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April 6, 2000
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD HEALTH DAY, 2000

Today April 7, marks the occasion of World Health Day, when the attention of the World is drawn to a particularly important aspect of Health. This year’s theme ” Safe Blood Saves Lives” gives us an opportunity to focus both on our lives as well as the lives of others. This focus on blood safety and safe blood donation encourages…
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March 14, 2000
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POSITION PAPER ON WEST INDIES CRICKET BY CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR JUSTICE, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, PRESENTED TO THE PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON WEST INDIES CRICKET, 14 MARCH 2000

MEDIA ADVISORY Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, representing the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee received the Position Paper on 14 March 2000 from a three-member delegation representing the Concerned Citizens for Justice of Antigua and Barbuda. Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Harold Lovell led the delegation. Accompanying him were Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Terrence Small, and Ms. Mikel Bramm, who is the group’s…
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February 18, 2000
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CARICOM YOUTHS FOR EVENTS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, CANADA

Youth representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Trinidad and Tobago next week to address a number of issues affecting their daily lives under the theme “Human Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities.” Twenty-seven youths between ages 15 – 24, drawn from a cross-section of youth groups and organisations around the Region, will be updated on their rights and responsibilities…
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January 10, 2000
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CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS FOCUS ON POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUSES

Statisticians from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began a 4-day meeting in Georgetown, Guyana today Monday 10th January, 2000. High on the agenda at this the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians are population and housing censuses matters, social and economic statistics relating to matters such as gender, external trade, and the Caribbean Statistical Training…
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November 25, 1999
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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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October 20, 1999
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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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October 15, 1999
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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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October 7, 1999
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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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September 30, 1999
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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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September 30, 1999
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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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