Press Releases
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CARICOM Welcomes EU Initiative to Revive Global Trade Talks
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – CARICOM welcomes elements of a joint letter on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Development Agenda (DDA), issued by European Commissioners for Trade and Agriculture, Pascal Lamy and Franz Fischler, respectively. This according to the Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal. Ambassador Bernal was speaking to members of the international…
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CARICOM CONDUCTS REGIONAL SCHOOL QUIZ
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has begun the first of two preliminary rounds of a Regional School Quiz. The first session was held last Thursday at the Learning Resource Center, University of West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. The Quiz is among a concluding series of activities to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of…
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PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) WITH PARTICIPATION BY THE CORE GROUP ON HAITI, 4-5 MAY 2004, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
The Seventeenth Meeting of the Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with participation by the Core Group on Haiti, was held at the Office of the Prime Minister, St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on 4-5 May 2004, under the Chairmanship of Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of…
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OPENING REMARKS BY PRIME MINISTER THE HON. BALDWIN SPENCER AT THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (WITH PARTICIPATION BY THE CORE GROUP ON HAITI), 4 MAY 2004, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
steemed Prime Ministers; Secretary General of CARICOM, His Excellency, Dr. Edwin Carrington; Honorable Ministers and Attorneys General; Other Members of Delegations;Other Dignitaries: It is a singular honour for Antigua and Barbuda to host this historic meeting of the Bureau of Heads of Government. As the newest kid on this block, I beg your indulgence should any lapses into local realities…
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OPENING ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-5 MAY 2004, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (Edited version)
Conscious of their manifest potency, the Antiguan and Barbudan people are quite likely to set about devising means of seeking my immediate impeachment should I fail to begin my remarks with the affirmation which is now virtually mandatory in Antigua and Barbuda; on all occasions, and at every level. It is thus my duty, on behalf of the Antiguan and…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W .CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE EXPANSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY IN 2004
Today, 1 May 2004, CARICOM joins with the rest of the international community in taking note and extending its best wishes to the European Community on the historic step taken by its people, in expanding the membership of their Community from 15 to 25 States. Both the size and nature of the expansion demonstrates the enormity of their confidence in…
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CARICOM RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE WORLD BANK TO SUPPORT WORK ON HIV/AIDS
A US$9 Mn World Bank Grant Agreement to support the work of the Caribbean Community-led Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was signed on Wednesday, 28 April 2004 during the Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), being held at the Tobago Hilton, Trinidad and Tobago. Signing on behalf of the Caribbean…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE TENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON HEALTH, THE ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, 28 APRIL 2004, TOBAGO
Hon. John Rahael Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Honourable Chief Secretary and Other Representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly Ms Carole Ainstey Manager/Director World Bank Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I am pleased that I can participate in this Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Council for Human and Social…
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