Press Releases
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COMPLETING CARICOM TREATY REVISION MAIN COTED FOCUS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will focus its attention on a number of trade and economic issues, particularly those in relation to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy in June. These Meetings will be held under the umbrella of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The Meetings will take place in Barbados and the CARICOM Secretary-General,…
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CARICOM FRONT AT UN SPECIAL SESSION, BEIJING +5
Representatives from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be among delegates from over 100 countries in attendance at a Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly 5-9 June, 2000. The UN Special Session will be convened at its New York Headquarters under the title Beijing +5. This Meeting comes five years after the Fourth World Conference on…
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POSTPONEMENT OF CARICOM BUREAU MEETING
The Meeting of the Bureau of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government involving the Chairman, the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, the Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and the Rt. Hon. Sir James Mitchell, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, CARICOM, scheduled…
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CRICKET CONFERENCE SET FOR BARBADOS THIS WEEK
As Caribbean citizens rally around West Indies Cricket, an all-inclusive team of enthusiasts from around the Region will meet for two days in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 1-2 June, 2000, to set a new framework for reclaiming the pride and glory of the regional sport. The two-day Conference, to be hosted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the University of…
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CARICOM observer missions to Haiti and suriname
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was among international organisations that Observed the 21 May 2000 elections in Haiti, and the Community will have a similar presence at the elections due in Suriname on 25 May 2000. CARICOM Secretariat’s Assistant Secretary-General for Foreign Policy and Community Relations, Ambassador Albert Ramdin pointed out that in the process of the deepening and widening of…
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NEW PERSPECTIVE FOR CARICOM-MEXICO RELATIONS
A range of multilateral issues are expected to be discussed by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico when the two sides meet in Mexico City, Mexico, 23-24 May, 2000 in a two-day round of far reaching deliberations which are likely to add new perspective to relations between the Caribbean regional grouping and the Central American State. It is the Third…
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CARIBBEAN YOUTH EXPLOSION 2000 IN GRENADA IN JULY
Caribbean Youth will be contributing to the regional agenda for the way forward for the development of the region. The intention is for them to participate in the decision-making process of the Caribbean Community; as well as providing an informed perspective and recommendations to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) programme on Children and Social Policy in the Americas. Additionally,…
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STATEMENT BY OBSERVER, Dr Carla Barnett, Deputy SecretarY-General, Caribbean Community, AT THE THIRTIETH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, 10-11 May 2000, the bahamas
Honourable William C. Allen, Governor for The Bahamas and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Distinguished Governors, President Sir Neville Nicholls, Vice Presidents, Directors and Staff of the CDB, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am honoured and pleased to bring you greetings from the Caribbean Community Secretariat on the occasion of the 30th Meeting of…
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