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Statement on The Decree 1787 Of Venezuela ; Guyana Venezuela Border Dispute
CARICOM Heads of State and Government reaffirmed the longstanding, deep and wide-ranging friendship between CARICOM and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. They recalled the numerous agreements in the area of trade, investment, tourism and people-to-people contacts which bind the Governments and peoples of CARICOM and Venezuela together. They discussed in detail Decree No: 1.787 of 26 May 2015…
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Global Crisis Room Support Programme starts training in Trinidad and Tobago
The Global Crisis Room Support Programme (GCRSP) began its first training course on Monday 29th of June in Port-of-Spain at theCARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS). The training is part of a two-year capacity development initiative of the European Union External Action Service (EEAS) to support Latin American and Caribbean regional organisations and their Member States in enhancing their conflict and disaster early-warning capabilities. The purpose is also…
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Climate Change, Citizen Security, Migration, Financial Services key focus at EU-CELAC Summit: CARICOM Chair
I wish to stress the issue of citizen security and the adjunct to that public policy issue: the education and training of our young. I have said this many times before. There is a sense of hopelessness; there is a problem with joblessness among the young, both here and in our regions, which we must address. If we ignore it,…
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The Region and US commit to strong joint citizen security measures
Governments of the Caribbean and the United States agreed to undertake a number of security-related priority actions at a High Level Security Cooperation Dialogue, held in The Bahamas, 4 June, 2015. The Nassau Commitment for Citizen Security in the Caribbean, issued following the meeting, requires the Region and the US to, among other things, “address the illicit trafficking of firearms…
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Statement By The Hon. Kamla Persad-bissessar Prime Minister Of Trinidad And Tobago – CARICOM-US Summit 2015
Call to Action on Security in the Western Hemisphere Thank you Prime Minister Simpson Miller for hosting this meeting between the United States and its CARICOM partners. Thank you also to our Chairman, Prime Minister Christie, for your leadership and vision for the social harmony and unified development agenda for CARICOM. And of course to our friend President Obama, we…
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Energy, Security and Competitiveness commitments: CARICOM-US Summit outcomes
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) moves forward from the recent CARICOM-US summit with seed funding for a sustainable energy programme, a commitment to help fast-track ICT development, and continued support for established US-CARICOM security partnerships, among other key initiatives. The US President announced the provision of US20 million in initial funding for a sustainable…
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Level of crime a national and regional concern, says Barbados attorney general
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite is worried about the level of crime taking place in Barbados and across the region within the last few months. Brathwaite expressed this concern on Friday morning while addressing the closing ceremony of the Regional Security System Training Institute’s week-long hostage negotiation course in Barbados. Seventeen participants from across the region graduated…
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CARICOM Border Officials Learn New Detection And Interviewing Strategies
Port of Spain, Trinidad, April 17, 2015 (CARICOM IMPACS) – CARICOM IMPACS in collaboration with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will conduct training in Deception Detection and Eliciting Responses Training (DDER) during the period 20-25 April 2015 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The training is designed specifically for Member States participating in the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) which includes countries from…
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Caribbean security summit set for June
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says a Caribbean Security summit will be held in June. A venue has not yet been decided. A statement issued by the Office of the Prime Minister said that Persad Bissessar was “happy that the United States has agreed to a Caribbean Security Summit which could…
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Energy and security top agenda for talks between regional leaders, Obama
ENERGY and security will dominate the discussions between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders and United States President Barack Obama during their summit here tomorrow, the senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Ricardo Zuniga, said yesterday. Speaking at a White House media briefing, Zuniga described plans for the meeting as a practical agenda to continue work already started. “With the Caricom leaders,…
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