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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Faith Radebe, the first Plenipotentiary Representative of South Africa to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has emphasised the need for greater bilateral collaboration in the face of the global financial and economic crisis.
She said the crisis “impressed upon us cooperation demands that have never been seen before”. |
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The two-day Public-Private Sector Consultation on agribusiness wrapped up in Georgetown Thursday with an acknowledgement by stakeholders that much more needed to be done to shape agriculture into a more viable sector to advance growth in the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caucus of Ministers of Health have endorsed a recommendation for the banning of smoking on public spaces as a public good and regional goal, as the Region intensifies its efforts to tackle Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), under the Port of Spain Declaration on Uniting in the fight against NCDs.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The forum on agribusiness was one step towards identifying the demands of the market and setting the challenge for producers to meet those demands, officers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat have said.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The newly accredited Ambassador of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Tatsuaki Iwata, on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 noted his country’s consideration of the adverse effects of the global financial and economic crises on the Region.
Excellency, welcome to the Caribbean Community Secretariat. Your arrival has been long anticipated!
The establishment of an Embassy of Mexico in Georgetown, Guyana - the home of the headquarters of the Caribbean Community - marks a significant signpost in the long standing relationship between the Caribbean Community and Mexico. Our close and historic relations were formalized in 1974, with the signing of the Agreement establishing the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission. This has placed Mexico at the top of the list, as the first country to establish a Joint Commission with CARICOM.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 35-year old relationship between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico was solidified on May 28, 2009, at the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, with the accreditation of a new Plenipotentiary Representative of Mexico to CARICOM, His Excellency Fernando Sandoval.
High Commissioner Faith Radebe Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of South Africa to the Caribbean Community
Deputy Secretary-General
Other Members of the Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Participants of the Regional Diplomatic Training Programme
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is my sincere and profound pleasure to welcome you to this historic occasion - the first accreditation of a Plenipotentiary Representative of an African nation to the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) is preparing its regional report on findings of a research done on the situation of Caribbean youth which will be a major input into its report to the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
As a result, the Commission is engaged in a flurry of activities designed primarily to highlight, to the Region, some of the key issues emanating from the research.