(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba called upon developed countries to contribute new and additional financial resources to implement measures aimed at adaptation to climate change and mitigation of greenhouse gases.
This was one of the clauses of the Declaration of Santiago de Cuba which was issued following the Third CARICOM-Cuba Summit which ended in that city on Monday 8 December.
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We, the Heads of State and/or Government of the Republic of Cuba and Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), comprising Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. |
Ladies and Gentlemen_
On behalf of my Co-Chair and all the other members of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development I wish to extend warm greetings to all you who by your presence here at this our third Meeting have signaled your support and friendship to what is one of the most important Commissions established by the Heads of Government of our Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has described Cuba’s former President His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruz as a true Caribbean Man.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Haiti is expected to participate in at least one component of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, (CSME) by the first quarter of 2009.
The fundamental components of the CSME are free movement of goods and services, free movement of people and skills, and the right of establishment of business entities within the Community. Haiti’s participation in the CSME will increase the size of CARICOM’s market under the CSME to an unprecedented 15 million people.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) is meeting at the Hotel Montana in Port au Prince, Haiti, for three days, to discuss preliminary research findings and develop a plan of action to complete the Commission’s Report. The recommendations of which will be discussed by the special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in April 2009, prior to its submission to the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government in July 2009.
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Georgetown, Guyana at the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Conference on Friday, 7 December 2007, with a view to finding solutions, at both the national and regional levels, to the critical issue of poverty and the rising cost of living, took note of the research which highlights a number of factors impacting this issue in the Caribbean Community.
Members of the Haitian Government
Master Ambassador, Representative of the Bureau of CARICOM in Haiti
Master Director General of the Ministry, Youth and Sports and Civic Action
Master Co-Chair of the CARICOM Commission for the Development of Youth
Madam the Regional Director of UNICEF
Madam the Executive Director of IDEJEN
Madam, Master Ambassadors of Youth of Haiti to CARICOM
Directors and Upper Management of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action
Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations
Good day to you all!
And a good day it is indeed, as it is one which gives me great pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to welcome you to this accreditation ceremony of His Excellency Subit Kumar Mandal, Plenipotentiary Representative of India to the Caribbean Community.