His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has hailed the contributions of former President of Guyana, Mrs. Janet Jagan to the development of Guyana.
âHers was truly a life lived for her people,â the Secretary-General said.
Mrs. Jagan died Saturday after a brief illness.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will participate in an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Tripartite Conference on the social and labour dimensions of the global financial crisis. The conference will be held in Kingston, Jamaica, on Wednesday, 1 April 2009.
The Forum, expected to be opened by Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica, will be held under the theme `Promoting Human Prosperity beyond the Global Financial Crisis_ Seeking Sustainable Solutions though Social Dialogueâ.
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On behalf of the Caribbean Constituency, I wish to thank the host of this meeting, the Republic of Colombia as well as the city of Medellin, the staff of the Inter-American Development Bank Group and the other organizations and businesses involved in this event. All their hard work and attention to details behind the scenes has made this the 50th meeting of the Board of Governors of the IDB an outstanding organizational success.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The uncertainties surrounding the future of sustainable commercial fishing in the Caribbean region will be explored tomorrow, Thursday, when the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM), in collaboration with the CARICOM Secretariat hosts the panel discussion_ `Caribbean Fisheries_ Sinking or Swimming in Uncertain Watersâ.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In the face of extraordinarily difficult and uncertain times, the Rt Honourable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Bahamas has called on leaders to be clear in their purpose and firm in their resolve.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the international community continues to give significant attention to the global phenomenon, Climate Change, Mr. Garfield Barnwell, Director of Sustainable Development at the CARICOM Secretariat posited some insights into how the Caribbean Region could transform this threat into employment opportunities when he made his presentation to the Second CARICOM Climate Change Conference in Castries, St .Lucia on 23-24 March 2009.
This Conference is most timely and its theme is appropriately expressive of the daunting prospects facing the Caribbean as it confronts several challenges and prepares for the epic Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago, among others. The Summit is being planned and implemented as a CARICOM hosted event in Trinidad and Tobago.
This Conference is most timely and its theme is appropriately expressive of the daunting prospects facing the Caribbean as it confronts several challenges and prepares for the epic Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago, among others. The Summit is being planned and implemented as a CARICOM hosted event in Trinidad and Tobago.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community gears up for the impending 15th Conference of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Denmark, it is expecting to come away with an Agreement that helps to expand the Caribbeanâs capacity to reduce its vulnerability to the effects of Climate Change.