CARICOM DIALOGUES WITH US ON SECURITY

  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Security talks involving the Caribbean Community and the United States began on Wednesday (20 May) at the Royal Ballroom of Hotel Torarica, Suriname as both Parties ‘knocked heads together’ to chart the way forward in cla...
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CARICOM SECRETARIAT AND PARTNERS TEAM UP FOR ICT FESTIVAL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has attracted widespread support to host its first Children’s ICT festival. The Festival takes place on Friday 22 May at the Guyana International Conference Centre from 8:30 a.m. The theme...
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY ASTONA BROWNE, PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE SECURITY POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEPAC), AT THE CARIBBEAN-US TECHNICAL MEETING ON SECURITY COOPERATION, 20 MAY 2009, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

  On behalf of the Caribbean delegations gathered here today in Paramaribo, Suriname, I have the pleasure to extend our sincere greetings and warm words of welcome to the delegation of the United States of America. This technical meeting on Caribbean – US Security Co-operation is of crit...
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY ASTONA BROWNE, PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, IMMIGRATION AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE SECURITY POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (SEPAC), AT THE CARIBBEAN-US TECHNICAL MEETING ON SECURITY COOPERATION, 20 MAY 2009, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

  On behalf of the Caribbean delegations gathered here today in Paramaribo, Suriname, I have the pleasure to extend our sincere greetings and warm words of welcome to the delegation of the United States of America. This technical meeting on Caribbean – US Security Co-operation is of crit...
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COFCOR, 8-9 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

    Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Leader of the Opposition Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda, and Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations Fellow Me...
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OPENING REMARKS BY RANSFORD SMITH, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, COMMONWEALTH SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA DELIVERED BY MR. HENRY CHARLES, DIRECTOR, COMMONWEALTH YOUTH PROGRAMME

It gives me great pleasure to address you on the occasion of the opening of this important Regional Diplomatic Training Course for Mid-Career Diplomats in the Caribbean Community. The phrase a “born diplomat” is of long standing. In the past, this may have led to training being underva...
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REMARKS BY HER EXCELLENCY ELIZABETH HARPER, DIRECTOR-GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    This is for me a most pleasant duty to extend a very warm welcome to all of you, to those participants and presenters who have travelled to Guyana and in particular to those of you for whom this is your first visit to the site of the Headquarters of the Cari...
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REMARKS BY PROFESSOR E. NIGEL HARRIS, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    My sincere thanks are extended to the Secretariat and the Secretary General for inviting me to speak at this Opening Ceremony. It is always wonderful to be in Guyana – the country of my birth – and I thank you for affording me an opportunity to visit. The pleasure is e...
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CARICOM TO FOCUS ON THE PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN CYBERSPACE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is hosting its first ever Children’s Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) festival on Friday 22 May from 9:30 a.m. to mark World Telecommunications and Information Society Day ...
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