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We have taken 21 years to return to where we began. When we started we were anxious but ever fearless. However cautious we were of success, we never once doubted our quest: the importance and permanence of the OECS. When future generations of the Caribbean look back across the passage of our regional development, I have no doubt that they will recognise the beginning of the OECS project as a trul
Honourable Ministers of Government Excellencies Members of Parliament and the Senate Other Distinguished Guests CARICOM Nationals Ladies and Gentlemen I want to thank my friend and colleague Ambassador Bullen for his very kind introduction indeed as I do for the invitation to be here. Ladies and Gentlemen I am sure you are all aware of the saying “third time” lucky…
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PRESENTATION BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT CARICOM DAY CELEBRATIONS IN OTTAWA, CANADA, 17 JUNE 2002
Honourable Ministers of Government Excellencies Members of Parliament and the Senate Other Distinguished Guests CARICOM Nationals Ladies and Gentlemen I want to thank my friend and colleague Ambassador Bullen for his very kind introduction indeed as I do for the invitation to be here. Ladies and Gentlemen I am sure you are all aware of the saying “third time” lucky…
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CONDOLENCE MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, TO MINISTER OF INFORMATION JAMAICA ON HUGH CROSS
“It is with deep regret that I have learnt of the unfortunate and tragic death of Mr Hugh Crosskill. Mr Crosskill's contribution to the development of the media in the Region was an outstanding one. From his early beginnings as a broadcaster in his native Jamaica, then on to the fledgling Caribbean News Agency (CANA) before going on to head…
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TOWARDS A REGIONAL STAKEHOLDER FORUM ON YOUTH
The just concluded CARICOM Inter-Agency Meeting on Youth has reported progress towards the creation of an enabling environment for youth development and empowerment in the Community. The CARICOM Inter-Agency Forum will be working towards developing an integrated regional initiative, bringing together regional and international agencies involved in youth development programming, national Youth Councils and CARICOM Regional Youth Ambassadors into the…
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CARICOM PREPARES FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ENCOUNTER, SUMMIT
Preparations for the Twenty Third Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and for the Civil Society Conference “Forward Together” dominated the discussions at the Tenth Meeting of CARICOM's Community Council of Ministers. The Community Council, CARICOM's second highest decision-making body met at the Sherbourne Conference Centre, Bridgetown, Barbados, on Saturday 1 June, and considered the Agenda…
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REGIONAL AIDS PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP TO REVIEW ITS WORK
The Fourth Meeting of the Project Management Group responsible for “Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean (SIRHASC)” will be held at the Sunset Shores Hotel in St. Vincent and the Grenadines from 6-7 June 2002. The meeting will be coordinated by the Project Implementation Unit located within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana, and will…
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STATEMENT BY HON K.D. KNIGHT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED)AT THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE COTED, 27-28 MAY 2002, GEORGETOWN GUYANA
Salutations. It is again a great pleasure to be in Guyana, and particularly so during the celebration of the 36th anniversary of Independence. On behalf of all of us I congratulate the Government and People of Guyana on this important national milestone, and further express sincere appreciation for the warm hospitality that has been extended to us. Colleague Ministers,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 27-28 MAY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman, Hon. K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica Outgoing Chairman, Hon. Clement Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana Hon Billie Miller Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Other Honourable Ministers Ambassador Richard Bernal, Director-General of the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Distinguished Delegates Members of…
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CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE WORKSHOPS FOR STATE WORKERS
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) intensify efforts towards the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), several of the professionals in the Regional State Sector who will interface directly with the Court will be focusing their minds on the issues relating to the Court during the first half of June. The interface takes the form of two workshops. The…
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