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Opening Remarks by H.E. Edwin Carrington Ambassador Extraordinaire,  Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

On behalf of the Caribbean Community I have the signal honour and distinct pleasure to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegation of Japan, particularly those of you that have travelled all the way from Japan to be with us today for the Sixteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultation.

May I also extend a warm welcome to my colleagues from the Member States of CARICOM, those who are here with us in Georgetown and those who are participating in capitals, via video conference.

UK Aid for Trade has helped Pave the Way for EPA Implementation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Great strides have been made in strengthening national capacity in the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), regarding the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). The United Kingdom’s Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund (CARTFund) has distinguished itself, in this regard, providing much-needed Aid for Trade resources in order to buttress institutional structures with re

CARICOM/PANCAP RCM CONVENES NINTH MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A review of the regional mechanism for tackling HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean will feature high on the agenda when the CARICOM/PANCAP Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) meets in St. Vincent and The Grenadines on 20-21 September 2007.

Singapore launches enhanced technical assistance package for CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has stated that “a lot of the economic fallout that took place in 2008 and 2009 started in the developed world, though the biggest impact has been on the small economies.”

CARICOM youth to benefit from regional after-school programme

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Young people in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will benefit from an after-school programme designed to use creative techniques to reduce at-risk behaviours, increase health-related awareness, impact educational aspirations, self-esteem and social connectedness among the youth in all CARICOM Member States.

 

Address by Dr. the Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, to the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

Madam Prime Minister, it is a joy to be back in Port of Spain again.

We are grateful for the arrangements, and continued hospitality of your government and people. 

I will also like to thank the Secretary General and his staff at the CARICOM Secretariat for their arrangements for this meeting.

I return to this Heads of Government conference after five years, with the observance that we face the same challenges as before: only now the times are more difficult, and the need for solutions and actions more urgent.

Multi-lateral review of human development progress unfolds in Georgetown

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A multi-party assessment on the progress the Caribbean Region has made in reaching international benchmarks in population and human development, unfolded in Georgetown, Guyana, among the CARICOM Secretariat, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), European Union (EU), the Intra-ACP Migration Facility and the Government of Guyana.

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CARICOM Member States have taken the next step in enabling the newly-created Regional Integrated Ballistic Information Network (RIBIN) Board to begin its work by electing representatives to serve on the RIBIN Board pursuant to a decision of the 5th Meeting of the Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE). The Director of the Forensic Science Laboratory Jamaica, Dr. Judith Mowatt, was nominated to serve as the Chair. The Vice-Chair is the Director of the Forensic Science Centre of Trinidad and Tobago, Ms. Arlette Lewis.

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