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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL CORRECTS MEDIA REPORTS ON CARICOM APPROACH TO HAITI
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington today reacted with surprise and some disappointment to reports in sections of the regional media that CARICOM had “called for the release from detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as one of the conditions for recognition of the Interim Administration in Haiti, as well as for a date certain for elections”. Secretary-General Carrington was categorical,…
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STATEMENT BY HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER, BELIZE AND LEAD HEAD FOR ISSUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CARICOM QUASI-CABINET, AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize's fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region. Mr. Chairman, it can be argued that the Region is more vulnerable now than we were ten years ago to economic pressures, a declining social fabric and environmental degradation. I do…
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CARICOM LEADERS BID FAREWELL TO FORMER ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, BYRON BLAKE
Long serving staff and perhaps Godfather of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) movement, Mr. Byron Blake has called it a day after completing thirty years of yeoman service with CARICOM Secretariat. Blake, dubbed “Mr. CARICOM” was instrumental in the creation and sustainability of a number of initiatives including the crafting of the Regional integration movement. At the close of the final…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
The Twenty-Fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Grand Anse, Grenada from 4 to 7 July 2004. Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM presided over the Meeting of the Conference, the work programme of which sought to advance the process of regional…
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STATEMENT BY HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER, BELIZE AND LEAD HEAD FOR ISSUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CARICOM QUASI-CABINET, AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize’s fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region. Mr. Chairman, it can be argued that the Region is more vulnerable now than we were ten years ago to economic pressures, a declining social fabric and environmental degradation. I do…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
The Twenty-Fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Grand Anse, Grenada from 4 to 7 July 2004. Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM presided over the Meeting of the Conference, the work programme of which sought to advance the process of regional…
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THE CALIVIGNY STATEMENT ON HAITI ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Grand Anse, Grenada at their Twenty-Fifth Meeting continued their consideration of the humanitarian, political, social and economic situation in Haiti following the departure of President Aristide on 29 February 2004. Central to their consideration were issues related to the representation of Haiti within the Community and the review of the modalities for engagement between…
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STATEMENT BY HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER, BELIZE AND LEAD HEAD FOR ISSUES RELATED TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CARICOM QUASI-CABINET, AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-7 JULY 2004, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize's fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region. Mr. Chairman, it can be argued that the Region is more vulnerable now than we were ten years ago to economic pressures, a declining social fabric and environmental degradation. I do…
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CARICOM LEADERS BID FAREWELL TO FORMER ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, BYRON BLAKE
Long serving staff and perhaps Godfather of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) movement, Mr. Byron Blake has called it a day after completing thirty years of yeoman service with CARICOM Secretariat. Blake, dubbed “Mr. CARICOM” was instrumental in the creation and sustainability of a number of initiatives including the crafting of the Regional integration movement. At the close of the final…
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. KEITH C. MITCHELL, PRIME MINISTER, GRENADA AND CHAIRMAN, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4 JULY 2004, GRAND ANSE, GRENADA
Welcome to Grenada. Welcome to Spice Country. Welcome to the Twenty-fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. The people of Grenada, Carriacou and Petit Martinique welcome you. I am very pleased that all of my friends are here. Just a few days ago, one of my colleague Heads of Government asked whether or…
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