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STATEMENT ON BELIZE/GUATEMALA RELATIONS ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 12TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16 FEBRUARY 2001, ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS
Heads of Government were informed that experts from the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) have determined the precise coordinates of the reference markers at Gracias a Dios, Garbutt’s Falls and at the Mexican frontier in the north, the three points referred to in the 1859 “Convention between Great Britain and Guatemala relative to the Boundary of British…
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STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN – MEETING TO BEGIN IN TRINIDAD ON THE 1st OF FEBRUARY
On Thursday the Regional HIV/AIDS task force will convene it’s fifth meeting with the specific objective of formulating the plan of action for the European Commission-funded project aimed at strengthening the institutional response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean. This meeting, which will be held at the Hilton Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, is also the first of the project advisory group.…
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A HELPING HAND FROM CARICOM TO EL SALVADOR
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for Barbados, Ms. Billie Miller, has called on Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to extend a helping hand to El Salvador, which is desperately trying to recover from a powerful earthquake, which ravaged the Central American country recently. Addressing the opening of the Seventh Meeting of the Community Council…
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STATEMENT ON THE GUYANA-VENEZUELA RELATIONS ISSUED BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CANADA AT THEIR SIXTH SUMMIT MEETING IN MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA, 19 JANUARY 2001.
Heads of Government of CARICOM and CANADA, at their Sixth Summit Meeting in Montego Bay, Jamaica on January 19, 2001, were briefed by the Government of Guyana on the controversy between Guyana and Venezuela. The Heads of Government noted that the Government of Venezuela continued to make claims to Guyana’s territory. They further noted that the two countries were committed…
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RESOLUTION ON BELIZE/GUATEMALA RELATIONS ISSUED BY THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CANADA AT THEIR SIXTH SUMMIT MEETING, 19 JANUARY 2001, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CANADA, at their Sixth Summit Meeting at Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 19 January 2001, Having considered recent developments in Belize-Guatemala relations; Welcoming the fact that on 8 November, 2000 Belize and Guatemala signed an Agreement on Confidence Building Measures witnessed by the Permanent Council of the Organisation of American States; Pleased…
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STATEMENT ON THE BELIZE/GUATEMALA DISPUTE ISSUED BY THE TENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 11 JANUARY 2001
The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development [COTED] of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) received information from the Minister representing Belize on recent developments in the Belize-Guatemala border dispute. The Meeting recalled that last year both sides had agreed to engage in confidence-building measures to ease tension along the common border and to appoint a Panel of…
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FOREIGN MINISTERIAL FORUM LIKELY BETWEEN CARICOM AND JAPAN
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, is in Japan working with officials there to add new impetus to CARICOM-Japan cooperation with their immediate priority being to focus on establishing a Foreign Ministerial forum. This visit by the CARICOM Secretary-General to Japan is a critical component in recent efforts by both CARICOM and Japan to work towards…
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CARICOM-MEXICO SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME CONTINUES
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to benefit from collaborative efforts with the Government of Mexico through that country’s Maritime Education Trust Fund (FIDENA). For this year, one CARICOM student is about to graduate from the institution which has been ratified by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) as reputable, while another has begun studies. On 1st July 2000, Ms Cindy Patrick…
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NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR CARICOM-MEXICO RELATIONS
A range of multilateral issues are expected to be discussed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico when the two sides meet in Mexico City, Mexico, 23-24 May, 2000 in a two-day round of far reaching deliberations which are likely to add new perspective to relations between the Caribbean regional grouping and the Central American State. It is the Third…
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CARICOM/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TRADE RELATIONS ENTER NEW ERA
Trade Relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic entered a new era on 28 April 2000, when the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic, Hon. Eduardo Latorre and the Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, signed in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, the Protocol to Implement the Agreement Establishing the Free Trade Area…
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