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STATEMENT BY HON. K.D. KNIGHT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 6 MARCH 2004, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE .
Hon. Julian Hunte President of the United Nations General Assembly and (UNGA) Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia Colleague Ministers Secretary-General Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I want to first thank the Government and people of Belize for hosting this meeting and their hospitality which I have enjoyed. Let me immediately…
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CSME PUBLIC EDUCATION MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is enhancing the regional Public Education Programme for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with a series of communications events beginning in Barbados this week. Focus group sessions to inform a CSME message-design will be conducted by a team of consultants in Bridgetown 3-4 March 2004 and a similar exercise will be undertaken in…
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS AND WTO HEAD TO MEET IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Caribbean Trade Ministers will meet with the Mexican Foreign Minister and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday 28 November, 2003. H.E Ernesto Derbez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico was the Chairman of the Fifth Session of the WTO Ministerial Conference, which was held in Cancun in early September.…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL OFF TO INDIA, CHOGM
CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington is closing off a busy year with a heavy schedule of engagements, which began last weekend. On Sunday, Mr. Carrington left the Region with the Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers, the Hon. K. D. Knights, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, on a six-day visit to India in response to…
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CANCUN SUMMIT COLLAPSES : GLOBAL TRADE AGENDA ‘UNSETTLED’ CARIBBEAN REGIONAL NEGOTIATING MACHINERY
The Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference came to an end in Cancún, Mexico, September 14. However, the ‘endgame’ was not the result WTO members had hoped for. The Cancún summit closed with no consensus on key items on its agenda. Members failed to bridge their differences. Divisions amongst members proved too deep. “There were fundamental differences over key…
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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS FROM CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION, 10-14 SEPTEMBER 2003, CANCUN, MEXICO
Today the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, at which all Caribbean Countries were present, ended without agreement on the many key issues. Billed as a Conference to advance the Doha Development Round of Trade Negotiations, the Conference collapsed on the key issues for developing countries such as agriculture, non-agricultural market access, small economies and…
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JAPAN HONOURS CARICOM
In a brief ceremony held at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, last Thursday (4th September), the Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington received on behalf of the people of the Community a Plaque to mark the distinction of co-operation between the Region, and Japan’s External Trade Organisation. (JETRO). CARICOM was singled out as the only…
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. SAM CONDOR, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AND INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 29 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman and Members of CARICOM, Host Minister Hon. Clement Rohee, outgoing Chair Hon Margaret Dyer-Howe, Colleague Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of Member Governments, Representatives of Inter-Hemispheric and Regional Governments, Ambassador Richard Bernal – Director of the Regional Negotiating Machinery, Friends of the Media: We in the Region continue to face an extremely busy and urgent trade negotiating…
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OPENING REMARKS BY MR. BYRON R. BLAKE, ASST. SECRETARY GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 29 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Deputy Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Incoming Chairman of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Hon. Sam Condor; Minister of Agriculture, Housing, Lands and the Environment of Montserrat and Outgoing Chairman of the Coted, Hon. Margaret Dyer-Howe; Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Host Minister, Hon. Clement Rohee; Deputy Prime Ministers;…
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