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STATEMENT ON BELIZE/GUATEMALA RELATIONS ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 12TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16 FEBRUARY 2001, ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS
Heads of Government were informed that experts from the Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) have determined the precise coordinates of the reference markers at Gracias a Dios, Garbutt’s Falls and at the Mexican frontier in the north, the three points referred to in the 1859 “Convention between Great Britain and Guatemala relative to the Boundary of British…
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CLAIMING THE DREAM: REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. THE HON. KENNY D. ANTHONY PRIME MINISTER, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, 14 FEBRUARY 2001, ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS
Introduction Salutation Chairman, The cultural history of the Caribbean reveals that its artists are usually the main repositories of its dreams and so, it is only fitting that the words of Saint Lucian poet Kendel Hippolyte should preface my remarks to you today. “Island in the sun my father’s hand stained with your soil has never owned you so, I…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. ARNHIM EUSTACE, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AT THE OPENING OF THE TWELFTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS, 14 FEBRUARY 2001
Mr. Chairman, I believe that it is fitting that at this the first Meeting of the Heads of Government of the Community in this new millennium, taking place here in Barbados that we are recognising the contributions of three outstanding citizens of the Community to the process of regional integration. I salute the Rt. Hon. George Price of Belize; Sir…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. A J NICHOLSON, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, JAMAICA AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, 14 FEBRUARY 2001, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
RESHAPING OUR WORLD At the Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Georgetown, Guyana in July 1986, the then Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt Hon Errol Barrow, asserted that it was the “collective wisdom” of the Caribbean people that would make for unity and integration within the Community. He was however, adamant that: “the promise of the…
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WELCOMING REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWELFTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 14 FEBRUARY 2001, ST. MICHAEL, BARBADOS
His Excellency Sir Clifford Husbands, Governor-General of Barbados and Lady Husbands; The Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency the President of Suriname; Distinguished Prime Ministers Honourable Ministers; Honourable Members of the Judiciary and the Bar; Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps; Chief…
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Address By The Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister Of Barbados At The Opening Ceremony Of The 12th Inter-Sessional Meeting Of The Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community, 14 February 2001, Bridgetown, Barbados.
It is altogether fitting that, on this day which has, allegedly, inspired the creation of so many happy unions, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community should meet to advance the cause of Caribbean unity. In the expectation that this meeting will be characterised by all the happier sentiments which the day evokes, I am greatly pleased on behalf…
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