Press Releases
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CSME IS REGION’S TOP PRIORITY
Delegates attending the Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), have been encouraged to use the opportunity to assess the progress towards establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), the flagship programme of the regional integration movement, at this critical juncture of the Community's future development. In addressing the opening session this morning, Barbados'…
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CARIFESTA VILLAGE TAKES SHAPE AS BUILDERS SET A HECTIC PACE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT
Accommodation for overseas participants in the seventh Caribbean Festival of Arts and Culture (CARIFESTA VII) to be hosted by St Kitts and Nevis will be available on time says the island’s Minister responsible for CARIFESTA, the Hon Jacinth Henry-Martin. During a tour of the housing site with the Minister responsible for housing, the Hon Cedric Liburd, Minister Jacinth Henry-Martin said…
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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS ON THE GUYANA/SURINAME BORDER DIFFICULTIES
The Caribbean Community has learnt with concern of the growing tension between two of its Member States – Guyana and Suriname – over border issues. The Community welcomes however, the process of dialogue to which the two Parties have resorted and expresses the hope that they will find, through that constructive approach, a mutually satisfactory solution to the current difficulties.…
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STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS ON THE GUYANA/SURINAME BORDER DIFFICULTIES
The Caribbean Community has learnt with concern of the growing tension between two of its Member States – Guyana and Suriname – over border issues. The Community welcomes however, the process of dialogue to which the two Parties have resorted and expresses the hope that they will find, through that constructive approach, a mutually satisfactory solution to the current difficulties.…
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BELIZE MOVES FORWARD ITS COMMUNITY RESPONSIBILITIES
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Government of Belize have agreed on a model framework through which the Prime Minister of Belize, who has responsibility for Sustainable Development issues throughout the Community, could effectively execute his mandate. The programme outline was discussed during a two-day CARICOM Mission to Belize on 29 and 30 May 2000, to heighten interaction between…
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CARICOM WOMEN’S REPRESENTATIVES SATISFIED WITH UN OUTCOMES DOCUMENT
Member States of the Caribbean Community have expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly Special Session on Women 2000, Gender development, development and Peace for the 21st century. The Special Session is also known as Beijing +5 as it comes five years after the Fourth World Conference on Women, held in Beijing, China in 1995.…
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CARIBBEAN LIKELY PEACE BROKER AMONG UN MEMBERS
The Caribbean is the likely peace broker among the almost 200 United Nations (UN) membership as its General Assembly winds-up the Special Session, Women 2000, Gender Equality, Development and Peace in the 21st Century at the UN headquarters in New York. At issue is the “Outcome Document”, which will outline the review since the last World Conference on Women in…
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