REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN. W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 7 MAY 2008, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Her Excellency Dame Louise Lake-Tack, Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of COFCOR, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer Honourable Wilfred Elrington, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Attorney-General o...
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THREE CARICOM MINISTERIAL MEETINGS THIS WEEK

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Councils will meet this week as the Community intensifies its preparations for the 29th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in July. The Eleventh Meeti...
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HIGH LEVEL G77 PANEL PREPARES FOR UN MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which took place in Antigua and Barbuda ended on Wednesday 30 April, 2008, with a comprehensive discussion on South-South co-op...
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT HIGH LEVEL G77 MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington is participating in a two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which is taking place in Antigua and Barbuda on 29-...
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GUYANA SAFE FOR CARIFESTA X

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana has assured the Caribbean Region that it was safe to come to Guyana for the tenth staging of the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) slated for 22-31 August, ...
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CARIFESTA A CRITICAL TOOL OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations (FCR) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Ambassador Colin Granderson said, CARIFESTA is a critical tool of the integration process as it promotes greater awareness ...
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ACTION ON PLANT PESTS CRITICAL TO TRADE IN PLANT PRODUCTS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  The First Meeting of Caribbean Plant Health officials which ended in Georgetown Friday has stressed that in this era of rising food prices across the globe, there was need for action to ensure that potential barriers to trade in plant...
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CYAP TO TACKLE ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD SECURITY CONCERNS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Environmental concerns and food security are two new issues which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) have identified as growing risks to the Regional youth population, and plan to play a more active role in these are...
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CARICOM TO PARTICIPATE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WORKSHOP

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Member States will participate in a two-day workshop on Promoting Physical Activity in the Caribbean as it continues to advance its offensive against chronic Non-Communicable Disea...
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