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January 31, 2006176
JAMAICA PLEDGES TO DEVELOPMENT FUND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaica, on Tuesday at the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP), joined Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago in making an initial pledge to the regional Development Fund. Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago had made initial pledges last December at the First Special Meeting of COFAP. The Fund was established…
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December 15, 2005144
Statement by the Honourable Billie A. Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados at the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, 14th December 2005, Hong Kong
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Mr. Chairman, I wish to congratulate you on your election to the Chair of the Sixth Ministerial Conference. The Barbados Delegation thanks you and the Government of Hong Kong for the warm welcome offered. We have confidence in your capacity to steer the Conference to a positive outcome. We also wish to congratulate Mr. Pascal…
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December 13, 2005220
CARIBBEAN URGES DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FOR SMALL, VULNERABLE COUNTRIES AT WTO MINISTERIAL
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial got underway today, amidst mounting concern over the prospects for a successful outcome for the six-day meeting in Hong Kong. At issue is the impasse over concessions in Agriculture, the principle stumbling block for progress in negotiations to date. Caribbean Trade Ministers gathered in Hong Kong for this week’s…
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December 8, 2005192
STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ELEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE STATUS OF THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME) , 7 DECEMBER 2005, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown)The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at their Eleventh Special Meeting held at the Sherbourne Centre, Barbados, 7th December 2005, considered the finalisation of the arrangements for the launch of the CARICOM Single Market. The Heads of Government reaffirmed their decision that the Single Market will come into force on 1 January 2006.…
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December 8, 2005170
DECLARATION OF BRIDGETOWN issued On the Occasion of the Second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, 8 December 2005, Bridgetown, Barbados
WE, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter collectively called the Parties), meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 8 December 2005 on the occasion of the Second CARICOM-Cuba Summit; Recalling the Havana Declaration adopted on 8 December 2002, on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the historic establishment of diplomatic relations between…
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December 2, 2005184
SECOND CARICOM/CUBA SUMMIT IN BARBADOS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Cuba meet in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 8 December for their second Summit meeting in three years. This meeting is in consonance with the Havana Declaration which was signed at the first Summit in Havana in 2002, on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations…
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November 4, 2005187
Small, Vulnerable States At Periphery Of WTO, Says Harris
SMALL, VULNERABLE STATES AT PERIPHERY OF WTO, SAYS HARRIS CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Chairperson of the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference met with three key Caribbean Trade Ministers in the Region this week, amid dire warnings that a series of high-level meetings in the coming days needed to spur momentum in flagging global trade talks or efforts to put a…
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September 13, 2005158
Scaled Back Commission Banana Proposal To Have Crippling Effect On Caribbean
SCALED BACK COMMISSION BANANA PROPOSAL TO HAVE CRIPPLING EFFECT ON CARIBBEAN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Caribbean banana exporting countries have expressed deep disappointment at yesterday’s announcement by the European Commission of a revised banana tariff proposal of €187 per tonne on third country or most favored nation (MFN) banana imports under a Tariff Only system, to come into effect as…
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July 31, 2005156
Barbados’ Trade Minister To Play Key Role In WTO Ministerial Summit
BARBADOS’ TRADE MINISTER TO PLAY KEY ROLE IN WTO MINISTERIAL SUMMIT CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Dame Billie Miller was elected by the World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council Friday (July 29) as a Vice-Chair in the bureau of the Chair of the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference, to be held in Hong…
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