CARIFORUM Platform to be Strengthened, says New DG

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    Mr. Percival Marie, a national of the Commonwealth of Dominica, assumes office on August 1 as Director-General of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Directorate in the Caribbean ...
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Welcome Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary -General, Caribbean Community At The Opening Ceremony Of The Third High –Level Forum on Donor Coordination Georgetown, Guyana 30 July 2013

I wish to extend a very warm welcome to all participants to the Third High-Level Forum on Donor Coordination. The last High-Level Forum was in July 2011 and much has transpired since. The gap between these Meetings has been too long but I am sure that over the next day and a half we will make up for...
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Increased trade in the Region a consequence of integration

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Intra-regional trade in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been positive with significant growth in the early period of the integration movement and with the share of intra-regional to total trade increasing, on a...
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CARICOM, UN discuss development issues in New York

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, USA, articulating the Community’s position on a slate of developmental issues. T...
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE,  SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY OPENING OF THE SEVENTH GENERAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ITS ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS (UN) SYSTEM HEADQUARTERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS NEW YORK, JULY 2013

Introduction Let me begin my expressing appreciation for the warm words of welcome extended to me and my delegation this morning.  Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, with the current global events, all of which demand your attention, it is heartening that our Caribbean Community’s biennial ...
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Find New Solutions… PANCAP Chair Tells Executive Board

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     “There are still critical gaps to be filled, including more focused and concerted action to deal with the difficult issue of stigma and discrimination and human rights” said Jamaica Health Minister and Ch...
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CARIFESTA Organisers Expect 30 Countries to Participate

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Chairman of the Host Country Management Committee (HCMC), Mr. Ivan Graanoogst, has disclosed that 24 countries have so far confirmed their participation in the festival, but that this number is expected to rise to 30...
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