security
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CARIBBEAN-US RENEW COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHEN REGIONAL SECURITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The United States has renewed its commitment to strengthen security structures within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) such as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS). This commitment came in a Joint Statement issued following the Second Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue held last Thursday 10 November in Nassau, The Bahamas. The parties…
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Regional Crime and Security Strategy top priority
IMPACS headquarters Port – of – Spain Trinidad and Tobago: Senior Security Officials from across the Caribbean Community met via video conference on Thursday as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) convened the First Meeting of the Steering Committee to oversee the development of the Regional Crime and Security Strategy (RCSS). In his opening remarks, Mr. Francis Forbes, Interim Executive Director,…
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CARICOM SPECIAL REP ON HAITI MAKES ANOTHER PLEA TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON PLEDGES TO HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Special Representative of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government on Haiti, the Most Honourable Percival Patterson, on Wednesday, expressed grave concerns to the United Nations Security Council that the ordinary Haitian was not feeling the impact of the recovery efforts to date. Mr Patterson acknowledged the efforts of the International Community in the reconstruction…
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GREATER SUPPORT NEEDED FROM MINUSTAH IN HAITI’S RECOVERY, PJ PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Special Representative of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government on Haiti, the Most Honourable Percival Patterson, on Wednesday, impressed upon the United Nations Security Council the need to expand the focus of the its stabilisation mission in Haiti, MINUSTAH to giving greater support to the reconstruction program of that earthquake ravaged country. Mr Patterson…
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SAINT LUCIA SECURITY MINISTER CALLS FOR GREATER COLLABORATION IN DRUG FIGHT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Saint Lucia Minister of Home Affairs and International Security, Senator Guy Mayers has reiterated the importance of collaborative efforts in stemming what he described as the “scourge of illicit drug trafficking within the region.” Senator Mayers told directors of national drug councils, law enforcement representatives, civic and non-governmental organisations and youth representatives and other…
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REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MARTIN JOSEPH, MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Allow me to join with the Secretary General of CARICOM in thanking the Government of the Republic of Suriname for its graciousness in being excellent host to this the Eighth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement. I am certain that I speak for all present. We have all been the beneficiaries of the exceptional service…
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REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE (ACCP), 11 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, and indeed the entire Community on the occasion of the 24th Conference of your esteemed Association. I recall my first contact with this Association, on one of the first assignments which I undertook soon after joining the CARICOM Secretariat, nine years ago, when…
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EUROPEAN UNION ASSURES CARIBBEAN (CARIFORUM1) OF SUPPORT ON SUGAR, BANANAS AND SECURITY
European and Caribbean leaders ended an historic meeting here today with the EU assuring the Caribbean that its interests would be constantly borne in mind in deliberations within the EU, and in EU representation in deliberations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). This, in response to Caribbean concerns about recent developments and the outlook for their key exports of sugar…
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