(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, H.E. Edwin W Carrington, has described his just concluded two-day official mission to the Cayman Islands, as “very fruitful and informative.”
The nine Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that will host matches for Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 are on track to achieve security goals in time for the March 2007 start of the world’s third largest sporting event.
Good morning and thank you for being here today. Our delegation is pleased to be with the people of Saint Lucia and to serve as observes in the December 11th General Elections.
Our presence on the island is at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia; our mandate comes from CARICOM Heads of State and Government who instructed that an observer mission be present for these elections.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The elections in Saint Lucia are over and the CARICOM Observer Mission congratulates the people of Saint Lucia in their conduct on Election Day. The people have spoken and soon the results of the poll will be made official.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A six member team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will travel to Haiti on Saturday 4th February, to observe the first round of next Tuesday’s presidential and legislative elections.
The team will be headed by Jamaica’s former Director of Elections, Mr. Noel Lee, and will include observers from other Member States.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the regional media industry meeting at a conference to accelerate their role in reducing HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination identified a number of challenges to their optimal involvement in the Region’s response to the epidemic.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean media has been charged to consider its modus operandi even as policy makers recognise its potency as an agent for change in reducing stigma and discrimination associated with HIV/AIDS.