional cultural policy and programmes as…
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CARICOM, Spain identify priority areas for continued cooperation – Cooperation must be visible to Member States – DSG
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Spain have identified information and communication technology, the development of Regional micro small and medium enterprises, and the strengthening of a competitive Regional economy as areas of priority that will be pursued under Spain’s technical cooperation agreement with the Community. Developing human capacity through the transfer of knowledge, as…
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Opening Remarks by Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, Phd at The Workshop to Mark ‘Girls in ICT Day 2014 CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters 24 April 2014
It is an honour and a pleasure for me to welcome you today – both to the Secretariat and to the first Secretariat observance of Girls in ICT day. In observing this day with you – we show continued solidarity with the United Nations and the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU’s) call for action to empower women and girls to meet…
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