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  • May 16, 2008
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    INAUGURAL ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY,  AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE 61ST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, 19-24 MAY 2008, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

    Vice Presidents of the 61st World Health Assembly Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan Colleague Ministers of Health Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen This is not merely a personal honour. I am from Guyana and from the Caribbean Community. I proudly assume the Presidency of this august body, doing so as a representative of the CARICOM Region and the countries…

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  • May 14, 2008
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    SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS OFFICIAL VISITS TO ARGENTINA AND BRAZIL

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington is in Peru on the first stop of a three-nation visit to South America. The Secretary-General is in Peru to participate in the Fifth Summit of the European Union and Latin American and Caribbean countries (EU-LAC) which takes place on 16-17 May 2008. As…

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  • May 12, 2008
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    MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON BANANAS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting for the Council of Trade and Economic Development in Antigua and Barbuda on 10 May 2008, examined various issues relating to the Region’s banana industry, in particular, matters affecting the level of preferential access to the European market — preferences that have…

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  • May 11, 2008
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    EPA TO BE SIGNED IN JULY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Commission (EC) and the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) is to be signed in July 2008. At the Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which wrapped up in Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday 10 May 2008,…

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  • May 11, 2008
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    JAMAICA, GUYANA TO HOLD RICE TALKS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaica and Guyana are to hold discussions at the highest level to find a solution to the current rice impasse. The rice issue was raised at the just-concluded Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Antigua and Barbuda, where discussions were held on Jamaica’s need for a stock…

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  • May 11, 2008
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    CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS CALL FOR STRONG DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT FOR CARICOM-CANADA NEGOTIATIONS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of Trade of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have reiterated the need for a strong development component, and a structure that caters for political involvement in the upcoming negotiations with Canada. CARICOM and Canada are soon to begin negotiations for a Trade and Development Agreement and, to this end, a Technical Working Group is…

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  • May 11, 2008
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    MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON BANANAS

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting for the Council of Trade and Economic Development in Antigua and Barbuda on 10 May 2008, examined various issues relating to the Region’s banana industry, in particular, matters affecting the level of preferential access to the European market — preferences that have…

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  • May 10, 2008
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    COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 7-9 MAY 2008, BOLANS VILLAGE, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

    The Eleventh Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community was held in Bolans Village, Antigua and Barbuda, 7-9 May 2008, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda. The Ministers attending were, the Hon. T. Brent Symonette, M.P, Deputy Prime Minister and…

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  • May 10, 2008
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    STATEMENT ON MAYNMAR ISSUED BY THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 7-9 MAY 2008, BOLANS VILLAGE, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

    Fully aware of its own vulnerability to natural catastrophes, and having repeatedly experienced the devastating effects of hurricanes, Ministers expressed their sympathy and solidarity with the people of Myanmar following last week’s disastrous cyclone which, by some accounts, is estimated to have taken 100,000 lives and rendered 1,500,000 homeless and destitute.   The risk of starvation and disease among the…

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  • May 9, 2008
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    CARIBBEAN RECEIVES US$2.5M GRANT FROM EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO SUPPORT RENEWABLE ENERGY

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) and the European Commission, recently signed a Financing Agreement totalling US$ 2.45 million to support the Caribbean Region in the Sustainable Management of its Energy Resources. As part of this total, CARICOM is contributing US$ 200,000. The signing took place at the CARICOM…

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