CARICOM REGION MOBILISES FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Member States are gearing for the technological challenges of globalisation through active participation and cooperation in the sphere of information technology. As part of preparations for phase two of the World Summit on the Information Society (...
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CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES FOCUS ON FOOD SECURITY IN MAURITIUS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the Government of Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on Wednesday (January 12) co-sponsored a forum on agriculture, food production and food security in the Caribbean and Pacific reg...
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CARICOM ICT STAKEHOLDERS FORM STEERING COMMITTEE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Regional organisations, representatives of private sector and civil society, as well as a CARICOM Secretariat team are now part of an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Steering Committee that w...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, TO THE CARICOM REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING OF THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS), 12 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Esteemed colleagues, Representatives of the media: On behalf of the Secretary-General and the staff of the CARICOM ecretariat, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this important Consultation. Given the early start of Community meetings this year, I am also glad of the opportunity to wish you, you...
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STATEMENT BY HON. DAME BILLIE MILLER, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) ON BEHALF OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPEN DEBATE AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 12 JANUARY 2005, NEW YORK

Mr. President, The Caribbean Community deeply appreciates this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Haiti. One year ago, we were all gravely concerned about deteriorating political and security conditions in Haiti. With Haitian agreement and international support, ...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, TO THE CARICOM REGIONAL STAKEHOLDERS MEETING OF THE WORLD SUMMIT ON THE INFORMATION SOCIETY (WSIS), 12 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Esteemed colleagues, Representatives of the media: On behalf of the Secretary-General and the staff of the CARICOM ecretariat, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this important Consultation. Given the early start of Community meetings this year, I am also glad of the opportunity to wish you, your f...
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STATEMENT BY HON. DAME BILLIE MILLER, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE OPEN DEBATE AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 12 JANUARY 2005, NEW YORK

Mr. President, The Caribbean Community deeply appreciates this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Haiti. One year ago, we were all gravely concerned about deteriorating political and security conditions in Haiti. With Haitian agreement and international support, the Ca...
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STATEMENT BY HON. DAME BILLIE MILLER, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY AT THE OPEN DEBATE AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 12 JANUARY 2005, NEW YORK

Mr. President, The Caribbean Community deeply appreciates this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Haiti. One year ago, we were all gravely concerned about deteriorating political and security conditions in Haiti. With Haitian agreement and international support, the Ca...
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP EVENT ON VULNERABILITY AND CULTURAL RESILIENCE IN THE CARIBBEAN, 11 JANUARY 2005, MAURITIUS

Friends, Caribbean Partners, Presenters - Professor Nettleford and Dr. John Agard, Dr. Michael Witter and Dr. Hilary Brown, Ladies and gentlemen. As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community and of the Caribbean Forum of ACP States it gives me immense pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you a...
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CARIBBEAN SEEKS CULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS FOR DEVELOPMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is taking the lead in inviting partnerships to strengthen the Caribbean Region's capacity for cultural resilience or renewal and to enhance the real economic gains accruing to regional economies and their peo...
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