On behalf of the Caribbean Community I have the signal honour and distinct pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegation of Japan, particularly those of you that have travelled all the way from Japan to be with us today for the Sixteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation. May I als...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Great strides have been made in strengthening national capacity in the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), regarding the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) wi...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four international agencies have pledged their support in advancing the work of the recently-established CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD). At the meeting of the Commission in Kingston, Jamaica on 6-11 August, 2007, represent...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A review of the regional mechanism for tackling HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean will feature high on the agenda when the CARICOM/PANCAP Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) meets in St. Vincent and The Grenadines on 20-21 September 2007. Under t...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from an after-school programme designed to use creative techniques to reduce at-risk behaviours, increase health-related awareness, impact educational as...

Madam Prime Minister, it is a joy to be back in Port of Spain again. We are grateful for the arrangements, and continued hospitality of your government and people.  I will also like to thank the Secretary General and his staff at the CARICOM Secretariat for their arrangements for this meeti...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Suriname became the first Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State and host country for the Caribbean Festival of the Arts (CARIFESTA) to sign a Host Country Agreement for the Festival. This historic event took pla...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A multi-party assessment on the progress the Caribbean Region has made in reaching international benchmarks in population and human development, unfolded in Georgetown, Guyana, among the CARICOM Secretariat, the Econ...

CARICOM Member States have taken the next step in enabling the newly-created Regional Integrated Ballistic Information Network (RIBIN) Board to begin its work by electing representatives to serve on the RIBIN Board pursuant to a decision of the 5th Meeting of the Council of Ministers Responsible for...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) in collaboration with the German International Cooperation (GIZ), EPOS Health Management and Ministry of Health Guyana will host a Bi-National Commission for Collabor...