(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) UNAIDS Executive Director Mr Michel Sidibé met on Wednesday, 20th May with a delegation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the 62nd World Health Assembly to discuss the Caribbean priorities for collaboration with UNAIDS.
Allow me to join with the Secretary General of CARICOM in thanking the Government of the Republic of Suriname for its graciousness in being excellent host to this the Eighth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for National Security and Law Enforcement. I am certain that I speak for all present.
We have all been the beneficiaries of the exceptional service and organization that has been displayed in the coordination for this Meeting thus far, as well as the ones which preceded it.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Surname, His Excellency Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan cautioned CARICOM Security Ministers and technocrats on Thursday not to underestimate the threat of armed gangs to the Caribbean Community’s stability.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Council of National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) Senator the Honourable Martin Joseph on Thursday, told the Opening Ceremony of the CONSLE that the Caribbean Community should utilize every means to finance the security agenda.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Recognising the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to a country and its people’s development, Guyana, like other Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has put plans in place to rapidly improve access to computers and the internet for its nationals.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ms. Jennifer Britton, Coordinator of the Information Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) Sub-Programme, CARICOM Secretariat, while addressing opening ceremony of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) Youth Festival on Friday, May 22, 2009, emphasized that there were constructive uses of ICT for the youth.
“In cyberspace, young people are a mouse click away from exploring the world’s greatest museums, libraries and universities,” she said.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat hosted its first Information Communication Technology (ICT) Youth Festival on Friday May 22, 2009, with demonstration and emphasis on “fun, interactive and safe” ways to use the technology.
I want to begin by congratulating the CARICOM Secretariat on the mounting of this Workshop. It is no secret that I place great store by the role of Caribbean diplomacy over nearly fifty years of engagement with the international community. Some of our most notable achievements have been in this field – at the United Nations, in the Non-aligned Movement, in the Commonwealth, in Brussels and in Geneva, in the ACP and at the OAS – and always on the right side of history! You are heirs to a great tradition. It will be your challenge to enhance it.