THE 21ST CENTURY CARIBBEAN DIPLOMAT - PRACTICING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DIPLOMACY : REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL DIPLOMATIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR MID-CAREER DIPLOMATS IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 18-29 MAY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

  Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Professor E. Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Your Excellency Albert Ramdin, Assistant-Secretary-General of the OAS Mr Henry Charles, Director Commonwealth Youth Pro...
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CARICOM HAS SUCCESSFUL HISTORY IN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The co-ordination of foreign policy by Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has served to help the Region make its mark in the global arena as a key player in international diplomacy. This was underscored by Secretary-General...
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NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTERS MEET IN SURINAME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Ministers of National Security and Law Enforcement will meet in Suriname this week to discuss ways to boost the regional agenda for crime and security as they seek to step up the ongoing battle against crime and violence in the Regi...
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ADVOCACY AND NETWORKING STRESSED AS IMPORTANT SKILLS FOR DIPLOMATS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Diplomats from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were reminded today that during the course of their careers, successful advocacy and networking would be important as they sought to champion the various causes for their individual countries...
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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 undervalu...
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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 Caribbean Community. I would like to acknowled...
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STATEMENT BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE TILLMAN THOMAS, PRIME MINISTER, GRENADA, WITH LEAD RESPONSIBILITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INCLUDING ICT IN THE CARICOM QUASI-CABINET, ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION SOCIETY DAY, 17 MAY 2009

It is my pleasure to make this statement on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on this the third Anniversary of World Telecommunications and Information Society Day which we commemorate today under the theme “Protecting Children in Cyberspace”. New Information and Communicatio...
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SMOOTH TRANSITION OF RNM INTO SECRETARIAT SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Work is moving apace to incorporate the former Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) into the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat as a Specialised Department in keeping with a decision taken at the 20th Intersessional Meeting of the Co...
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