OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE USAID GUYANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT SEMINAR ON “TRADE AND LABOUR: THE RIGHT TO DECENT WORK”, 17 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutation     "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just a...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. YVONNE HOLDER, TECHNICAL COORDINATOR, TECHNICAL ACTION SERVICES UNIT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARICOM FORUM OF DIRECTORS OF GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES, 16 MARCH 2005, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

The convening of this Forum is a tangible expression of the commitment of the CARICOM Secretariat to providing support to Member States in the discharge of their obligations under the Revised Treaty. We in the Secretariat, as I'm sure you in your various capacities in the public and private sectors,...
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE USAID GUYANA TRADE AND INVESTMENT SEMINAR ON “TRADE AND LABOUR: THE RIGHT TO DECENT WORK”, 17 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutation "Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remune...
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Canadian Minister talks Trade in the Region

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Minister Pierre Pettigrew, the Canadian Minister of International Trade, met his CARICOM counterparts in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on March 10. The meeting was co-Chaired by Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Trade and Industry Hon. Kenneth Valley. The m...
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CARICOM AND UNECLAC TO DEEPEN COOPERATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) have identified new areas in which to pursue future collaboration, even as the Community and the Commission strengthen existing coopera...
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PANCAP, PARTNERS TO FINE-TUNE HIV/AIDS ADVOCACY STRATEGY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A workshop to advance advocacy in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Caribbean will be hosted by the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP) Against HIV/AIDS on 10 March 2005, at the Rex Hotel, Saint Lucia. Core partners of PANCAP, as well as other key institutional...
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REGIONAL HIV/AIDS STRATEGY FOR REVIEW AT SAINT LUCIA MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) An assessment of the progress made to date in the implementation of the Caribbean Regional Strategic Framework on HIV/AIDS, specifically as it relates to such projects as the Global Fund, World Bank and CIDA will come under the microscope in Saint Lucia this...
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON,  SECRETARY GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARICOM DIRECTORS OF FISHERIES/CHIEF FISHERIES OFFICERS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) STUDY TEAM, 4 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

  Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum  Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team Other members of the Japanese delegation Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism Di...
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