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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 24 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Madam Chair, Honourable Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Other Ministers of Finance and Planning Central Bank Governors Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations Distinguished Delegates and Officials Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it gives me great pleasure to join the Hon. Prime Minister…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 24 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS.
Madam Chair, Hon. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Other Ministers of Finance and Planning Central Bank Governors Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations Distinguished Delegates and Officials Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it gives me great pleasure to join the Hon. Prime Minister…
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HAITI TOPS INTER-SESSIONAL AGENDA
The situation in Haiti will top the agenda as Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in St Kitts and Nevis for the Fifteenth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference. The two-day meeting from March 25-26 will take place at the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) and is the highlight of a series of meetings being…
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Stalled Talks: FTAA Deadline in Doubt
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Seventeenth Meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) was not reconvened as previously scheduled, on March 18 to 19. A decision has been taken to postpone the TNC. The decision came at the close of an Informal Meeting of FTAA Vice-Ministers (from selected countries), held in Buenos Aires,…
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE PERCIVAL J. PATTERSON, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, RE. THE INFORMING OF CARICOM HEADS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE VISIT TO JAMAICA BY FORMER HAITIAN PRESIDENT, JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE
The Caribbean Community has demonstrated considerable diplomatic capacity in formulating the CARICOM Initiative in respect of the ongoing Haitian political crisis. CARICOM has achieved as well a remarkable sense of unity in its response to the aftermath of former President Aristide’s sudden departure from office on the 29th of February. These have earned marked respect from sections of the International…
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CARICOM and Costa Rica Sign Free Trade Agreement
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded its second free trade agreement with a country in the wider Caribbean with the signature of the CARICOM-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement today in Jamaica. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on behalf of CARICOM and President Abel Pacheco of Costa Rica signed the Agreement in the presence of a gathering, which included…
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CALL FOR ART TO BE COMPULSORY IN SCHOOLS
Winner of the Junior category of the Regional Art Competition, Zennisha Richards, has made a special plea to Ministers of Education of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to make Art a compulsory subject and not an extra-curricular subject on the timetable. At a brief prize giving ceremony held at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday, March 12, 2004,…
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE P. J. PATTERSON, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA, ON THE HOSTING OF FORMER PRESIDENT OF HAITI, JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE
CARICOM under my Chairmanship has been deeply involved in the search for a solution to the political crisis in Haiti. Following the departure of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide a new President has taken the Oath of Office. A Council of Wise Persons has been chosen which has in turn recommended the appointment of a new Prime Minister, Gerard LaTortue. He…
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ADDRESS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT, 9 MARCH 2004, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA.
It is a pleasure to join in welcoming you to this opening ceremony. which will signal the start of a three-part training programme in Project Development and Project Management being conducted within the Organisational Development (OD) component of the CIDA-funded CARICOM Capacity Development Programme (CCDP). I am delighted at the interest shown in these workshops; it is obviously an indication…
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CARICOM AND COSTA RICA SIGN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded its second free trade agreement with a country in the wider Caribbean with the signature of the CARICOM-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement today in Jamaica. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on behalf of CARICOM and President Abel Pacheco of Costa Rica signed the Agreement in the presence of a gathering, which included members of the Costa…
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