CAUCUS OF AGRICULTURE MINISTERS IN GUATEMALA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A review of the Agriculture Donor Conference held in Trinidad and Tobago in June 2007, is among the key agenda items the Caucus of CARICOM Ministers of Agriculture will consider in Antigua, Guatemala on 24 July 2007. According to the provis...
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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEET PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will meet Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in an informal session on 19 July in Bridgetown, Barbados. Prime Minister Harper, who is on a four-nation tour of Latin America and the Caribb...
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CYAs KEY IN FULFILLING YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S MANDATE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) After a four day meeting in Jamaica, CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) are mobilizing to help the recently-established CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) execute its mandate to chart a practical agenda for regional youth developm...
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STRIDES MADE BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN IN CARIBBEAN FOOD SECURITY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) While the Caribbean has made some strides in addressing the issue of food security, much work needs to be done to meet some pressing challenges that continue to face the Caribbean in this critical area of development. This was underscored...
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY FAO/CARICOM/CARIFORUM FOOD SECURITY PROJECT AND NATIONAL COORDINATORS FOCAL POINT RETREAT, 10 JULY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairperson; Dr. L. Barbara Graham, FAO Representative; Mr. Bruce Lauckner; Executive Director (ag), CARDI Ms. Emanuela Benini, Director, Italian Cooperation, Regional office for Central America and the Caribbean, Embassy of Italy, Guatemala; Mr. Greg Rawlings, Project Consultant National C...
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY FAO/CARICOM/CARIFORUM FOOD SECURITY PROJECT AND NATIONAL COORDINATORS FOCAL POINT RETREAT, 10 JULY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairperson; Dr. L. Barbara Graham, FAO Representative; Mr. Bruce Lauckner; Executive Director (ag), CARDI Ms. Emanuela Benini, Director, Italian Cooperation, Regional office for Central America and the Caribbean, Embassy of Italy, Guatemala; Mr. Greg Rawlings, Project Consultant National Co...
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

The Twenty-Eighth Regular Meeting of the Conference of The Conference of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Needham’s Point, Barbados, from 1-4 July 2007. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: The...
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