Press Releases
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STATEMENT BY MR. EUGENE G. PETTY, PROGRAMME MANAGER, RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF GUYANA (UNAG) LAUNCHING OF COMMUNITY PEACE PROJECT TOWER HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, O3 AUGUST, 2000
Mr Chairman, Dr Martin Boodhoo His Excellency Mr Jacques Crête, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana Justice Donald Trotman, President of the UN Association of Guyana Justice Rudolph Harper, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee of the United Nations Association of Guyana Members of the UN Association of Guyana Members of the Diplomatic Corps Members of the Media Ladies…
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EXPLORING NEW INVESTMENT AVENUES: SECOND VOLUME ON REGIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE
The people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are being urged to explore new avenues of wealth creation as offered through the Regional Stock Exchange currently in operation in Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Economic Intelligence and Policy Unit of the CARICOM Secretariat, which is responsible for developing the educational package, has just released the second volume in a…
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CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS RESPOND TO CHALLENGE
Twenty seven Caribbean youth leaders have been invested as Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors at the just concluded Regional Youth Explosion 2000 at the St George’s University Campus in St. George’s, Grenada (17-23 July, 2000) to take forward a goodwill mission for Youth empowerment in the regional integration process. The cadre of youth leaders representing 13 Member States and the…
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FOREIGN MINISTERIAL FORUM LIKELY BETWEEN CARICOM AND JAPAN
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, is in Japan working with officials there to add new impetus to CARICOM-Japan cooperation with their immediate priority being to focus on establishing a Foreign Ministerial forum. This visit by the CARICOM Secretary-General to Japan is a critical component in recent efforts by both CARICOM and Japan to work towards…
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YOUTH ENGAGING THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS
The youth leadership in the Caribbean is moving into the main-stream of the regional decision-making process, making full use of the parliamentary process to give sound effect to the issues they considered urgent and critical to regional development and youth empowerment. Emerging from the just concluded one-week Regional Youth Explosion 2000 at the St. George’s University campus in St. George’s,…
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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM ON HAITI
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted that Haiti held the second round of its legislative, municipal and local elections on Sunday 9 July 2000. CARICOM regrets that after a satisfactory electoral process on 21 May 2000, a disputed interpretation of the electoral law was employed in determining the results of the senatorial elections. Although discussions were held with the Haitian…
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TOAST BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT CARICOM DAY 2000 CELEBRATIONS ON 21 JULY 2000
Honourable Prime Minister Her Excellency the First Lady Former President and Leader of the Opposition Chancellor of the Judiciary Speaker of the National Assembly Honourable Ministers Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Guests Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is not only a signal honour but a great pleasure as well…
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CARICOM HONOURS 31 STAFFERS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will say “thanks” to 31 members of staff who have provided between ten and thirty years of service in the discharge of the Secretariat’s functions throughout the Community. The function will take place at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street, Georgetown, on Friday July 21, 2000, on the occasion of the Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the…
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CARIBBEAN YOUTH EXPLOSION 2000 ON THE MOVE
More than 90 youth delegates representing 18 Caribbean territories move into the third round of deliberations today, up-beat on their course of action to make a formidable impact in moving forward the implementation of decisions and recommendations pertaining to the empowerment and development of Caribbean youth which have arisen out of conferences and workshops held over the past five years.…
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PROPOSED TARIFF RATE QUOTA SYSTEM FOR BANANAS: PRESS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
In my capacity as Lead Spokesman for the Caribbean Community on Bananas I sent off a letter on Saturday July 8, 2000 to the President of the General Affairs Council of the European Union Mr. Hubert Vedrine, expressing alarm at the recent proposals submitted by the Commission with a view to resolving the Banana dispute on Monday July 10, 2000.…
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