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CARICOM/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
On 1 December 2001 the CARICOM/Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement will enter into force provisionally in the Dominican Republic – a market of some 8 million people – and in all CARICOM States, except Guyana and Suriname. These two States have not yet completed the administrative procedures. The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is not a party to these trade arrangements.…
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ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON WORLD AIDS DAY 2001
Today, Saturday, 1 December 2001, the entire world finds itself in the vice-like grip of the most devastating disease ever recorded in the long and enduring history of mankind. Since the first clinical evidence of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was reported twenty years ago, an unprecedented 60 million people worldwide have become infected with the deadly virus. At this…
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CARICOM ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has invited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to mount a CARICOM Electoral Mission to that Member State to evaluate and monitor the electoral systems and processes as well as the conduct of the General Elections on 10 December, 2001. CARICOM has agreed, given the limited time available, to mount a Mission to observe the conduct…
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CIVIL AVIATION EXECUTIVES CRAFTING TIGHTER AVIATION SECURITY MEASURES FOR THE REGION
A critical meeting of Civil Aviation top executives from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began today at the Georgetown-Based CARICOM Secretariat, aimed at crafting a regional initiative to tighten aviation security across the Region. The Ninth Meeting of Technical Directors/Directors of Civil Aviation is convened against the background of the challenging events of 11 September, 2001, where for…
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SPANISH LANGUAGE SEMINAR FOR THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN SPONSORED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN
As part of its new cooperation programme with the English-speaking Caribbean, the Government of Spain will be sponsoring a seminar for Spanish Teachers´ Associations and Senior Education Officers responsible for foreign language training on New Strategies for the Teaching of Spanish as a Second Language. The seminar which is organised through the Latin American Economic System (SELA) working in close…
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PUERTO RICO SEEKING CLOSER TIES WITH CARICOM
A High level delegation from the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the first Oversees Commonwealth Territory of the USA, is due in the country next week to begin negotiating closer relations with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by way of establishing new lines of communication with its executive arm, the Secretariat. Puerto Rico’s Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Relations, Mr. Miguel Soto,…
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SPEECHES PRESENTED BY REPRESENTATIVES OF CARICOM MEMBER STATES TO THE GENERAL DEBATE AT THE FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY, NEW YORK, 10-16 NOVEMBER 2001.
1. Antigua and Barbuda 2. Barbados 3. The Bahamas 4. Belize 5. Commonwealth of Dominica 6. Grenada 7. Guyana 8. Jamaica 9. Saint Kitts and Nevis 10. Saint Lucia 11. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12. Suriname 14. Trinidad and Tobago Policy Statement by H.E. Dr. Patrick Albert Lewis, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda tO the GENERAL…
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CARICOM CONVENES MEETING OF PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat convened a meeting of the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS in Trinidad and Tobago on 28 October 2001, to assess the group’s accomplishments since its establishment in March this year. Membership of the group includes multi-bilateral donors, government representatives, non-governmental Organisations (NGO’s) and United Nations agencies. The meeting was held under the auspices of His Excellency…
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REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGIONAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE (CARTAC), 5 NOVEMBER 2001, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS MONDAY
Honourable Prime Ministers of Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Honourable Ministers of Finance Other Honourable Ministers The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNDP, Vice-president of the Americas Branch of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)…
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