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EU FUNDED CARIBBEAN AIDS PROJECT FOR THIRD QUARTER REVIEW
The Third Quarterly Meeting of the Project Management Group (PMG) of the European Union-funded project for “Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean” will be held in Trinidad and Tobago from 17-18 January, 2002. Foremost among the issues to be addressed at this meeting will be a comprehensive review of project implementation activities during the initial six (6)…
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STATEMENT ON THE TRANSHIPMENT OF NUCLEAR WASTE THROUGH CARIBBEAN WATERS.
CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 8-9 December 2001 with regional and international stakeholders of the regional tourism industry learnt with consternation that yet another shipment of nuclear waste is currently being shipped through Caribbean waters via the Panama Canal. CARICOM Heads of Government, who have repeatedly expressed their implacable opposition to this practice, were joined…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
Caribbean governments have agreed to implement an aggressive advertising programme to get tourism, the main foreign exchange earner for a number of countries, back on track following the decline in arrivals after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. This was a major decision emerging from the Summit on Tourism held at Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, The Bahamas…
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CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION TO THE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission was mounted, at the invitation of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, to monitor the conduct of the General Elections on 10 December, 2001. Before observing the conduct of the Elections, the Mission held consultations with the Government Officials, Officials of the Elections and Boundaries Commission, the Police, leaders and representatives of political parties, and…
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ADDRESS BY RT. HON. HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE SECOND CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT, 8 DECEMBER, 2001, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Colleague Heads of Government, Honourable Ministers, Representatives of Regional Organisations Senior Government Officials, Representatives of the Private Sector, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, I am very pleased to welcome you back to The Bahamas and to Paradise Island where many of us gathered just seven weeks ago. We were here to assess…
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MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION, MR. JEAN HOLDER, AT THE SECOND CARIBBEAN TOURISM SUMMIT, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001
Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham Distinguished Heads of Government Secretary General of CARICOM Ministers of Government Your Excellencies Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues We are met today to fulfil a promise made in February this year to tackle the momentous task of “reinventing” Caribbean tourism, the economic sector, on which this Region is said to be four times…
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ADDRESS BY RT. HON. HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AT THE SECOND CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT THE BAHAMAS, 8 DECEMBER, 2001.
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Colleague Heads of Government, Honourable Ministers, Representatives of Regional Organisations Senior Government Officials, Representatives of the Private Sector, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, I am very pleased to welcome you back to The Bahamas and to Paradise Island where many of us gathered just seven weeks ago. We were here to assess…
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PRESENTATION BY RALPH TAYLOR, PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN HOTEL ASSOCIATION AT THE SECOND CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT, THE BAHAMAS, 8 DECEMBER, 2001
Mr. Chairman, the Right Honourable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, His Excellency the President of Guyana; Other Esteemed Heads of Government; Honourable Ministers; Representatives of Regional Organizations; Senior Government Officials; Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. The Caribbean Hotel Association wants to place on the record, its gratitude to CARICOM, for hosting this historic summit. When we…
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MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. JEAN HOLDER, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION, AT THE SECOND CARIBBEAN TOURISM SUMMIT, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham Distinguished Heads of Government Secretary General of CARICOM Ministers of Government Your Excellencies Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues We are met today to fulfil a promise made in February this year to tackle the momentous task of “reinventing” Caribbean tourism, the economic sector, on which this Region is said to be four times…
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REMARKS BY DR CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARICOM-UNDP REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 5-6 DECEMBER 2001
Mr. Chairman Honourable Prime Minister Ministers of Government Other Government Officials Representatives of Regional Financial Institutions Members of the Business Sector and Civil Society Members of the Media Other Distinguished Participants and Guests at this Opening Session Ladies and Gentlemen: The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to be associated with this exercise, which is of critical importance to the…
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