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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR KOICHIRO SEKI, AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF JAPAN TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 15 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Ambassador Koichiro SEKI, Plenipotentiary Representative of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Deputy Secretary General
Assistant Secretar(ies)-General and other Members of Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Embassy of Japan;
Mr. Tadaomi Nakai
Members of the Media

On behalf of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to our Headquarters and to receive your Credentials appointing you as Japan’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the CARICOM.

CARICOM STAKEHOLDERS ON SUGAR MEET THURSDAY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Fourth Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Stakeholders on Sugar will be convened on Thursday January 11, 2007, at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana.

CARIFORUM/CARICOM Secretary-General, EU Commissioner For Development And Humanitarian Aid Sign €40.5m Financing Agreement

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of CARIFORUM/CARICOM His Excellency Edwin Carrington and European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid , Mr. Luis Michel , on Monday, 08 January, 2007 signed a Financing Agreement for a grant of €40.5M to support the Caribbean Region in achieving its objective of regional economic integration and repositioning into the world economy.

The signing took place at the Commission's headquarters in Brussels.

JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND CARICOM-SICA SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT, 12 MAY 2007, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

We, the Heads of State and Government and their representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Central American Integration System (SICA) (hereinafter called the Parties) meeting in Belize City, Belize on the 12th of May 2007 on the occasion of the Second CARICOM-SICA Summit.

Considering the objectives and commitments assumed by the Parties at, the historic, First CARICOM- SICA Summit, held on 5th February 2002 in Belize City.

NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 31 DECEMBER 2006

As we welcome the New Year, 2007, as Secretary-General, I am confident that the Caribbean Community has erected a solid foundation towards achieving its goals.

2006 was a year of undoubted progress with far-reaching implications for Caribbean integration. It began on an historic note with the coming into being of the CARICOM Single Market on 1 January, with the entry into force of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. This was a very significant milestone in the journey on which the Founding Fathers of CARIFTA embarked over a generation ago.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR HAITI’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,  30 NOVEMBER 2006, MADRID, SPAIN

Madame Chair

I would like first of all to thank the Government of Spain for hosting this International Conference on what is in reality the future of Haiti - its social and economic development. In providing this particular venue, La Casa de America, which is laden with symbolism, Spain has selected a location which is a worthy reflection of its increasingly key role in the development of the Caribbean region.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER 2006

THEME:  KEEP THE PROMISE : STOP AIDS WITH A FOCUS ON 'ACCOUNTABILITY'
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Last year, the global community was confronted with a poignant call from the organizers of the World AIDS Day commemoration to “Keep the Promise: Stop AIDS”. This call found particular resonance in the Caribbean given the high prevalence and increasing incidence of the disease and the dire consequences for the development of the human and social capital.
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