(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community will meet in Special Session in Port of Spain on May 24th to discuss the evolving global economic and financial crisis.
(CARICOM Secretariat,Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Climate Change and Development is holding its Second Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana to continue the Region’s preparation for the impending 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set for Copenhagen, Denmark in December.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Climate Change poses one of the most serious challenges to the sustainable development of the small island and low lying coastal developing states of the Caribbean. Recognising this threat, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in tandem with the CARICOM Secretariat has drafted a regional Climate Change Strategic Framework that should point the way to building the Region’s resilience to the effects of Climate Change, over the next five years.
The Honourable Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR);
The Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica;
The Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Outgoing Chairman of COFCOR;
Honourable Foreign Ministers;
Members of Parliament;
US Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Tom Shannon;
Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary-General of the OAS and other members of the Diplomatic Corps;
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) holds its Twenty-Seventh Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, 14-15 May 2009, to examine matters related to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), agriculture, transportation, and external economic and trade relations.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaica Prime Minister the Honourable Bruce Golding has stressed that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) needs now more than ever its sense and strength of Community to confront the current global challenges.
The Prime Minister, in delivering the keynote address at Friday’s Opening Ceremony of the 12th Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community relations (COFCOR), said that “together we can prevail and must prevail” as the Community combated the current global financial and economic crisis.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will conduct its annual review of the Region’s relations with Third Countries and International Organisations, and determine policy initiatives which could guide future relations ,during its 12th Meeting scheduled for 8-9 May in Kingston, Jamaica.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) During the period 18-22 May 2009, Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) will be in the spotlight as the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat hosts a series of meetings, a symposium and a children’s festival on this important issue.