Member

  • MONTSERRAT SIGNS PROTOCOL II, SURINAME MAKES SIGNATURE EFFECTIVE

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  Protocol II of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community, the Treaty of Chaguaramas, can now be provisionally applied in Member States of the Caribbean Community. This is now possible as Montserrat signed the Protocol and Suriname made its signature of the Protocol effective on 4 July, 1998, the final day of the 19th Meeting of the…

    Read More »
  • THE ST. LUCIA STATEMENT ISSUED IN RELATION TO RESOLVING GUYANA’S POLITICAL IMPASSE

     1. In signing the `Herdmanston Accord’ on 17 January 1998, the Leaders of Guyana’s two main political Parties stated that they are doing so `specially mindful of the willingness of (their) CARICOM colleagues to remain engaged with Guyana in this endeavour’. It is in this spirit that as colleagues we have taken the opportunity of our St. Lucia Summit, on…

    Read More »
  • CARICOM READY TO CONTINUE ROLE IN GUYANA ACCORD

    The Caribbean Community – CARICOM, is ready to continue playing a role in the full implementation of the Herdmanston Accord it brokered with Guyana’s political parties following the post December 15, 1997 election unrest. This assurance was given by Jamaica’s Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. P.J. Patterson who was in Guyana over the weekend in his capacity as a member…

    Read More »
  • STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. P.J. PATTERSON, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND MEMBER, CARICOM BUREAU, ON CONSULTATIONS IN GUYANA, MAY 29-30, 1998

    I have paid a short visit to Guyana as a member of the CARICOM Bureau on the eve of the release of the findings of the Audit Team and in continuation of the efforts of the Community to foster understanding, mutual trust and harmony in this country. During my visit I held consultative meetings with the various political leaders and…

    Read More »
  • COMMUNITY COUNCIL MINISTERS MEET IN GUYANA

    Ministers of the Caribbean Community’s second highest organ – The Community Council, will tomorrow begin a two-day meeting at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. Ministers will consider the draft Rules of Procedure for the Community Council, and are expected to adopt the final rules which will guide the Council in its future deliberations. The Council will review the status…

    Read More »
  • JOINT STATEMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND CANADA, APRIL 16, 1998, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS

    The leaders discussed a number of regional, hemispheric and international issues. Particular attention was paid to the imminent Second Summit of the Americas due to be held in Santiago, Chile on the weekend, April 18-19, 1998. Noting the equal relevance of both the economic and non-economic issues to be addressed in Santiago, prominence was given to the proposal expected to…

    Read More »
  • SURINAME APPOINTS AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM

    Suriname has become the latest Member State of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to accredit an Ambassador to the Community. His Excellency Dr. Humphrey Abdul Rafeek Hasrat presented his credentials to CARICOM Secretary General Mr. Edwin Carrington at CARICOM Headquarters, Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday. Suriname joins Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Jamaica, St Kitts/Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago as…

    Read More »
  • COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 2-3 MARCH 1998, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA

    The Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George’s, Grenada, from 2 to 3 March 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Services and Information, Antigua and Barbuda; Rt. Hon.  Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of…

    Read More »
  • CARICOM HEADS COMMITTED TO RECONCILIATION IN GUYANA

    Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell has stated that the visit by four regional Heads of Government is a demonstration of the Region’s “absolute commitment” to the reconciliatory process in Guyana following the tension after the December 15, 1997 General Elections. Speaking to the media on Wednesday night, Dr. Mitchell said that…

    Read More »
  • SURINAME SOON TO BECOME MEMBER OF JTEC

    CARICOM Secretary General Mr. Edwin Carrington has announced that Suriname will soon become a member of the CARICOM-Canada Joint Trade and Economic Committee (JTEC). Mr Carrington was speaking on Thursday 19 February 1998 at the opening of the Ninth JTEC meeting in Georgetown Guyana at the CARICOM headquarters. Suriname which became a member of CARICOM in 1995 is expected shortly…

    Read More »
Back to top button