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NASSAU DECLARATION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: THE CARICOM RESPONSE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL (EMERGENCY) MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 11 – 12 OCTOBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Special (Emergency) Session in The Bahamas, 11-12 October, 2001, to undertake consultations on the grave situation confronting our nations as a consequence of the terrorist attacks in the United States of America on 11 September 2001 and its aftermath: Recognise that these dastardly acts have exacerbated an incipient global…
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NASSAU DECLARATION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: THE CARICOM RESPONSE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL (EMERGENCY) MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 11 – 12 OCTOBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Special (Emergency) Session in The Bahamas, 11-12 October, 2001, to undertake consultations on the grave situation confronting our nations as a consequence of the terrorist attacks in the United States of America on 11 September 2001 and its aftermath: Recognise that these dastardly acts have exacerbated an incipient global…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL (EMERGENCY) MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 11 – 12 OCTOBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community met in emergency session from 11-12 October, 2001 in Nassau, The Bahamas. Heads of Government in attendance were: The Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; the Rt. Hon Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados; Dr. the Hon. Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada; His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo,…
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CARICOM READIES ITSELF FOR GLOBAL ECONOMIC DOWNTURN
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have been mobilised in an all out effort to cushion the global economic downturn, following the 11 September 2001 terrorism attacks on the United States. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Mr. Edwin Carrington made this disclosure in Member State, Saint Lucia, earlier today 15 September 2001. The CARICOM Secretary-General was at the time addressing officials from…
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CARIFORUM/EU PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
A number of pressing issues relating to the continued support of European Union funding for projects and programmes in the Caribbean will be high on the agenda when a series of meetings convened by Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (CARIFORUM), gets underway in Saint Lucia from 15-19 October 2001. Officials and Ministers from the Caribbean will deliberate…
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MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE PASSING OF THE HONOURABLE PHILLIP STANLEY WILBERFORCE GOLDSON
It was with great sadness that the Caribbean Community learnt of the death of the Honourable Phillip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson, former Minister of Government of Belize, on Wednesday October 3, 2001 at 78 years of age. On behalf of the Caribbean Community, the Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat and on my own behalf, I wish to extend deepest condolences to…
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CONSULTING WITH THE PEOPLE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ON THE WAY FORWARD FOR CARICOM
The sixth National Consultation of the Region’s Civil Society will get underway tomorrow in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines capital, bring together a cross section of the local population to elaborate a people’s vision of the Caribbean Community. The Forum is expected to attract private and public sector interests, persons involved in human resource development, representatives of the trade…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 3-5 OCTOBER 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) was held at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown Guyana, 3-5 October 2001 under the distinguished Chairmanship of the Hon Girlyn Miguel, Minister of Social Development, Cooperatives, Family, Gender and Ecclesiastical Affairs, St Vincent and the Grenadines. Heads of Delegation in attendance were the Hon Dolores Balderamos-Garcia, Minister…
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REMARKS OF MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT , GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 3 OCTOBER 2001.
It is a special pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you to the Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Council is one of the critical organs of the Community. In focusing as it does on vital areas such as education, health, youth, sport, gender and culture, it is concerned…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE S.R. INSANALLY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA, TO THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 3 OCTOBER, 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of COHSOD Honourable Ministers Mr. Secretary-General Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen: I am very pleased, on behalf of the President, the Government and people of Guyana, to welcome you all to this Fifth Meeting of the Council on Human and Social Development. I know that air travel is not easy…
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