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STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MEETING TO BEGIN IN TRINIDAD ON THE 1st OF FEBRUARY
On Thursday the Regional HIV/AIDS task force will convene it’s fifth meeting with the specific objective of formulating the plan of action for the European Commission-funded project aimed at strengthening the institutional response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean. This meeting, which will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, is also the first of the project advisory group.…
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A HELPING HAND FROM CARICOM TO EL SALVADOR
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for Barbados, Ms. Billie Miller, has called on Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to extend a helping hand to El Salvador, which is desperately trying to recover from a powerful earthquake, which ravaged the Central American country recently. Addressing the opening of the Seventh Meeting of the Community Council…
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Calibration Workshop planned for February
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has a relatively developed system for national legislation for weighing machines. Automatic weighing devices are widely used to determine the quantity of loads in terms of mass. While some applications are specified by national legislation, they are subject to legal metrological control. In CARICOM there is an ever increasing need to have metrological quality confirmed by…
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REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, 22 January 2001.
Mr. Chairman and Host Minister, Hon. Ralph Fonseca Rt. Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Regional Ministers Members of the Diplomatic Corps Representatives of International and Regional Organisations Distinguished Guests Friends of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to be once again in Belize, my third visit in eight months, this time…
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STATEMENT BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Heads of Government were informed by the Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago of the political and constitutional situation in that country. Heads of Government were also apprised by Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia – in his capacity as CARICOM Head of Government with lead responsibility for Justice and Governance – of…
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STATEMENT ON THE GUYANA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS ISSUED BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CANADA AT THEIR SIXTH SUMMIT MEETING IN MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, 19 JANUARY 2001.
Heads of Government of CARICOM and CANADA, at their Sixth Summit Meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica on January 19, 2001, were briefed by the Government of Guyana on the controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. The Heads of Government noted that the Government of Venezuela continued to make claims to Guyana’s territory. They further noted that the two countries were committed…
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CIVIC SOCIETY AND LAW OFFICERS DISCUSS CCJ
The Attorneys General and Ministers of Legal Affairs of Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), participating in the Sixth Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee in Georgetown, will meet with a cross-section of the Guyanese society in the evening of Wednesday, 24 January, 2001 in a panel discussion on the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).…
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REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING, 22 JANUARY 2001, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Mr. Chairman and Host Minister, Hon. Ralph Fonseca Rt. Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Regional Ministers Members of the Diplomatic Corps Representatives of International and Regional Organisations Distinguished Guests Friends of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to be once again in Belize, my third visit in eight months, this time…
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CARICOM INPUT IN GLOBAL TAX FORCE NEGOTIATIONS
The Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) is being urged to formulate a strategy to guide the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) perspective in the newly created 13-man Global Tax Force meeting in London at the end of this week. Addressing the opening ceremony of the Fourth Meeting of COFAP in Belize City, Belize, on 22 January 2001, CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington…
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RESOLUTION ON BELIZE/GUATEMALA RELATIONS ISSUED BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CANADA AT THEIR SIXTH SUMMIT MEETING, 19 JANUARY 2001, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CANADA, at their Sixth Summit Meeting at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 19 January 2001, Having considered recent developments in Belize-Guatemala relations; Welcoming the fact that on 8 November, 2000 Belize and Guatemala signed an Agreement on Confidence Building Measures witnessed by the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States; Pleased…
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