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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
458

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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July 31, 1999
533

STATEMENT BY HON. HILROY HUMPHREYS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND CO-CHAIRMAN, THIRD MEETING OF THE CARICOM/US JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 22 JULY 1999, WASHINGTON D.C.

Mr. John Hamilton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Other officials of the United States Government; My colleague Ministers from the Caribbean, as well as the Ambassadors and other diplomats from the States of the Caribbean Region. Ladies and Gentlemen. It is said that, in a newly-established democracy, the third election is the true test of viability of…
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July 31, 1999
446

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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July 30, 1999
423

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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July 27, 1999
444

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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July 27, 1999
465

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN/UNITED STATES JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, 22 JULY 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Third Meeting of the Caribbean/United States Joint Committee on Development, Finance and Environmental Issues was convened in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 1999, under the Co-Chairmanship of the Hon. Hilroy Humphreys, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Antigua and Barbuda, and Mr. John R. Hamilton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. The Meeting was…
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June 10, 1999
559

CARICOM LOOKS TO CHILE FOR AGRI DEVELOPMENT

A 17-member CARICOM team which recently undertook an Agri-Business Mission to Chile, is highly supportive of increased and stronger linkages with that country after a revealing and successful study tour there which focused on the fruits and vegetables sub-sector. Following the 8-day visit to Chile, located in the southwestern corner of South America, team members identified a number of areas…
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June 10, 1999
530

AGRICULTURE FOCUS AT COTED MEETING

Agriculture and related issues of trade, standards, and external economic relations were the highlight of the just concluded Sixth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) at the Caribbean Community CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, on 4-5 June 1999. Among other items discussed at the meeting were the nine Protocols revising the Treaty of Chaguaramas by…
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April 30, 1999
487

MITCHELL APPEALS FOR SENSE OF URGENCY ON BANANA ISSUE

Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, the Rt Hon Sir James Mitchell will urge his colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) “to act soon to finalise proposals” to put forward to the European Union (EU) in respect of the changes to the EU’s Banana Regime following the ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Sir…
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