(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Federal Republic of Germany will sign shortly, an Agreement under which Germany will provide up to eight million Euros to fight HIV and AIDS.
CARICOM will sign the agreement on behalf of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington said on Tuesday, 30 October 2007.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Newly accredited German Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Dr. Ernst Martens has committed to doing his utmost to advance the level of cooperation between his country and CARICOM, particularly in the area of protection from the negative effects of climate change.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The historic inaugural meeting between Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington; Heads of CARICOM Institutions under the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, and other Regional Institutions, has concluded in Georgetown with a commitment to maintaining a continuing dialogue between the Institutions, all mandated to improve the quality of life of the people of the Caribbean Community.”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be fielding an Electoral Observer Mission in response to the request made of CARICOM by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago to monitor the general elections of 5 November 2007
Colleague Heads and Representatives of Community and other Regional Institutions, Friends All.
For me it is really a great pleasure to welcome you all to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. As Secretary-General, I frequently welcome partners, stakeholders and guests to the Secretariat. Today, however, there is a special resonance to my greeting, for really the greeting is to members of the family of Institutions of the Community, all mandated and dedicated in their various domains to improving the quality of life of the people of the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington told the inaugural meeting of Heads of CARICOM Institutions in Georgetown today that the need for a collaborative approach between all Community institutions has become more pressing with the launch of the CARICOM Single Market and the goal of establishing the framework for the Single Economy by 2008.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington has charged Regional institutions to have a frank exchange of views on the broad vision for the Community’s development.
Colleague Heads and Representatives of Community and other Regional Institutions, Friends All.
For me it is really a great pleasure to welcome you all to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. As Secretary-General, I frequently welcome partners, stakeholders and guests to the Secretariat. Today, however, there is a special resonance to my greeting, for really the greeting is to members of the family of Institutions of the Community, all mandated and dedicated in their various domains to improving the quality of life of the people of the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington has expressed gratitude to The Bahamas whose Embassy in Haiti hosted the first CARICOM Representation Office in Port-au-Prince.
The Secretary-General, speaking during a ceremony marking the re-opening of the CARICOM Office at new premises in Port-au-Prince, also thanked the Kingdom of Norway for the assistance it rendered to the Community in the first establishment of the Representation Office.
The Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) States CARIFORUM held their Fifteenth Meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 18-19 October 2007.
The Ministers reiterated the Region’s dismay at the European Commission’s unilateral denunciation of the Sugar Protocol on 30 September 2007.
They also requested that given the extreme importance of the Banana Industry to the Region, serious consideration be given to negotiating for the extension of financial support to this Sector beyond 2009.