STATEMENT FROM THE CHAIR OF COHSOD-EDUCATION COVID-19 AND EDUCATION

The COVID 19 Pandemic has been characterised by many as the unseen enemy moving swiftly across the globe. To date, at the international level, it has affected approximately 1.5 billion students with run on impacts for teachers and caregivers. Within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) it has disrupted...
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WELCOME ADDRESS BY HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Mr. Chairman, our Secretary General, Dr. Edwin Carrington; Most Hon. P.J. Patterson of Jamaica, outgoing Chairman of CARICOM; Heads of Delegations, Ministers of Foreign Affairs; Ministers of International Trade, Finance and Planning; Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Distinguished Delegates; Members...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL,  CARICOM, AT SIGNING OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FOR THE CARIBBEAN EDUCATION SECTOR HIV/AIDS RESPONSE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME, 22 JUNE 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

IDB Representative Mr. Sergio Varas Members of Staff of IDB Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Press Ladies and Gentlemen Let me take this opportunity on behalf on the Community and the Pan Caribbean Partnership (PANCAP) to express my deepest appreciation to the Inter-A...
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REMARKS BY HONOURABLE WALTER T. SANDRIMAN, MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SURINAME, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 31 MARCH 2003, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Honourable Ministers Ms. Jacqulyn Joseph and other members of the CARICOM Secretariat Permanent Secretaries Representatives of Ministers Representatives of Regional and International Institutions Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen. Since assuming the Chairmanship of the COHSOD in Octo...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), DELIVERED BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON, PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATISTICS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND CARICOM REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, 17 AUGUST 2007, ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Chair, Mr. Dave Clement Mr. Neville Grainger, Vice-President, Finance, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Ms. Antonia Popplewell, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning and Social Development, Ms. Shirley Christian-Maharaj, Ag. Director of Statistics, Central Statistical Office Dr. Hamid Ghany, D...
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MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE FROM HON. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE PASSING OF MRS. VIOLA BURNHAM, O.R., FORMER FIRST LADY OF GUYANA AND VICE PRESIDENT AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana and has the honour to convey to His Excellency the President of the Republic of Guyana, the following message from Hon. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General of the Ca...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY RICARDO VILLANEUVA HALLAL, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED MEXICAN STATES TO CARICOM, 13 JUNE 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Ricardo Villanueva Hallal, Plenipotentiary Representative of the United Mexican States to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Other Distinguished Ladies and GentlemenRepresentatives of the Media. On behalf of His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington...
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. DENZIL L. DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, ON BEHALF OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE HIGH LEVEL PLENARY MEETING ON A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED IN REALIZING THE DECLARATION OF COMMITMENT ON HIV/AIDS AND THE POLITICAL DECLARATION ON HIV/AIDS, 10 JUNE 2008, NEW YORK

Two years ago, when I had the honour of addressing this august body for the second time, I committed the Caribbean to achieving universal access to HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support services by the year 2010. It was bold pronouncement on the part of the Caribbean considering the t...
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