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 TOKYO, Japan, September 1, 2010 - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter David on Wednesday met with his Japanese counterpart H.E Mr. Katsuya Okada as they discussed a wide range of issues including Climate Change, UN Security Council Reform among others.
The Grenadian Minister, who is in the Japanese capital to attend the Second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, took the opportunity to thank the Government of Japan for the assistance they have made available so far, especially in the Fisheries Sector, Human Resource Development through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programmes and in the area of Climate Change.
Mr. Okada said that Japan was pleased with Grenada’s leadership of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) particularly at the COP15 and looks forward to their continued leadership at COP16 scheduled for Cancun, Mexico in December. |
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CARICOM and US in High level security talks |
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 |
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be locked in talks with the United States at the Inaugural Caribbean-United States (U.S.) Security Cooperation Dialogue today, Thursday 27 May, towards a security cooperation arrangement to tackle criminal and security threats to the region.
The Security Dialogue, slated for Washington D.C., USA, is in keeping with a commitment made by U.S. President Barack Obama at the 5th Summit of the Americas held in Trinidad and Tobago in April 2009, to pursue a security partnership with the Caribbean through a Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). |
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Ruling party says NNP "degenerating into new lows'' |
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 |
The National Democratic Congress would like to reiterate its publicly stated vision for creating a “nation that is free, a land of equal opportunity, and a land of tolerance, fair play and prosperity.’’
This is a promise our Party made in its 2008 election manifesto and we are delivering on it as a government through initiatives such as the Free School Books’ programme, housing, expansion of the Public Assistance Programme, an increase in the numbers of Grenadians who have been awarded university scholarships, and the democratisation of public institutions, including the Government Information Service (GIS). |
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SUPPORT AFRICAN AIRLINES, URGES DEVELOPMENT EXPERT |
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 |
BANJUL (May 25, 2010) - Africa's airline systems were branded "colonial and cold war remnants" stunting the continent's progress by a development specialist who called on African governments to urge international donors to actively support Africa's airline industry.
Speaking to the African Travel Association Congress, which drew ministers and some 300 delegates to the capital of The Gambia, Lelei LeLaulu, co-chairman of Innovation for Sustainable Development Centre, said the current airline route systems "were designed by former colonial powers to fly Africa's riches and ex-patriots to their colonial capitals - and were further exacerbated by the East-West divisions of the Cold War." |
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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS TO BE MARKED AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 28 MAY |
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 |
New York, 25 May 2010 The eighth annual International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers will be observed on 29 May 2010—a particularly somber occasion due to the heavy loss of life of peacekeepers in Haiti and elsewhere earlier this year.
Since May 29 falls on Saturday this year, commemorative activities at the United Nations Headquarters and many other United Nations offices around the world will be held on Friday, 28 May. |
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