PREVENTING DRUG ABUSE : INTERFACING MEDICAL, LEGAL AND CULTURAL RESPONSES WITH A HUMAN RIGHTS VISION.  SIR PHILLIP SHERLOCK DISTINGUISHED LECTURE BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, CARICOM/PAHO ADVISOR, AND FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY DIABETIC OUTREACH PROGRAMME, 25 MARCH 2011, OCHO RIOS, JAMAICA

​I am very grateful to the University of Technology, The University of the West Indies and the National Drug Council of Jamaica and the Diabetes Association of Jamaica for inviting me to speak at this prestigious Conference and the University Diabetes Outreach Programme (UNOPS) for bestowing o...
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY THE HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CARICOM LEAD HEAD FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH AND HIV AND AIDS, AT THE SECOND ANNUAL PARTNERS’ MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY (CARPHA), 13 JUNE 2011, WASHINGTON, DC, USA

​     Today we gather in this auditorium of one of the most enduring and respected organizations in the Hemisphere of the Americas, to discuss and take forward the agenda for establishing the Caribbean Public Health Agency. I am sure, that in time, the delegates to this P...
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG.),  CARICOM, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2011, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

​CARICOM is dead! CARICOM has lost momentum! CARICOME CARIGONE! trumpet the headlines of our regional press. I stand here today to say: CARICOM is alive! CARICOM is on the move! CARICOM is here to stay! How can I stand here and assert this? Because I will, as succinctly as possible, lay ou...
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Remarks by The Honorable Nigel A. Carty Minister of Education Government of St .Kitts & Nevis On the occasion of the   Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (38th SCCS)  (28-30 October 2013)  and   Twenty-Third Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (23rd   RCCC) (31 October 2011)  Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis October 28, 2013

It is with sincere appreciation that I accept the invitation to make a few remarks at the opening ceremony of the series of meetings with regional Directors of Statistics, organized by the CARICOM Secretariat’s Statistics Division in collaboration with Member States.  In fact, our hosting...
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Remarks by the SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of The PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO Plenipotentiary Representative Of The   Republic of Argentina TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 28 October 2013

It is my honour and pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you, Ambassador Martino, on the occasion of your accreditation as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Argentine Republic to the Caribbean Community.  First, allow me to extend my heartfelt best wishes to your President, Her Excellen...
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Statement by Ambassador Lorne T. McDonnough Chief Executive Officer Of the CARICOM Development Fund At the SIGNING OF THE COUNTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME AGREEMENT between the THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA and the CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUND - HILTON HOTEL, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago -  6th July, 2013

HE Donald Ramotar, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, Hon. Ashni Singh-Minister of Finance, Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett--Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hon. Robeson Benn, Minister of Public Works, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.   I am particularly glad Mr President and M...
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GREETINGS FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE Joint Meeting of THE 27TH Executive Council, 16TH General Conference of Ministers, And THE 12TH Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION JAMAICA 3 December 2013

I would like to begin by thanking the CTU – under the leadership of Secretary-General Bernadette Lewis - for the invitation to bring greetings to this Opening Ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar, as part of the CTU “ICT Week”. I would have been pleased ...
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OPENING CEREMONY WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PREVENTION STRATEGIES AND ACTIONS TO ADDRESS YOUTH GANGS AND VIOLENCE,  GRAND COASTAL HOTEL GUYANA - 5-8 FEBRUARY 2013 REMARKS BY MYRNA BERNARD Officer in Charge Directorate of Human and Social Development CARICOM Secretariat

Salutations It is indeed a pleasure for me to welcome you to this National Training Workshop which focuses on Implementation of Prevention Strategies and Actions to address Youth Gangs and Violence and to bring you greetings and these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbea...
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Address by Hon Chet Greene to the 46th COTED Meeting in Guyana

Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, there are many ongoing international, regional and domestic issues that will impact the work programme and the agenda of the Council. However, in the face of all these issues, the Council must find an appropriate mix of methodologies and strategies to address the ev...
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Remarks by the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque at the Opening of the Twenty-Ninth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community Port-au-Prince, Haiti 26-27 February 2018

His Excellency Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; First Lady Madame Martine Moise Dr. the Rt. Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Out-going Chairman of the Conference of Heads of G...
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