Areas of Work
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CARICOM APPLAUDS FAO INITIATIVE “TELEFOOD ‘99” IN JAMAICA
Jamaica will host, with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Third Annual Telefood Concert on November 28, 1999. This unique event, born out of the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome, is to mobilise solidarity for the fight against hunger and raise funds to support grassroots projects in developing countries. It is being staged for the first time in…
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CARIBBEAN CHARTER ON HEALTH AND AGEING LAUNCHED
Caribbean Charter on Health and Ageing was launched in Guyana today Wednesday 20 October, 1999. The Charter has as its guiding principle a coordinated, systematic approach for ensuring the health and full integration and participation of older persons in Caribbean societies and economies. Developed in consultation with organisations in Member States, including the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), and the…
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PUBLIC EDUCATION ON CSME FOR GUYANA
The Region-wide series of public education workshops which touches on a wide range of issues relating to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will continue in Guyana during this month. The exercises which started in May, 1999, have already been held in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, St.Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia. It involved…
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7th COTED HOLDS FOCUS ON SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY
The Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development, gets underway tomorrow, 8th October, 1999 at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. Ministers and officials will deliberate on several issues of importance to the Region, foremost among them being the status of moves towards the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. In this regard they…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE TWENTY SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES, 28 SEPTEMBER 1999, NEW YORK
Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Mr President, we thank you for the opportunity to address this august chamber on a subject which spells life or death to the countries of our Region – the Caribbean. Held as it was in Barbados – a founding Member State of the Caribbean Community – the 1994 SIDS Conference and the resultant Barbados Plan of…
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GREETINGS FROM THE CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL ON CARIBBEAN YOUTH DAY, 30 SEPT 1999
Since 1985, Caribbean countries have observed September 30 as Caribbean Youth Day. On those occasions the Region has organised a range of activities and programmes to mark the occasion and to promote the Region’s Youth. These activities have involved schools, Youth-related organisations and the general public, and have been designed to showcase the attributes and achievements of the Region’s young…
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REGION SPEAKS WITH ONE VOICE IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
In this era of increasing trade liberalisation the Caribbean is being increasingly regarded as an area of great significance . This point was underscored by the Region’s Chief Negotiator, Sir Shridat Ramphal. His comments came as he opened the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) on 9 September…
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GROUNDWORK FOR CSM&E NEARS COMPLETION AS COTED MEETS
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr.Edwin Carrington has implored Member States to redouble efforts for the timely completion of the key elements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSM&E). Mr .Carrington was speaking at the opening of the one-day 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development at the Secretariat’s Headquarters on Friday 8th October,1999.…
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TASK FORCE DEFINES FRAMEWORK OF OPERATION FOR WORKERS’ HEALTH IN THE REGION
A Task Force on Workers Health in the Caribbean Community has defined the framework of operation for workers’ health in the region to include the drafting of a model policy on Workers Health to guide Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in developing their National Plans of Action. The set of recommendations include a multipartite monitoring mechanism to guide…
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