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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM (THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (ACP)), 18-19 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

The Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) States CARIFORUM held their Fifteenth Meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 18-19 October 2007.

The Ministers reiterated the Region’s dismay at the European Commission’s unilateral denunciation of the Sugar Protocol on 30 September 2007.

They also requested that given the extreme importance of the Banana Industry to the Region, serious consideration be given to negotiating for the extension of financial support to this Sector beyond 2009.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING OF THE CARICOM REPRESENTATION OFFICE, 19 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, the Honourable Jacques Edouard Alexis
Senator the Honourable Tyrone Barker, Representative of the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers of the Haitian Cabinet
Honourable Ministers and other Heads of Delegation of CARIFORUM Member States
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. Denis Robert, Representative of the Canadian Ambassador to Haiti
Heads of Regional and International Organisations

LAUNCH OF CARIBBEAN VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and other regional educational Institutions joined with the National Training Agency of Jamaica, the HEART Trust/NTA to launch the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) on Friday, 19 October at a ceremony held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.

CARICOM TO FIELD ELECTORAL MISSION TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will field an electoral mission to observe the Trinidad and Tobago elections scheduled for 5 November 2007.

CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington made the announcement at a press conference he hosted on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 at the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana.

He said CARICOM will field the only observer mission to the elections and the team will comprise at least 22 members.

PANCAP HOLDS SEVENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) More than 100 representatives of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) will meet for the Seventh Annual General Meeting of the Partnership on 25-26 October 2007 in Antigua and Barbuda.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF OPENING OF THE CARICOM REPRESENTATION OFFICE, 19 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, the Honourable Jacques Edouard Alexis
Senator the Honourable Tyrone Barker, Representative of the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers of the Haitian Cabinet
Honourable Ministers and other Heads of Delegation of CARIFORUM Member States
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. Denis Robert, Representative of the Canadian Ambassador to Haiti
Heads of Regional and International Organisations

Remarks By Ms Myrna Bernard, Director, Human Development, Caribbean Community (caricom) Secretariat On The Occasion Of The Launch Of The Caribbean Vocational Qualification (cvq), 19 October 2007, Kingston, Jamaica

Salutations

I greet you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community.

Today is a great day for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in our region and it is therefore for me, a great pleasure and privilege to bring you brief remarks on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat on the occasion of the launch of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification here in Jamaica.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON. SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CARIBBEAN FORUM OF ACP STATES (CARIFORUM) ON THE OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 18 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Honourable Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, Jacques Edouard Alex
Vice President d la Cour de Cassation
Honourable Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies
Deputy Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sir Louis Straker
Members of the Cabinet of the Republic of Haiti
Other Honourable Ministers
Members of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies
Heads of Delegations and Representatives of Member States
Representatives of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
Members of the Diplomatic Corps

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