CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, has intensified calls for a halt to the shipment of hazardous waste through the Caribbean Sea, given the risks such shipments pose to the livelihood of people of the Region.
The call was made on Friday ahead of the transshipment of Vitrified High Level Waste from the United Kingdom to Japan through the Caribbean Sea.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am pleased to be here at the official opening of these facilities that are now the new home of two sections of the CARICOM Secretariat and one Community Institution, all of which have critical functions in the advancement of the Community – the Secretariat’s Office of Trade Negotiations and the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Unit, and the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) New facilities for two sections of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, as well as a Regional institution, all based in Bridgetown, Barbados, were officially opened on Monday by the Hon. Freundel Stuart, Prime Minister of Barbados.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) concluded on Tuesday 11 December 2012, after two days of deliberations that ranged from matters related to the full and effective participation of all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) to confronting high fuel and food prices, and external trade relations.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean contribution to the recent 7th Summit of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) Group of Countries Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea ranged from retrospective through introspective to prospective.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr the Honourable Kenny D Anthony has wished Venezuelan President His Excellency Hugo Chavez a “speedy recovery”.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite has cited several areas for increased focus in order to enhance the results from the implementation of the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy for the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Permit me at the outset to thank you, Mr President and the people of Equatorial Guinea for the tremendous African welcome and hospitality extended to us. This 7th Summit of the ACP in your unique country, being the only Spanish-speaking nation in Continental Africa, offers yet another opportunity for our ACP Group to herald the diversity from which we gather our strength.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I must first apologise for the absence of H.E. President Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname. President Bouterse deeply regrets his absence.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) May I take this opportunity, Mr President, to express our deep gratitude to the Government and people of Equatorial Guinea for the gracious hospitality and profound generosity, extended to my delegation since our arrival.