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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE MEETING OF MEMBERS OF THE CARICOM MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE FOR RESOURCE MOBILISATION FOR CRIME AND SECURITY AND A UNITED KINGDOM SENIOR LEVEL TIME ON SECURITY COOPERATION, 3 MARCH 2004, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Members of the CARICOM Ministerial Sub-Committee for Resource Mobilisation for Crime and Security met with a UK Senior Level Team on Security Cooperation at the Hilton Hotel, Kingston Jamaica on 3 March 2004. The aim of the meeting was to follow up the discussions at the Breakfast meeting between UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prime Minister PJ Patterson, Chair…
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Bilateral discussions on sugar exports
Export of sugar to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago was the subject of separate and successful bilateral discussions between Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana Clement Rohee and his counterparts from the two sister CARICOM countries, K.D Knight of Jamaica and Kenneth Valley of Trinidad and Tobago. These discussions took place during the just concluded Special meeting…
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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA, PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 2 JULY 2003, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairperson of CARICOM, Distinguished Heads of State and Government of CARICOM Your Excellencies: Ministers, Ambassadors and High Commissioners, Delegates and friends On behalf of the African Union and your brothers and sisters in Africa, I would like to thank you most sincerely for the privilege and opportunity you have given us…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. PIERRE CHARLES, PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND ECONOMIC PLANNING AT THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1-5 JULY, 2003, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Governor General of Jamaica Colleague Heads of Government Your Excellency President of South Africa Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic Corp Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Excellences Ladies and Gentlemen: I am happy to be part of the formal opening today, of this 24th Meeting of the Conference of Heads in which we will celebrate one of the…
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Caribbean Ministers Meet WTO and USTR Chiefs
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – Caribbean Ministers with responsibility for trade met with United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Supachai Panitchapdi in Montego Bay, Jamaica on June 2 and 3, respectively, during the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, convened July 2 to 5. Both sessions were chaired by Chairman of COTED and…
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OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARICOM AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2 JULY 200, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Your Excellencies the Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Cooke Our Host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and our current CARICOM Chairman, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson Your Excellencies, the Presidents of the Republic of South Africa and of the Republic of Chile Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States and Associate Member States…
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Remarks by the Hon. Said W. Musa, Prime Minister, Minister of Education and Minister for the Public Service of Belize to the Opening Ceremony of the 24th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, 2 July 2003, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Your Excellency Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa and Chairman of the African Union, Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Ministers of Governments, Members of Parliaments and other elected officials, Secretaries-General Carrington, Gaviria, Girvan and McKinnon Distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: I…
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OPENING ADDRESS BY THE MOST HONOURABLE P. J. PATTERSON, ON, PC, QC, MP, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AT THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2 JULY 2003, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Your Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke and Lady Cooke President Thabo Mbeki President Ricardo Lagos Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Specially Invited Dignitaries Heads of International and Regional Organisations Honourable Ministers and Members of Parliament Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Special Emissaries and Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Delegates Esteemed Guests: INTRODUCTION AND…
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Caribbean Journalists Exposed to External Trade Issues
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – A workshop that brought together a select group of Caribbean journalists and media practitioners, representing broadcast and print media, came to a close today. The two-day meeting entitled: Regional Workshop on Trade for Journalists/Media Practitioners was convened in Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 30 to July 1, 2003. The Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) and a regional…
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REMARKS BY HON. SASENARINE KOWLESSAR, MINISTER WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCE, GUYANA, AT THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 28 JUNE 2003, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
Mr. Secretary-General; Hon. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning of Jamaica; Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM; Hon. Prime Ministers; Colleague Ministers of Finance; Central Bank Governors; Representatives of the Donor Community; Delegates and Officials. Having heard the Secretary-General, I do not intend to make a speech but just to say a few words to remind ourselves why we are here. Maybe,…
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