CARICOM
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29 Jun 2011
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) - The upcoming 32nd regular meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community which opens in St Kitts and Nevis this Friday will focus on health, as the Community marks ten years of solid achievements in that sector, since the 2001 Nassau Declaration - the Health of the Region is the Wealth of the Region.
Acting CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite told journalists at a media conference...
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20 Jun 2011
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A bill was passed in the House of Assembly at its sitting on the 5th April 2011 to authorize the Government to borrow US$2.57 million from the CARICOM Development Fund.
The CARICOM Development Fund is a financing mechanism established under the revised treaty of Chaguaramas to assist disadvantaged countries, economies and sectors in the CARICOM region. In explaining the reason for the fund Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves said that countries like St Vincent and the Grenadines provide a...
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26 Apr 2011
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[UNEP Press Release...
A workshop in Paramaribo, Suriname, trained officials from 17 Caribbean nations in the use of Integrated Environmental Assessments for mainstreaming Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs). The workshop took place from 29 March-1 April 2011.The workshop was organized by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with support from the Global Environment Facility's (GEF) Integrating Watershed and Costal Areas Management in Small Island Caribbean Developing States (IWCAM) Project. The training is part...
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26 Apr 2011
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25 Mar 2011
15 March 2011: The Acting Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, said the Caribbean region needs to intensify its quest for development finance to support the tourism industry in the region.Applewhaite was speaking at the opening of the Annual Caribbean Tourism Summit in Brussels, Belgium, on 14 March 2011. Applewhaite's call for intensified finance-seeking was delivered in light of the critical importance that tourism represents for the region...
