Press Releases
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BARBADOS NEW AMBASSADOR TO CARICOM PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The new Plenipotentiary Representative of Barbados to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), pledged his country’s “unwavering commitment” to the goals of CARICOM. His Excellency John Williams presented his credentials to Deputy Secretary-General of CARICOM Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite on Thursday 18 May at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown. At the ceremony Ambassador Williams gave assurances…
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COFAP TO DISCUSS DEVELOPMENT FUND
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) will convene on Friday 19 May in Montego Bay, Jamaica for its Third Special Meeting. The Council is expected to discuss the operalisation of the regional Development Fund which was established to address imbalances across disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors within the operation…
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COMMUNITY COUNCIL PLANS FOR CARICOM SUMMIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers will take place on Friday 19 May in Georgetown, Guyana. The Council is expected to consider the agenda and arrangements for the Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM slated for 3-6 July in St Kitts and Nevis. The…
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STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD INFORMATION SOCIETY DAY 2006
Today, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) joins with the rest of the world as it celebrates World Telecommunications Day and World Information Society Day. This celebration is recognition of the fact that as a global society we have continued to make significant progress in the fields of information and telecommunications in relatively short time. Activities which shaped the emergence of the…
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NEGOTIATIONS AND THE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT : CARICOM MINISTERS EXPRESS CONCERN AT EUROPEAN COMMISSION’S ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURE TRADE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Trinidad and Tobago on May 12-13, 2006, expressed serious concern about the stance being taken on agriculture by the European Commission (EC) in the current negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, 15 MAY 2006, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of Government, Members of the Board of Governors, Members of the Board of Directors, Mr. President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Directors and Officers of the Bank, Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen: It has always been for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, a great pleasure and a privilege to address the Annual Meeting…
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Address By Dr. The Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister, Grenada, At The Conference On Harnessing Science And Technology For Caribbean Development, 9-13 May 2006, Port-of-spain, Trinidad And Tobago
SALUTATIONS I am very pleased for the invitation to address this gathering. I am very pleased that the forum is addressing the issue of Science and Technology (S&T), and may I add “Innovation”, and their contribution to Caribbean Development. The Conference is covering a number of very important topic areas, such as Regional Priorities, the issues of Partnership and Networking…
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ADDRESS BY DR. HON. ERROL CORT, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 12-13 MAY 2006, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mr. incoming Chairman, all hands are on deck and accounted for inclusive of a new quartermaster in the person of Minister Clarke. The vessel is fit for sail. I now turn over the bridge to you. And no captain, the ship is not sinking, but rather, stands in majestic glory ready for any challenge posed by our Caribbean waters. Colleagues,…
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ADDRESS BY HON. KERRIE D. SYMMONDS, MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AT THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE CARICOM COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 12-13 MAY 2006, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, our host Minister, Colleague Ministers, Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen I have the distinct honour, on behalf of the Government and people of Barbados to assume the Chairmanship of…
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