By mahtabala, 5 March, 2005

WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON,  SECRETARY GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARICOM DIRECTORS OF FISHERIES/CHIEF FISHERIES OFFICERS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) STUDY TEAM

 

Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
 Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team
Other members of the Japanese delegation
Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM
Other Members of the CARICOM team
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen

 

By mahtabala, 4 March, 2005

WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON,  SECRETARY GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARICOM DIRECTORS OF FISHERIES/CHIEF FISHERIES OFFICERS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) STUDY TEAM

Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team
Other members of the Japanese delegation
Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM
Other Members of the CARICOM team
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen

By mahtabala, 4 March, 2005

CARICOM AND JAPAN HOLD TALKS ON MAJOR FISHERIES PROJECT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat through the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is currently spearheading talks with the Government of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the development of a master plan for fisheries and aquaculture development in the Caribbean. At a meeting of CARICOM Directors of Fisheries/Chief Fisheries Officers and members of a JICA study team on Friday 4 March, CARICOM Secretary-General Mr.

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By mahtabala, 4 March, 2005

CONSENSUS REACHED ON FINANCING FOR ICT DEVELOPMENT AT WSIS PREP-COM2 GENEVA MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The second meeting of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom-2) of the Tunis Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) ended in Geneva, Switzerland, with participants endorsing their support for the establishment of a Digital Solidarity Fund for the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The fund will be officially launched in Geneva this month, and is intended to transform the digital divide into digital opportunities for developing countries.

By mahtabala, 4 March, 2005

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CARICOM-CUBA JOINT COMMISSION, 3-4 MARCH 2005, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

 


Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, CARICOM Chairman of this Meeting of the Seventh CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission,
Hon. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Minister of Government, Cuba,
Other Honourable Ministers of Member States of the Caribbean Community and of Cuba,
Mrs Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago,
Distinguished Delegates,
Members of the Media,
Ladies and Gentlemen.

By mahtabala, 2 March, 2005

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY MOURNS PASSING OF TWO GREAT WEST INDIANS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat joins the people of the Caribbean in mourning the passing this week of two great West Indians who contributed significantly to the development of Caribbean society - Dr. Alistair Hughes, outstanding Grenadian journalist and Hon. Allan Rae O.J., Jamaican attorney-at-law and former West Indian opening batsman and cricket administrator.