(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Measures to accelerate the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in focus at the Thirty-Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which convenes 28 May, in St. Georges, Grenada.
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Hon. Celestino Corbacho, Minister of Labour and Immigration Mr. Laszlo Andor, European Union Commissioner Hon. Ministers of Social Security from the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Other Distinguished Delegates Representatives of the Media |
Subsequent to earlier information, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has learnt that four delegates who were attending the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, have not been accounted for.
The delegates include a national of Saint Lucia, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and two nationals of the Netherlands Antilles.
The Heads of State and Government of Brazil and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) met in the city of Brasilia on April 26, 2010 for the First Brazil-CARICOM Summit.
Your Excellency Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federal Republic of Brazil Your Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Acting Minister of External Relations of the Federal Republic of Brazil Other distinguished Representatives of the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil Distinguished Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Distinguished delegates of CARICOM Other Distinguished Guests |
This Conference is most timely. |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Former Jamaican Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson, Special Representative of the CARICOM Heads of Government on Haiti, is in Haiti as part of follow-up activities to the International Donor Conference_ ‘Towards a New Future for Haiti’ held in New York last month. The Donor Conference, held at the United Nations Headquarters on 31 March, raised US$9.9B for Haiti’s reconstruction.
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I am pleased to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegations of Japan and of CARICOM to this Fourteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultations.
Ladies and Gentlemen, today’s Meeting is taking place in the shadow of a most tragic event – the passing of Dr. Tadaomi Nakai, former Adviser of the Government of Japan on Regional Project Formulation in the CARICOM Secretariat. Dr. |
Welcome to Guyana and the CARICOM Secretariat!
Since we last met at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in February 2009 on the occasion of the formal launching of Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), our fledging Institution has suffered a tragic loss, the impact of which is still with us and will continue to be with us for some time. |