Press Releases
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STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 12 DECEMBER 2005, KINGSTON, JAMAICA
The First Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) took place on 12 December, 2005, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica with the Minister of Finance of Jamaica, Dr the Honourable Omar Davies presiding. The primary purpose of this Meeting was to determine the financing, structure and operation of the Development Fund –…
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On Eve of WTO Ministerial, Caribbean cautions against further Slippage on ‘Development Issues’
The Word Trade Organization’s (WTO) biennial Ministerial Conference gets underway this week in Hong Kong. With the six-day Sixth WTO Ministerial poised to start tomorrow, there have been a series of setbacks in global trade talks, that in large measure have been brought on by an unwillingness on the part of certain countries to yield concessions in respect of liberalizing…
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CARICOM FINANCE MINISTERS MEET IN JAMAICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With three weeks to go before the launch of the CARICOM Single Market on 1 January 2006, Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday 12 December to finalise plans for the operation of a critical element of the Single Market. CARICOM’s Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP)…
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Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to St. Vincent and the grenadines preliminary statement on the general elections
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)At the invitation of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the five-member CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission critically observed the General Elections held on Wednesday, 07 December 2005. The principal tasks of the Observer Mission were to monitor the preparations for the Elections, and the comportment of electoral officials and political stakeholders; and observe…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS DEVISE HIV/AIDS STRATEGIES WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES OF GUYANA
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A number of strategies geared to increase awareness, training and the capacity strengthening of several communities within one of Guyana’s remote regions have been mapped out by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) during their recent trip to the Iwokrama Conservation and Development Reserve. The CYAs met with youths representing various communities located both…
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CULTURAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”): INSPIRED by the indestructible ties of friendship and brotherhood among the People of the Caribbean; RECOGNISING the need for cooperation among the countries of the Caribbean Region in order to strengthen their socio-economic and political ties; DESIROUS of strengthening cultural cooperation to enable the People…
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CULTURAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”): INSPIRED by the indestructible ties of friendship and brotherhood among the People of the Caribbean; RECOGNISING the need for cooperation among the countries of the Caribbean Region in order to strengthen their socio-economic and political ties; DESIROUS of strengthening cultural cooperation to enable the People…
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