Communiques
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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM (THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (ACP)), 18-19 OCTOBER 2007, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
The Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of the African Caribbean Pacific (ACP) States CARIFORUM held their Fifteenth Meeting in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on 18-19 October 2007. The Ministers reiterated the Region’s dismay at the European Commission’s unilateral denunciation of the Sugar Protocol on 30 September 2007. They also requested that given the extreme importance of the Banana Industry to the Region,…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon.…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, IN TRIBUTE TO DR. LUCY STEWARD OUTGOING REGISTRAR OF THE CARIBBEAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL (CXC) DURING THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 10 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am extremely pleased today to be the one afforded the opportunity to pay tribute to my friend, Dr Lucy Steward, a national of Trinidad and Tobago and a true Caribbean citizen, who will shortly be demitting office as Registrar of the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), one of our premier institutions and one as old as CARICOM itself. It is…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth and Culture, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 10-12 October 2007 under the theme, Realising the Potential of Youth and Culture in the Development of the Community. The Hon.…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.…
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MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE – PM DOUGLAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The groundbreaking CARICOM Heads of Government Summit on NCDs opened in Port-of-Spain, with a strong call from the Keynote Speaker the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and the Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Health, in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM, to implement appropriate legislation, fiscal and…
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CARICOM HEADS ADOPT DECLARATION ON NCDs
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The curtain came down on the landmark Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) on Saturday, 15 September 2007, with the adoption of a fourteen-point declaration committing Heads of Government to collective action to stop the epidemic of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases. Among the tenets in the declaration titled, Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of Chronic…
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JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TWELFTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATION, 9 AUGUST 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twelfth Caribbean Community-Japan Consultation was held at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on 9 August 2007. The CARICOM delegation was led by Ambassador Elisabeth Harper, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guyana and Ambassador to the Caribbean Community and Japan by His Excellency Ambassador Koichiro Seki, Representative of the Government of Japan to…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE LAUNCH OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND PANAMA, 8 AUGUST 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Trade of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama today launched free trade negotiations in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The negotiations which will build on the existing free trade agreement between CARICOM and Costa Rica are intended to result in an agreement that…
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