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STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE RICE INDUSTRY AND RADAR WEATHER WARNING SYSTEM, 17 DECEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Ministers Head of the EU Delegation to Guyana Members of the Diplomatic Corps Deputy Secretary General and members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen When Caribbean Ministers participated in the negotiations for the Partnership Agreement between ACP and the European Union, they expressed deep concerns over the future of commodity exports from…
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PRESS RELEASES ISSUED BY THE DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO GUYANA, SURINAME, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ARUBA, AND THE NETHERLAND ANTILLES AT THE SIGNING OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CARIFORUM FOR THE RICE INDUSTRY AND THE RADAR WEATHER WARNING SYSTEM, 17 DECEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
European Commission approves € 13 million (approximately GYD 3 billion) assistance programme to complete Weather Radar Network Warning System The Delegation of the European Commission in Guyana and CARIFORUM have signed a financing agreement for a €13,200,000 Regional Weather Radar Early Warning System in the Caribbean. The project is being funded by the European Union from the European Development Fund.…
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STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE RICE INDUSTRY AND RADAR WEATHER WARNING SYSTEM, 17 DECEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Ministers Head of the EU Delegation to Guyana Members of the Diplomatic Corps Deputy Secretary General and members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen When Caribbean Ministers participated in the negotiations for the Partnership Agreement between ACP and the European Union, they expressed deep concerns over the future of commodity exports from…
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CARICOM DELEGATIONS MEET AT WSIS ON ISSUES OF INTEREST
Representatives of CARICOM Member States, currently in Geneva, Switzerland to participate in the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), December 10-12, 2003, met today at the Mission of Barbados to Geneva to discuss, as a group, issues pertinent to the Meeting and to agree on common CARICOM positions. The Meeting, which was convened by the CARICOM Deputy Secretary General,…
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF CARICOM-CUBA DAY 2003
It is with great pleasure that today, 8 December, we celebrate CARICOM-Cuba Day. Thirty-one years ago, four Caribbean Community countries – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago – opened this chapter in the Community’s history by establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba. Last year, the thirtieth anniversary of this historic event was appropriately commemorated with a meeting in Havana, by…
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CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT BID FAREWELL TO CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER
CARICOM Heads of Government, in Abuja, Nigeria attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, on Sunday morning participated in a meeting of a different kind. They gathered together at a special breakfast session to bid farewell to one of the hemisphere’s outstanding leaders – outgoing Prime Minister of Canada, Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien. CARICOM Heads of Government/Delegation in attendance were:…
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REGIONAL VIEWS ON WTO NEGOTIATIONS PLACED IN SHARPER FOCUS
Two months after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Round of talks broke down in Cancun Mexico, CARICOM Ministers of Trade seek to assert the Caribbean’s position for the resumption of negotiations and offer their perspective on the way forward. Meeting with Director General of the WTO, Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi in Georgetown last weekend, the Ministers together with representatives from Mexico,…
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON, CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF CARICOM-CUBA DAY 2003
It is with great pleasure that today, 8 December, we celebrate CARICOM-Cuba Day. Thirty-one years ago, four Caribbean Community countries – Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago – opened this chapter in the Community’s history by establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba. Last year, the thirtieth anniversary of this historic event was appropriately commemorated with a meeting in Havana, by…
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CARICOM-UK LEADERS TALK TRADE AND SECURITY
CARICOM Heads of Government, in London en route to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, Nigeria, met over breakfast with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair today at his invitation. They took the opportunity at this the latest in their biennial discussions, to exchange views on a number of issues of mutual interest, particularly those relating to trade…
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