Barbados
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May 18, 2006514
STATEMENT BY H.E. JOHN E.D. WILLIAMS, AT THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS AS AMBASSADOR OF BARBA
Madam Deputy Secretary-General, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is with honour that I present to you Letters accrediting me as Ambassador of Barbados to the Caribbean Community. Allow me to begin by thanking you for the warm welcome which you are extending to me today in these excellent new facilities that now house the CARICOM Secretariat. It is a great honour…
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May 12, 2006429
ADDRESS BY HON. KERRIE D. SYMMONDS, MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AT THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE CARICOM COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 12-13 MAY 2006, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, our host Minister, Colleague Ministers, Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen I have the distinct honour, on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados to assume the Chairmanship of…
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May 8, 2006488
CARICOM LEADERS GO TO EUROPE FOR CRITICAL TALKS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Europe this week attending two Summit Meetings. Seven of the leaders accompanied by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, will attend the Third CARICOM-Spain Summit in Madrid, Spain, on 10-11 May and the Fourth European Union (EU) – Latin American…
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April 28, 2006674
COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH UK-CARIBBEAN FORUM, 26-28 APRIL 2006, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
1. The Fifth UK-Caribbean Forum, hosted by the Government of Barbados, took place in Bridgetown on 26-28 April 2006. The Forum was co-chaired on the Caribbean side by the Hon. Elvin Nimrod, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Grenada and current Chair of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and on the UK side by…
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April 6, 2006467
Bernal, Hylton meet – Status of Trade Negotiations Discussed
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal met yesterday afternoon with Jamaica’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Anthony Hylton. Ambassador Bernal described this first official meeting, that took place at the office of the Minister in Kingston, as “very productive”. He said, “our exchange of views…
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April 4, 2006531
CARICOM Trade Ministers, USTR Portman to meet
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers are to meet with United States Trade Representative Rob Portman in Washington, D.C., April 12. In addition to Member State delegations, the CARICOM Secretary-General H.E. Edwin Carrington and the Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal will also participate in the meeting. The expectation on the…
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March 27, 2006566
Bernal: RNM Welcomes Interchange with Civil Society
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Speaking to members of the Press over the weekend ahead of the Fifth Meeting of CARIFORUM-EU Principle Negotiators taking place here in Barbados today and tomorrow, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director General Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal reaffirmed the RNM’s commitment to interfacing with civil society. “We welcome regular interaction with non-state actors,” he said, emphasizing…
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January 31, 2006473
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, 2005388
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, 2005512
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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