Press Releases
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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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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS MEET IN GUYANA
Decisions leading to the continued implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are expected to be made when Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Officials and Ministers of Government responsible for Economic Development meet in Guyana 22-28 May, 2002. The Officials will meet on 22-25 May 2002, while the Ministers will meet on 27-28 May 2002. Meeting under the umbrella of…
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STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN ON THE SECOND CARICOM-SPAIN SUMMIT AND THE SECOND EUROPEAN UNION-LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN SUMMIT, 16-17 MAY 2002, MADRID, SPAIN
CARICOM Heads of Government have concluded a new round of talks in two Summits held 16 and 17 May 2002 respectively. On Thursday 16 May, CARICOM Heads of Government met with their Spanish counterpart, H.E. Jose Maria Aznar in the Second CARICOM-Spain Summit as a follow-up to their First Meeting, which was held in Port-of-Spain in July 1999. At that…
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REMARKS BY DR CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY – CAYMAN ISLANDS ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, MAY 15, 2002
Hon McKeeva Bush Leader of Government Business of the Cayman Islands, Hon. George McCarthy, Financial Secretary, Portfolio of Finance and Economic Development, Cayman Islands and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank, Distinguished Governors of the Bank, President Dr. Compton Bourne, Vice-Presidents, Directors and Staff of the CDB, Ladies and Gentlemen: This is a very…
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