Areas of Work
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Amendment of TRIPS Agreement Welcomed by Caribbean
AMENDMENT OF TRIPS AGREEMENT WELCOMED BY CARIBBEAN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “The Caribbean welcomes the recent consensus agreement by WTO Members to amend the TRIPS Agreement and allow Members with insufficient or no pharmaceutical product manufacturing capacity the facility allowed other Members to address their public health needs through compulsory licensing of patented inventions.” This was the reaction of Director…
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Savarin: WTO Falling Out Of Favor With The Caribbean
SAVARIN: WTO FALLING OUT OF FAVOR WITH THE CARIBBEAN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – With the Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference just a week away, Dominica’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Labour Hon. Charles Savarin has written an op ed (see below), that highlights on-going concerns that the Caribbean has with global trade talks. A member country of…
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CARICOM LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS SINGLE MARKET LAUNCH
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will hold a Special Meeting at the Sherbourne Centre, Barbados on Wednesday 7 December to discuss the finalisation of arrangements for the launching of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) on 1 January 2006. The target date had been set by the Conference of Heads of Government in 2002…
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Faith-Based Organisations commit to prevent spread of HIV/AIDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)Approximately 100 leaders from Faith-based Organisations (FBOs) across the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) committed themselves to cooperate with and actively support governmental, non-governmental and other agencies, and people living with HIV/AIDS in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and to provide care, support and treatment to people infected with and affected by the disease. The…
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Caribbean: Sugar Price Cut Unconscionable, Devastating
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “The decision of the EU to proceed with such a hefty price cut is outrageous and unconscionable, and as though to add insult to injury EU beet sugar producers will now receive compensation covering 64.2% (inclusive of an additional €2.2 billion) of the loss incurred by the price cut. In contrast, a meagre €40 million has…
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Caribbean Trade Ministers Plan For WTO Ministerial
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Caribbean Trade Ministers meeting in Barbados yesterday (November 19), in preparation for the Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, which will take place in Hong Kong December 13 to 18, emphasized that unless development issues are given prominence in the negotiating agenda, the Ministerial is not likely to end in agreement. This is fundamental for…
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 31 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER 2005, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
INTRODUCTION The Fifth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 31 October to 2 November 2005. Under the theme Sustaining a Best Practice through Partnership, the meeting’s objectives were to update and analyse the work of the approximately 77-member partnership, over the past year…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASISES IMPORTANCE OF CSME DEVELOPMENT FUND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington has received an indication of interest from the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) to assist in exploring contributions to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) Development Fund. The Fund is considered a critical element of CSME arrangements. The CARICOM Secretary-General received the indication…
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THIRTEENTH COHSOD RECOMMENDS STRATEGIES FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), ended on Friday, 28 October with wide ranging recommendations for the development of the Region’s youth, particularly in light of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) scheduled to come on stream in January 2006. The COHSOD which focussed…
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YOUTH TRAINING ADVANCES IN REGIONAL HIV/AIDS FIGHT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean region seeks to intensify its response in the fight against HIV/AIDS, a number of the Region’s youth are being empowered to develop and implement community-based HIV/AIDS prevention, care and support and stigma and discrimination projects. The capacity building initiatives and financial resources are being provided under the Pan-Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP)/CARICOM Youth…
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