Haiti
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In keeping with the decision taken by Heads of Government at their 25th Regular Meeting in Grenada 4-7 July, the 18th meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be held at Grand Anse, Grenada on Wednesday (July 28) to receive the report of the CARICOM Ministerial team which visited Haiti earlier this month. The Bureau is comprised of the Chairman (The Prime Minister of Grenada), the Outgoing Chairman (The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda), the Incoming Chairman (The President of Suriname), and the Secretary General. With the aim of the meeting being to receive the report on Haiti, members of the CARICOM Core Group on Haiti are expected to be in attendance. This means that other Heads of Government expected to particip
In keeping with the decision taken by Heads of Government at their 25th Regular Meeting in Grenada 4-7 July, the 18th meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be held at Grand Anse, Grenada on Wednesday (July 28) to receive the report of the CARICOM Ministerial team which visited Haiti…
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DELEGATION OF CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS SET FOR HAITI THIS WEEK
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) wishes to inform that, in accordance with the decision taken by CARICOM heads of Government at their recent conference in Grenada “to create a channel of engagement with the interim administration of Haiti”, a delegation of CARICOM foreign ministers will be visiting Haiti 13-14 July 2004. Composed of Foreign Ministers of Antigua and…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS ON CARICOM APPROACH TO HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington today reacted with surprise and some disappointment to reports in sections of the regional media that CARICOM had “called for the release from detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as one of the conditions for recognition of the Interim Administration in Haiti, as well as for a date certain for elections”. Secretary-General Carrington was categorical,…
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DELEGATION OF CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTERS SET FOR HAITI THIS WEEK
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) wishes to inform that, in accordance with the decision taken by CARICOM heads of Government at their recent conference in Grenada “to create a channel of engagement with the interim administration of Haiti”, a delegation of CARICOM foreign ministers will be visiting Haiti 13-14 July 2004. Composed of Foreign Ministers of Antigua and…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS ON CARICOM APPROACH TO HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington today reacted with surprise and some disappointment to reports in sections of the regional media that CARICOM had “called for the release from detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as one of the conditions for recognition of the Interim Administration in Haiti, as well as for a date certain for elections”. Secretary-General Carrington was categorical,…
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN CALLS FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Hon. Baldwin Spencer has assured that diplomatic relations between Haiti and many Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) remain intact, but said that the return to constitutional and democratic processes that underpin Haiti's development are prerequisites for participation in the Councils of the Regional grouping by its newest Member State. Briefing reporters at the…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL DENIES MEDIA REPORT ON HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington today vehemently denied statements attributed to him in an Agence France Presse (AFP) report of 22 June on Haiti's relations with the Community. Mr. Carrington is reported by AFP to have said that the Prime Minister of Haiti's Transitional Government, Mr. Gerard Latortue needed “to reconsider his country's withdrawal from the regional organization” and that “Haiti…
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE P. J. PATTERSON, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA, ON THE HOSTING OF FORMER PRESIDENT OF HAITI, JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE
CARICOM under my Chairmanship has been deeply involved in the search for a solution to the political crisis in Haiti. Following the departure of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide a new President has taken the Oath of Office. A Council of Wise Persons has been chosen which has in turn recommended the appointment of a new Prime Minister, Gerard LaTortue. He…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF AN EMERGENCY SESSION ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 2-3 MARCH 2004, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
CARICOM Heads of Government met on 2 and 3 March 2004 in Kingston, Jamaica, in an emergency session to consider the situation in Haiti. The Heads of Government expressed dismay and alarm over the events leading to the departure from office by President Aristide and the ongoing political upheaval and violence in Haiti. They called for the immediate return to…
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