REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. JARETTE NARINE, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 11 MAY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, Mr. Satyadeow Sawh Fellow Ministers of Member States, Colleague Ministers of Agriculture Senior Technical Officers of the Respective Caribbean Member States Members of the Media, Distinguished ...
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Remarks Delivered By Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary- General, CARICOM, At the Opening Of The Twelfth Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (COHSOD), 27 APRIL 2005, Georgetown, Guyana

Theme: GENDER AS A CROSSCUTTING ELEMENT    Salutation  It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of the CARICOM Secretary-General and the staff of the Secretariat, and to thank you for attending this the Twelfth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (...
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Gender Equality A Priority For CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite has made a strong call for women and men to be treated equally in Regional development policies. Ambassador Applewhaite was at the time delivering remarks at the ope...
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CARICOM Ministers Meeting To Focus on Gender

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) When Ministers of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) assemble in Georgetown for their twelfth meeting which commences on Wednesday April 27th, they will concentrate mainly on social issues that currently affect women and men across...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY OF THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS BUILDING, 19 FEBRUARY 2005, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana His Excellency, Runaldo R. Venetiaan President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community Other Heads of State and Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community His Excellency Ricardo Lagos Escobar, Presi...
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STATEMENT ON HAITI ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16-17 FEBRUARY 2005, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) remains gravely concerned by the overall situation in Haiti. Insecurity, volatility and political polarization combine with joblessness as stumbling blocks to progress. The Community is particularly disturbed over the deteriorating human rights situation and ...
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STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS. THE RIGHT HONOURABLE OWEN S. ARTHUR MP, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT FOR THE DEEPENING OF BILATERAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF BARBADOS AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, 17 FEBRUARY 2005, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

President of the Republic of Suriname Ministers of Foreign Affairs Excellencies Officials Ladies and Gentlemen This afternoon I have had the honour and the pleasure of signing An Agreement for the Deepening of Bilateral Cooperation between the Government of Barbados and the Government of the Repub...
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) H.E. MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16-17 FEBRUARY 2005,  PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

His Excellency Drs. Runaldo Venetiaan, President of the Republic Of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community; Other Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States of the Caribbean Community; His Excellency Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federative Republic of Bra...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT A MEDIA BRIEFING ON THE FLOOD DISASTER IN GUYANA AND ITS AFTERMATH, 28 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

On behalf of the Caribbean Community and on behalf of the Representatives of the Regional institutions who have been introduced to you, I wish to reiterate the expressions of concern and continued solidarity and support among the Member States of the Community, contained in a letter of 20th January ...
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