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COFCOR considered the matter of the Caribbean Sea and endorsed the proposal for operationalising the Caribbean Sea Commission as a key regional ocean’s governance mechanism. The COFCOR considered a number of initiatives for intensifying action nationally, regionally and internationally for further enhancing the Region’s security. In this context, they considered the forthcoming negotiation of an Arms Trade Treaty to be of special importance and endorsed the Draft CARICOM Declaration on Small Arms and Light Weapons.
May 5, 2011 - The Hon. Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of
Grenada and Chairman of the Conference of Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government, on
Wednesday recorded the Community’s satisfaction with
the death of Osama Bin Laden.
April 11, 2011 - 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.
OAS Press statement on the second round of presidential and legislative elections in Haiti
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Mar-11
- CARICOM , Organization of American States , Government, Politics, Int'l Relations
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March 22, 2011 - The OAS-CARICOM Joint Electoral Observation Mission has observed
through the 201 observers that it deployed throughout the country that
the second round of the presidential and legislative elections was
quite an improvement in many ways on the first round
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Bridgetown, 4 March 2011: Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines are expected to sign Country Assistance Programmes (CAPs) with the CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) by early April. The CDF will provide loans and grants totaling US$6, 102,000.00 to Saint Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines will receive a CAP of US$4,210,000.00.
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March 2, 2011 -- In noting that there appeared to be a loss in the momentum with regard to the regional integration agenda, Heads of Government agreed there was a need to reassess approaches with a view to determining modalities that would re-energise the Regional Integration endeavour, in accordance with their vision.
OAS Secretary General Concludes Consultations on Haiti with CARICOM Heads of Government
- By S Coward
- Published 26-Feb-11
- CARICOM , Organization of American States
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Feb. 26, 2011 - The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS),
José Miguel Insulza, and Heads of Government from the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) today concluded extensive consultations on
developments in Haiti, specifically the ongoing electoral process and
the work of the Joint OAS-CARICOM Electoral Observation Mission (JEOM).
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- Feb. 4, 2011 -- Regional and international stakeholders attending the opening ceremony of the high-level Drug Treatment Court training workshop in Montego Bay, Jamaica yesterday (Wednesday, 2 February) gave their full support to the establishment of Drug Treatment Courts (DTCs) within the Caribbean Community.
3M Security Systems Debuts World’s First Multilateral Border Crossing Program To be Used in Caribbean
- By S Coward
- Published 27-Jan-11
- CARICOM , Travel/Tourism
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ST. PAUL, Minn.--Jan. 27, 2011 -- Travelers between participating nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will enjoy faster, hassle-free travel due to a novel border security program designed by 3M Security Systems. CARIPASS, the first multilateral border crossing program in the world, is a voluntary travel card program that provides secure and simple border crossings for citizens and legal residents of ten CARICOM nations.
Communique: Haiti-CARICOM Consultation, 5-7 Jan. 2011, Jamaica
- By S Coward
- Published 13-Jan-11
- Haiti Earthquake , CARICOM
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CARICOM, Guyana -- Jan. 13, 2011-- Arising from consultations held in Kingston,
Jamaica, January 5-7, the Government of Haiti and
representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
agreed on several key project proposals designed to
strengthen Haiti’s institutional and technical
capacity in three priority areas: housing and
settlement development; physical and environmental
planning; and infrastructure development and
coordination.
Haiti Leaders and CARICOM Representative Agree on Capacity-strengthening Plan for Haiti
- By S Coward
- Published 29-Dec-10
- CARICOM , Haiti Earthquake
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Port au Prince -- Dec. 29, 2010 -- The Government of Haiti and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) agreed to strengthen Haiti's institutional capacity by harnessing the full support from the Caribbean Community, the Diaspora and the Private Sector.
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CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- Dec. 20, 2010 -- Australia has committed to providing A$17.5 million to support the Region’s efforts to adapt to climate change and to manage the impacts of natural disasters.
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Dec. 1, 2010 -- The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will soon launch one of the world’s first automated multi-state travel documents (CARIPASS) for use within ten (10) Participating countries of the Community.
OAS-CARICOM Joint Electoral Observation Mission on Haiti’s Presidential & Legislative Elections of 28 November 2010
- By S Coward
- Published 30-Nov-10
- Government, Politics, Int'l Relations , Organization of American States , CARICOM
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Nov. 30, 2010-- The JEOM has considered whether the irregularities it observed were of
the magnitude and consistency that would invalidate the legitimacy of
the process. Based on its observations in the eleven electoral
departments, the Joint Mission does not believe that these
irregularities, serious as they were, necessarily invalidated the
process.
CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana -- Nov. 22, 2010 -- The World Bank on Wednesday presented a
programme to the Caribbean that would support
initiatives for improved Information Communication
Technologies (ICTs) within the Caribbean Forum of
African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM).