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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE CARICOM FACILITATOR WITH REGARD TO A VISIT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA, DR. THE HONOURABLE KENNY ANTHONY
Dr. the Honourable Kenny Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia will visit Guyana on Friday and Saturday, 22-23 October 1999. Prime Minister Anthony was assigned responsibility by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community for the implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement. This assignment is in pursuance of the commitment of the Heads…
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CARIBBEAN PARLIAMENT MEETS IN GRENADA
The second session of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP) will convene in Grenada on October 14, 1999. The two day-session will bring together parliamentarians from the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) 15 Member States as well as the three Associate Member States to discuss matters relevant to the strengthening of the regional integration movement. Each Member State of CARICOM is…
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CANADA SUPPORTS GUYANA’S CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM
The good relations between Canada and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were once again demonstrated when that country made a presentation of 100,000 Canadian Dollars to assist in the work of the constitutional reform process in CARICOM Member State, Guyana. At a simple ceremony on Thursday, 9 September, at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana , H.E. Mr. Kamoji Wachiira,…
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STATEMENT ON GUYANA ISSUED BY THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at their just concluded Twentieth Meeting of the Conference, reviewed the political situation in Guyana particularly in the context of the commitments undertaken under the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement, to which they are a Party. The Heads of Government noted with satisfaction the progress being made towards fulfilling some…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Twentieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), was held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 4-7 July 1999. Heads of Government in attendance were: Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas; Rt. Hon Owen Arthur; Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development , Barbados; Hon…
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CARICOM SUPPORT FOR MONTSERRAT
The Chief Minister of Montserrat, the Honourable David Brandt, has praised his CARICOM colleagues for the support given to Montserrat. He specifically referred to the building of houses on the island since the disruption caused by the Lang Soufriere volcano. Speaking on the first working day of the 20th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean…
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OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Your Excellency Arthur N.R. Robinson, OCC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government Other Distinguished Heads of State and Government Distinguished Prime Minister of Spain President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago Hon. Speaker of the House of Trinidad…
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FROM CHAGUARAMAS TO PORT OF SPAIN : ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY 0F THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD
Distinguished Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Other Colleague Heads of Government Secretary General Ladies and Gentlemen: In 1986, the Rt. Excellent Errol Barrow closed what was to be his final address to this Conference of Heads by citing the words of John Bunyan in Pilgrim’s Progress: “Though with much difficulty I have come hither, yet do I not repent…
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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JULES WIJDENBOSCH, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4-7 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Esteemed Colleagues, Distinguished Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Distinguished Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is, indeed, a great pleasure for me to attend the Twentieth Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Trinidad and Tobago. I would like to express my thanks to the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago for the gracious hospitality extended to my delegation and me.…
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