(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, H.E. Edwin Carrington, was among three CARICOM representatives participating in this week’s celebrations of Belize’s 25th Anniversary of Independence.
It was 25 years ago today that Belizeans achieved their aspirations nurtured over many years to rid themselves of colonial status and become a sovereign independent State with security and territorial integrity.
This was made possible above all because so many Belizeans had, over the centuries since the settlement was established by British logwood cutters, struggled for their rights, first against slavery and later against colonialism.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Ninth Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) opens in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, 22 September, 2006.
The ten-day festival which ends on 1 October will see the introduction of some of the elements of a Strategic Plan for a New CARIFESTA. This plan received the full support of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government in 2004 as they accepted the new mission “to stage a mega multi disciplinary festival that develops Caribbean Arts and Culture.”
As we, in the Caribbean, mark on 21 September, another observance of International Day of Peace with the rest of the world, we do so in the midst of an extremely dangerous and difficult period of multiple crises. As we look at the world today, we cannot escape the reality of widespread violence, gross abuses of international humanitarian law, atrocities against children, women and even entire communities, and open conflict. Our world is indeed confronted by a wide range of threats to peace and security.
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Prime Minister The Hon Patrick Manning The Hon John Rahael, Minister of Health Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of UWI and UN Special Envoy to the Caribbean on HIV/AIDS Members of the Diplomatic Corps Other Officials Ladies and Gentlemen |
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Prime Minister The Hon Patrick Manning The Hon John Rahael, Minister of Health Sir George Alleyne, Chancellor of UWI and UN Special Envoy to the Caribbean on HIV/AIDS Members of the Diplomatic Corps Other Officials Ladies and Gentlemen |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Edwin Carrington has congratulated His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, the President of Guyana on his recent re-election to the post following his success at the 28 August general elections in Guyana.
The message reads:
“Excellency,
His Excellency Mr. Per Eklund
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin La Rocque
Once again, it is a great pleasure for me as Secretary-General of CARIFORUM to be participating in a signing ceremony with a representative of the European Union. Ambassador Eklund, thank you very much for your statement.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (CARIFORUM) has secured a grant of €3.4 million from the European Commission to support the Region’s disaster preparedness programme. The project will be executed by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA).
His Excellency Mr. Per Eklund
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin La Rocque
Once again, it is a great pleasure for me as Secretary-General of CARIFORUM to be participating in a signing ceremony with a representative of the European Union. Ambassador Eklund, thank you very much for your statement.