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OPPORTUNITIES FOR CARICOM IN DISCUSSION ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The immediate past Chair of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), The Hon. Billie A. Miller says the current discussion on the reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council represents an opportunity CARICOM states as small vulnerable actors in the international system, to “inform a new definition of security with the realities and…
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CARICOM MUST BE MORE VIGILANT IN THE USE OF THE CARIBBEAN SEA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public Service of The Bahamas Hon. Fredrick Mitchell has underscored the need for CARICOM to remain consistent and be more vigilant regarding the use of the Caribbean Sea. “CARICOM must remain consistent and become more vigilant regarding its concerns on…
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CARICOM PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON SECURITY AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONSHIPS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighth meeting of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) got on the way in Freeport The Bahamas on 1 June with an extensive agenda focusing on Regional security matters and CARICOM's relationship with traditional partners and building relations with others. CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington in his address to the COFCOR,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 1 JUNE 2005, FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS
Hon Ministers Distinguished Delegates Members of the Diplomatic Corps Members of Parliament Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: Welcome to this the Eighth Meeting of the Caribbean Community's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). Hon. Fred Mitchell, Foreign Minister of The Bahamas, welcome to the Chair of this vital Organ of the Caribbean Community. Firstly Mr. Chairman, allow…
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STATEMENT BY HON. FREDERICK MITCHELL, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SERVICE, THE BAHAMAS, AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 1 JUNE 2005, FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS.
Distinguished Secretary General Colleague Ministers Excellencies and other representatives of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Guests Members of the Media It is an honour and a privilege to welcome colleague Ministers of Foreign Affairs and their delegations to this Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR). On behalf of the Prime Minister, the Government and people of…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, 8-9 MAY 2003, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES.
The Sixth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Kingstown, St Vincent on 8-9 May, 2003. The Ministers attending were: the Hon Frederick Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Public Service, The Bahamas; the Hon Godfrey Smith, Attorney General and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Belize; the Hon. Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON LOUIS STRAKER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TRADE , ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 8-9 MAY 2003, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
Members of Parliament Colleague Foreign Ministers Secretary General, Mr Edwin Carrington Members of the Judiciary, and the Clergy Members of the Diplomatic Corps Senior Government Officials Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen We are meeting at a time when the international community seems preoccupied with war and the consequences of war, in the midst of a global economic…
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