(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington told the inaugural meeting of Heads of CARICOM Institutions in Georgetown today that the need for a collaborative approach between all Community institutions has become more pressing with the launch of the CARICOM Single Market and the goal of establishing the framework for the Single Economy by 2008.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington has charged Regional institutions to have a frank exchange of views on the broad vision for the Community’s development.
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For me it is really a great pleasure to welcome you all to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. As Secretary-General, I frequently welcome partners, stakeholders and guests to the Secretariat. Today, however, there is a special resonance to my greeting, for really the greeting is to members of the family of Institutions of the Community, all mandated and dedicated in their various domains to improving the quality of life of the people of the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington has expressed gratitude to The Bahamas whose Embassy in Haiti hosted the first CARICOM Representation Office in Port-au-Prince.
The Secretary-General, speaking during a ceremony marking the re-opening of the CARICOM Office at new premises in Port-au-Prince, also thanked the Kingdom of Norway for the assistance it rendered to the Community in the first establishment of the Representation Office.
The Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) States CARIFORUM held their Fifteenth Meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 18-19 October 2007.
The Ministers reiterated the Region’s dismay at the European Commission’s unilateral denunciation of the Sugar Protocol on 30 September 2007.
They also requested that given the extreme importance of the Banana Industry to the Region, serious consideration be given to negotiating for the extension of financial support to this Sector beyond 2009.
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I greet you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community.
Today is a great day for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in our region and it is therefore for me, a great pleasure and privilege to bring you brief remarks on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat on the occasion of the launch of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification here in Jamaica.
Prime Minister of the Republic of Haiti, the Honourable Jacques Edouard Alexis
Senator the Honourable Tyrone Barker, Representative of the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers of the Haitian Cabinet
Honourable Ministers and other Heads of Delegation of CARIFORUM Member States
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. Denis Robert, Representative of the Canadian Ambassador to Haiti
Heads of Regional and International Organisations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington said a significant amount of work had to be done to bring Haiti on board the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and other regional educational Institutions joined with the National Training Agency of Jamaica, the HEART Trust/NTA to launch the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) on Friday, 19 October at a ceremony held at the Terra Nova Hotel in Kingston.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will field an electoral mission to observe the Trinidad and Tobago elections scheduled for 5 November 2007.
CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington made the announcement at a press conference he hosted on Tuesday, 23 October 2007 at the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana.
He said CARICOM will field the only observer mission to the elections and the team will comprise at least 22 members.