Press Releases

Salutations,

Mr Chairman_ I have the honour of speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community who because of conflicting obligations could not be here today. I bring you greetings in his name and on behalf of our Caribbean Community, comprising 15 beautiful and salubrious tropical states, paradoxically separated; yet linked, not only by common ideals and goals but also by the Wide Sargasso Sea and further complemented with five associate members, each with its distinct character.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Dr Edward Greene today made a strong call for the Caribbean Region and development partners to invest more in the water resources sector.

The Assistant Secretary-General Human and Social Development also called for the development of appropriate management mechanisms to build the capacity necessary for safeguarding the future of the Region by protecting its water resources.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States are reporting progress in their efforts to reduce the demand for illicit drugs in the Region.

Based on the ten Country reports presented yesterday (3 March) at the regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers, in Jamaica, several countries have varying types of care and treatment methods for drug and alcoholic dependents.

Chairperson
Representatives of the_ Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS)
Senior Officials of Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community
Representatives from the DR, Aruba, Martinique and Guadeloupe;
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD);
CARDI, UWI, UG, CABI

Good morning.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Mr. Anthony Archer, Director, Civil Aviation, Barbados, and outgoing Acting Chairman of the Regional Aviation Safety Oversight System (RASOS) was Wednesday elected Chairperson of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS).

Mr. Ramesh Lutchmedial, Director General, Civil Aviation of Trinidad and Tobago, was elected Vice Chairperson.

Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Deryck Brown, Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group for the Governance and Institutional Development Division
Ambassador Kishan Rana, Senior Fellow, Diplofoundation, Malta and Geneva and Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi
Representatives from CARICOM Member States
Representatives of the Institute of International Relations and the University of the West Indies
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The greatest assurance of the survival of small states lies in their diplomacy and their ability to maximise benefits from the existence of international law, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General said on Monday, March 2, 2009.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Senior Plant Health Officials from across the Caribbean are seeking to guard against the threat of plant pests.

They will hold a second meeting on the issue on 4-5 March, 2009 at the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Guyana as they continue to mobilise their efforts towards the formulation of policy, programmes and projects to combat the threat in the Caribbean.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The need for the development of evidence-based policies on drug treatment and care in the Caribbean Region was one of the main issues raised at the start of the regional training workshop on Standards of Care for Treatment and Rehabilitation Facilities for Substance Abusers.