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OAS CSEP Project Host Workshop on Energy Efficiency Designs for Office and Public Buildings in Tropical Climates
The Organisation of Amercan States (OAS) Secretariat through the Caribbean Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) and the Energy Efficiency Working Group of the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA), hosted a workshop on energy efficiency designs for office and public buildings in tropical climates. The event took place at the Bay Gardens Inn in Rodney Bay from February 28th…
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OAS CALLS FOR GREATER INVESTMENT IN REGIONAL DRUG POLICIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representative of the Organisation of American States (OAS) in Saint Lucia, Ms Anne Marie Blackman has called for the Region to plough more resources in the development of what she calls evidence-based policies on drugs. At the four-day regional workshop on the Development of National Anti-Drug Strategies and Plan which opened on Tuesday, (28…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE MANY STRONG VOICES WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES, 31 MARCH 2009, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Theme: THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN : Choosing options, speaking with one voice Background It is my pleasure to address this workshop which challenges the world and in particular members of coastal states to join voices in securing a just and secure climate change agreement at Copenhagen in December 2009. We are therefore all here for a noble cause at a…
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Surinamese Diplomat Elected as Next OAS Assistant Secretary General
SURINAMESE DIPLOMAT ELECTED AS NEXT OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal welcomed the election Tuesday evening (June 7) – on the occasion of the XXXV Meeting of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida – of Ambassador Albert…
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CARICOM REITERATES SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDATE FOR OAS POST
.(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community reiterates its support for the candidature of Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin of Suriname for the position of Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States at elections to be held during the XXXV Meeting of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States in June 2005 His candidature was endorsed by…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY H.E. PRESIDENT BHARRAT JAGDEO, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM, ON THE OAS MISSION TO VENEZUELA
The Caribbean Community wishes to convey its full support for the Mission to Venezuela currently being led by the Organisation of American States (OAS) Secretary-General H. E. Cesar Gaviria with the aim of promoting political dialogue between the Government of President Hugo Chavez and opposition groups. The Member States of the Community wish to reiterate the sentiments expressed in the…
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APPROACHES ON SECURITY IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION Statement by Ambassador Odeen Ishmael of Guyana at the Meeting of the Committee on Hemispheric Security of the OAS Washington DC, 29 October 2002
Mr. Chairman, Ambassadors, Members of Delegations. . . . I want to discuss with you how the CARICOM region views the issue of regional security, the approaches the region is taking in respect to its application, and the problems which impact it at this current historical period. Let me, first of all, give a historical perspective of some aspects regarding…
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CARICOM POSITION ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN HAITI – Intervention by Hon. Minister M. Assam of Trinidad and Tobago on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the XXXI General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS), 5 June 200, San Jose, Costa Rica
1. The Caribbean Community has been engaged with Haiti for a long time, as that country is part of the Caribbean sub-region. Haiti has also applied for full membership of the Caribbean Community and Common Market. 2. CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to the establishment of a CARICOM Office in Haiti to support Haiti´s membership of the Community and…
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OAS/CARICOM MISSION TO HAITI
The Joint OAS/CARICOM Mission to Haiti, led by Secretary General Cesar Gaviria and former Dominican Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, will visit Port-au-Prince from May 29 to 31, 2001. The Joint Mission, established on May 9 following an agreement by Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados, Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, and Secretary General Gaviria,…
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JOINT OAS/CARICOM INITIATIVE ON HAITI
Yesterday, Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados, the current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria agreed to join efforts of the OAS and CARICOM on Haiti into a Joint Mission to be led by Gaviria and former Dominican Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles. A joint exploratory mission…
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