FAILURE NOT AN OPTION IN HAITI RECONSTRUCTION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Failure was not an option”, for Haiti’s reconstruction efforts. That was the charge given to the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) by Special Representative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Gover...
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HAITI RECONSTRUCTION URGENT - WORLD SUMMIT CONCLUDES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Region braces for the 2010 hurricane season, expected to be “extremely active”, the urgency of moving the reconstruction process forward in Haiti has intensified. Some 80 international delegations met at the resort of Pu...
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STATEMENT BY DR. THE HON. RALPH GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TO THE MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM) AND THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) ON THE AGENDA ITEM:  REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 17 MAY 2010, MADRID, SPAIN

If European and US recovery from the global economic and financial crisis can be described as sluggish, characterised by jobless growth and dependent on stimulus packages, imagine what is the situation in CARIFORUM, particularly in the smaller countries of the OECS. The Caribbean with its open econo...
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Ladies and gentlemen, I begin by thanking all State parties including the Joint Working Group for their efforts in ensuring that today’s High Level Security Cooperation Dialogue has become a reality after almost two years of planning. I make this contribution on behalf of the Caribbean, more so, the English-speaking States, on the theme of Maritime And Air Domain Awareness and Maritime Security, i

Ladies and gentlemen, I begin by thanking all State parties including the Joint Working Group for their efforts in ensuring that today’s High Level Security Cooperation Dialogue has become a reality after almost two years of planning. I make this contribution on behalf of the Caribbean, more s...
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. FREUNDEL J. STUART, QC, MP DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS, AND HEAD OF DELEGATION OF BARBADOS ON BEHALF OF CARIBBEAN STATES, AT THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-UNITED STATES SECURITY COOPERATION DIALOGUE, 27 MAY 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.

    I am pleased to be here in Washington DC today to participate in this inaugural Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue. I recall that it was approximately a year ago when the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement met with a delegation from the Un...
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Statement By Senator The Hon. Errol Cort, Chair Of The Council For National Security And Law Enforcement (CONSLE), Minister af National Security and Labour Of Antigua And Barbuda, at The Opening Ceremony Of The Inaugural Caribbean-united States Security C

  A special good day to all. I am very pleased to be here, to address you on behalf of the Caribbean Side of this partnership at this the Inaugural Caribbean-United States Security Cooperation Dialogue. This is an historic phase in an already strong relationship betwee...
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PREVENTING CRIME BY FOCUSING ON YOUTH AND OTHER VULNERABLE POPULATIONS : REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. DWIGHT A. NELSON, MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, JAMAICA, AT THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-UNITED STATES SECURITY COOPERATION DIALOGUE, 27 MAY 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.

​      This means that there is a critical imperative for us, as a region, to focus on developing and implementing youth focused strategies aimed at promoting social justice and attaining equity and inclusion in education and employment. Our central focus has to be on those of o...
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HOW EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE TO CITIZEN SECURITY : REMARKS BY THE HON. CLEMENT ROHEE, MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS, GUYANA, AT THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-US SECURITY COOPERATION DIALOGUE, 27 MAY 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C.

​      I have the honour, as well as the decidedly difficult task, to speak on a subject which has already been comprehensively addressed by the preceding speaker, the Honourable Attorney General of the United States of America. We in the Caribbean deeply appreciate the commitmen...
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HOW EFFECTIVE JUDICIAL SYSTEMS CONTRIBUTE TO CITIZEN SECURITY : REMARKS BY THE HON. CLEMENT ROHEE, MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS, GUYANA, AT THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-US SECURITY COOPERATION DIALOGUE, 27 MAY 2010, WASHINGTON, D.C. I have the honour, as well as the decidedly difficult task, to speak on a subject which has already been comprehensively addressed by the preceding speaker, the Honourable Atto

​ I have the honour, as well as the decidedly difficult task, to speak on a subject which has already been comprehensively addressed by the preceding speaker, the Honourable Attorney General of the United States of America. We in the Caribbean deeply appreciate the commitment made by President Obama...
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