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OPPORTUNITIES IN CARICOM AND THE WAY FORWARD : REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE CONFERENCE “CONNECTING THE CARIBBEAN AND CENTRAL AMERICA:  EXPLORING AND SEIZING NEW OPPORTUNITIES”, 20 OCTOBER 2010, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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Mrs. Angella Persad, President, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce;

Your Excellency Yolanda de Gavidia, Secretary-General, Economic Integration in Central America (SEICA);

Your Excellency Luis Andrade Falla, Secretary-General Association of Caribbean States

Mr. Dennis Evans, President Bankers Association of Trinidad and Tobago (BATT);

Professor Miguel Carrillo, Executive Director, Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business;

Representatives of the Media;

Ladies and Gentlemen;

A DECADE OF DEDICATED DELIVERY : OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) - EDUCATION, 18 OCTOBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​ I extend greetings to you from the Staff of the Directorate of Human and Social Development ,and in so doing could not help reflecting on the mixed fortunes of this Council, its ever changing composition, due to the democratic processes to which our Member States adhere and to overwhelming progress to be celebrated in what may be termed a decade of dedicated delivery.

CCC links with Latin America

​The Chairman of the Caricom Competition Commission (CCC), Dr Kusha Haraksingh, was selected to preside over the meeting on Strategies for Competition Advocacy at the 8th Annual Meeting of the Latin American Competition Forum in San Jose, Costa Rica on 8-9 September 2010.

The meeting featured a background paper by the Head of Competition Outreach of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and country presentations from Brazil, El Salvador and Chile, with the President of Spain’s Competition Agency as the lead discussant.

Consultations on ICT4D Strategy begin in Grenada

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Stakeholders across the Region will, from Thursday 11 November, have an opportunity to discuss and refine the contents of a draft Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) Strategy when a Regional Consultation and Awareness Campaign is launched in St. George’s, Grenada.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE VALIDATION WORKSHOP FOR THE CARICOM REGIONAL POLICY FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY, 28 SEPTEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

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Honourable Robert Persaud, Minster of Agriculture

Ms. Florita Kentish, Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)

Representatives of Member States of the Caribbean Community

Representatives of Regional and International Organisations

Private Sector Representatives

Members of the Media

Ladies and Gentlemen

REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE ROBERT PERSAUD, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, GUYANA,  AT THE VALIDATION WORKSHOP FOR THE CARICOM REGIONAL POLICY FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY, 28-29 SEPTEMBER 2010,  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

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This workshop takes place at an important moment in history. With last week’s MDG Summit at the United Nations in New York evaluating the progress made mid-way to reach the targets set in 2005, we find ourselves in a World where close to one billion men, women and children remain undernourished. This is unacceptable.

ADDRESS BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT, HON DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY (CARPHA), WASHINGTON DC, FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I join the Chairman, Deputy Secretary General and the Director of PAHO in expressing warm greetings to you, the members of the Executive Board, who have the responsibility for piloting this noble venture which we are gathered here this afternoon to launch.

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