(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The first regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers which ended in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 4 March was deemed a “resounding success” by the more than forty international and regional stakeholders who participated.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community has announced that Mr. Noel Lee, former Director of Elections of Jamaica, will be Chief of Mission for the CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission for the 12 March, 2009 Antigua and Barbuda General elections.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretariat’s Programme Manager Sustainable Development, Ms Beverely Reynolds has made an impassioned plea for the Caribbean Countries and the European Union to strengthen the partnership in waging the war against the use of illicit drugs in the Caribbean Region, declaring that the Region’s sustainable development was seriously threatened by this social malady.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat is honoured to salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), 8 March, 2009.
This annual celebration gives us a special opportunity to reflect on the achievements on the path towards gender equality and women’s empowerment.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will focus on the effects of the current global economic and financial crisis on the Region and possible mitigating actions when they gather in Belize City, Belize, 12-13 March for the Twentieth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government. The global crisis has been under discussion by the Community’s leaders since last November at the 24th Meeting of the Bureau of Conference of Heads of Government in Antigua.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Drs Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan is to receive on Monday 9 February his first official brief on the progress of the work of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Youth Development (CCYD).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed on a negotiating brief for scheduled trade talks between CARICOM and Canada.
Chairperson
Representatives of the: Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS)
Senior Officials of Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community
Representatives from the DR, Aruba, Martinique and Guadeloupe;
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD);
CARDI, UWI, UG, CABI
Good morning.
Salutations,
Mr Chairman: I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community who because of conflicting obligations could not be here today. I bring you greetings in his name and on behalf of our Caribbean Community, comprising 15 beautiful and salubrious tropical states, paradoxically separated; yet linked, not only by common ideals and goals but also by the Wide Sargasso Sea and further complemented with five associate members, each with its distinct character.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Dr Edward Greene today made a strong call for the Caribbean Region and development partners to invest more in the water resources sector.
The Assistant Secretary-General Human and Social Development also called for the development of appropriate management mechanisms to build the capacity necessary for safeguarding the future of the Region by protecting its water resources.