ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, HIS EXCELLENCY RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM OF CARICOM, 27 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

    Salutations Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: A special welcome to the delegation of Haiti, Mr Junior Mercier and Ms Letitia Cadet, Haiti’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador. This forum takes place at an appropriate time – at the commencement of the International Year of the ...
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P.J. PATTERSON HEADS CARICOM TEAM TO MEETING ON HAITI IN CANADA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Former Jamaica Prime Minister Most Honourable Percival Patterson is leading a delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to a meeting of a Coordination Committee created to organise an International Conference which will have as its ...
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CARICOM ON THE FRONTLINES IN HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is on the frontlines in Haiti, providing medical, military, and search and rescue interventions along with the international community. Mr. Jeremy Collymore, Executive Director, Caribbean Disaster Emergency Managem...
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HAITI THANKS CARICOM FOR QUICK RESPONSE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Haiti Prime Minister Honourable Jean-Max Bellerive has expressed his country's gratitude for the quick response of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the wake of the devastating earthquake of Tuesday 12 January 2010. Speaking to the...
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CARICOM BUREAU TO MEET ON HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Meeting of the Bureau of Heads to discuss the situation in Haiti is likely to be held in the margins of the upcoming Heads of Government Summit on Youth in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Summit will be held 29-30 January 2010. His Excellen...
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MOMENT’S SILENCE OBSERVED AT CONTINGENT RIGHTS MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A meeting on Contingent Rights opened at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown with the observance of a moment’s silence for those who have died in the powerful earthquake in CARICOM Member State, Haiti. Ambass...
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CARICOM HEIGHTENS ITS RESPONSE TO HAITIAN CRISIS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) moved its assistance to its earthquake devastated Member State, Haiti to another level with the deployment of a Tactical Mission to that country on Sunday, 17 January. On Wednesday, 13 January, less than ...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON BEHALF OF HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS ON CONTINGENT RIGHTS, 18-19 JANUARY 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

  As Secretary-General I want to welcome you to the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, in particular those of you who may be here for the first time. You are here to begin a series of meetings scheduled for this week which will deal with matters pertaining to Contingent Rights, the outco...
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