Press Releases
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CARICOM LEADERS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING
A Special Meeting of the Conference Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community is being organised to take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Friday, 16 April. This Sixth Special Meeting is being convened to deal with urgent matters of Community interest such as the latest World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on the European Union’s (EU) Banana Regime. The…
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CARICOM: Toward Making the Caribbean Whole – By Edwin W. Carrington, Condensed version of the keynote address delivered to the 7th Annual North-East regional Caribbean Students Conference, at MIT, on April 2, 1999
Introduction As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community I wish to express my appreciation to the North East regional Caribbean Students Conference for inviting me to deliver the keynote address at the last such Conference of this Century. I consider it not only an honour but my duty to be here. The title of my address this evening was chosen to…
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STATEMENT BY CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE COSTA RICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERALSHIP OF THE OAS
On 29 March 1999, CARICOM learnt with surprise of the decision of the Costa Rican candidate for the position of Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), to withdraw his candidacy for the elections due in June 1999. CARICOM had received representation from the Government of Costa Rica at the Tenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of…
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BRIEF REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING , 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency the President of Guyana, Your Excellency the Vice-President of Costa Rica; Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana; Honourable Ministers of CARICOM, Central America and the Dominican Republic; Distinguished Secretaries-General; Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen: It was in San Pedro Sula, in Honduras in 1992 that Foreign Ministers of CARICOM…
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OPENING ADDRESS BY HER EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT JANET JAGAN AT THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman, Secretary-General of CARICOM, distinguished Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and Central AMERICA, Members of the Cabinet, Members of the Diplomatic corps, distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of the Government and people of Guyana, I bid you a very warm welcome to Guyana. I trust that your deliberations will be fruitful and that the results will prove to…
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ADDRESS BY MR. EDUARDO MONTEALEGRER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH, 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Her Excellency Mrs. Janet Jagan, President of the Republic of the Republic of Guyana. His Excellence Mr. Errol Snijders, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Suriname, Co-Chairman of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting, Esteemed Heads of Delegations of the member countries of the Caribbean Community, Esteemed Heads of the Delegations of the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic,…
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JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Fourth CARICOM-Central America Ministerial Meeting was held in Georgetown, Guyana, 22 March 1999. Ministers welcomed the Dominican Republic and expressed their satisfaction at that country’s participation in the Meeting. Ministers met to analyse the development of relations between both sub-regions with the objective of continuing to advance issues of mutual interest, in an open spirit of cooperation among all…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-5 MARCH 1999, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
The Tenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Paramaribo, Suriname on 4-5 March, 1999. Heads of Government in attendance were: Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Barbados; Hon. Edison James, Prime Minister and Minister of Legal Affairs and Labour, Dominica; Dr the Hon.…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY H.E. ERROLL G. SNIJDERS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FO THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Excellency President Janet Jagan, Esteemed Colleagues, Distinguished Secretaries General, Delegates and Special Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen, In the spirit of our growing awareness of the existing linkages between our countries, our regions and in the world, it is my distinct pleasure and honour to participate in our deliberation aimed at fostering closer ties between CARICOM and the Central American integration…
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FOURTH CARICOM/CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING IN GUYANA.
The Fourth CARICOM/Central America Ministerial Meeting takes place in Georgetown on Monday 22 March, 1999. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers and officials met in caucus on Friday 19 March, while the CARICOM Central America High Level Technical Meeting to fine-tune the agenda for the Ministerial Meeting takes place on Saturday 20th March, 1999. The Ministers will deliberate on international and regional…
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