Haiti
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JOINT OAS/CARICOM INITIATIVE ON HAITI
Yesterday, Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados, the current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria agreed to join efforts of the OAS and CARICOM on Haiti into a Joint Mission to be led by Gaviria and former Dominican Prime Minister Dame Eugenia Charles. A joint exploratory mission…
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CARICOM observer mission expresses confidence in Guyana 2001 elections
Foundations of co-operation have been laid with other missions who are in Guyana to observe the 2001 General elections. This was stated by Chief of the CARICOM Observer Mission to Guyana, Justice R. Carl Rattray at a Press Conference today Thursday March 15 hosted by Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr Edwin Carrington at the CARICOM Secratriat in Georgetown. In making…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. KINGSLEY C. A. LAYNE, AMBASSADOR/PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, ON BEHALF OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE PRESIDENTIAL AND SENATORIAL ELECTIONS OF NOVEMBER 26, 2000 IN HAITI
Mr. Chairman, I thank the delegation of Haiti for the statement made to the Permanent Council on the recent elections in Haiti. The position of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, has been expressed to this august body on several occasions. CARICOM’s engagement with Haiti is a matter of great importance to the Region. It is in this context that our Heads…
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STATEMENT ON HAITI BY H.E. KINGSLEY C.A. LAYNE, C.M.G., AMBASSADOR/ PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ON BEHALF OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES (OAS), 5 SEPTEMBER 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA
Mr. Chairman,Mr. Secretary-General.Mr. Assistant Secretary-General,Distinguished Colleagues,Delegates,Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my pleasure to present on behalf of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, the following statement on the region’s position on Haiti following recent political developments in that country. I would like to start thanking the Secretary General for the presentation of the report on the OAS Mission to Haiti and remarks…
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CARICOM STATEMENT TO THE SPECIAL SESSION OF THE PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANISATION OF AMERICAN STATES ON HAITI, 4 AUGUST 2000, WASHINGTON, D.C., USA
Mr. Chairman,Mr. Assistant Secretary General,Distinguished Colleagues,Delegates, The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been closely monitoring the political and electoral events in Haiti leading up to and following the elections on 21 May and 9 July 2000. Haiti is an incoming Member of the Caribbean Community – a Community that attaches great importance to the principles of democracy and good governance. These…
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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM ON HAITI
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted that Haiti held the second round of its legislative, municipal and local elections on Sunday 9 July 2000. CARICOM regrets that after a satisfactory electoral process on 21 May 2000, a disputed interpretation of the electoral law was employed in determining the results of the senatorial elections. Although discussions were held with the Haitian…
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CARICOM CONDEMNS MOVE TO DISMISS HAITI FROM OAS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has voiced its opposition to threats by the United States to suspend Haiti from the Organisation of American States (OAS), because of controversies surrounding that country's May 21st election results. CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr. Edwin Carrington said the Community Council of Ministers meeting in Barbados at the time of the disturbing developments were shocked by the news…
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CARICOM observer missions to Haiti and suriname
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was among international organisations that Observed the 21 May 2000 elections in Haiti, and the Community will have a similar presence at the elections due in Suriname on 25 May 2000. CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign Policy and Community Relations, Ambassador Albert Ramdin pointed out that in the process of the deepening and widening of…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A VISIT TO HAITI BY A CARICOM DELEGATION LED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON
Following on the decision of CARICOM Heads of Government taken at their Seventh Special Meeting , held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, last October, CARICOM Secretary General, Mr. Edwin Carrington, led a delegation to Haiti and held discussions on the regional grouping’s assistance to that incoming CARICOM Member State in the run-up to its general elections, due on 19 March…
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