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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, BELIZE CITY,3-5 FEBRUARY 2002
INTRODUCTION More than one hundred delegates assembled at the Princess Hotel in Belize City, Belize on 3-5 February 2002 for the Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, presided over by Hon. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Caribbean Community. Among those in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird,…
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TRIBUTE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, PRIME MINISTER SAID MUSA TO SIR SHRIDATH RAMPHAL FORMER CHIEF NEGOTIATOR, REGIONAL NEGOTIATING MACHINERY
It is some 9 months since Sir Shridath Ramphal – Sonny Ramphal to all of us – intimated his wish to pass the baton of leadership of the RNM to other, younger hands. We asked him to stay on – at least until the WTO Ministerial in Doha. And he did – and to what good effect, for at Doha…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3-5 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY
More than one hundred delegates assembled at the Princess Hotel in Belize City, Belize on 3-5 February 2002 for the Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, presided over by Hon. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Caribbean Community. Among those in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime…
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OPENING REMARKS BY PRIME MINISTER SAID MUSA AT THE CARICOM/SICA SUMMIT, 5 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY
Su Excelencia, Enrique Bolanos Gier, Presidente Pro-Tempore del Sistema de Integracion Economica (SICA), y Co-presidente de esta Cumbre Excellencies, Heads of State and Government Excellencies, Foreign Ministers and Ministers of Government Excellencies, Secretaries General of the Organization of American States, the Association of Caribbean States, CARICOM and SICA Members of the Diplomatic Corps Honorable Members of Delegations Special Invited Guests…
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CARICOM HEADS FAST TRACK FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CSME
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed four Instruments at their Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Belize City, Belize to fast track the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Instruments signed were: Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean…
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JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM-SICA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 5 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Acting upon the invitation of the Prime Minister of Belize, Heads of States and/ or Governments of the States Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Dominican Republic as an Observer State, met in Belize City on Tuesday, 5 February 2002, in an historic First Summit between the Parties. EMPHASIZING the…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, AT THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Colleague Heads of Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Ministers of Government and other Government Officials, Delegates, Members of the CARICOM Secretariat and Representatives of Caribbean Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen. This 13th Inter-Sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government has been preceded by a flurry of activity over the…
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STATEMENT BY THE RT. HON. HUBERT INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS, AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Salutations We are today convened for the fourth time in seven months; the frequency of our meetings a clear indication of the ever increasing intensity and complexity of the challenges facing our region today. We all welcomed the opportunity yesterday, in the serenity of Caye Chapel, to sit back and deliberate at length on one of the key issues affecting…
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STATEMENT BY HON. LESTER BIRD, PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ON THE CLOSURE OF THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA CORPORATION, TO THE THIRTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, FEBRUARY 2002
BRIEF ON CARIBBEAN MEDIA SERVICES 1. The CARICOM Ministerial meeting in Antigua agreed to recommend the following to CARICOM Heads of Government: CARICOM governments should inject a loan or guarantee of US$1.5 million into CMC which should be converted into equity in the Corporation. CARICOM Governments would immediately have 2 appointees to the Board (Antigua had suggested these should…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, AT THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Colleague Heads of Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Ministers of Government and other Government Officials, Delegates, Members of the CARICOM Secretariat and Representatives of Caribbean Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen. This 13th Inter-Sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government has been preceded by a flurry of activity over the…
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