Press Releases
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BAHA’Is VISIT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat took a step towards forging new links with the wider Caribbean, with the hosting of a team of Baha’i Youth from across the Region, on Wednesday 10 August, 1999. The team, in Guyana, as part of their on-going “Sparks of Peace” project, met with CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington, at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, and…
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REGION SPEAKS WITH ONE VOICE IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
In this era of increasing trade liberalisation the Caribbean is being increasingly regarded as an area of great significance . This point was underscored by the Region’s Chief Negotiator, Sir Shridat Ramphal. His comments came as he opened the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) on 9 September…
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GROUNDWORK FOR CSM&E NEARS COMPLETION AS COTED MEETS
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr.Edwin Carrington has implored Member States to redouble efforts for the timely completion of the key elements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSM&E). Mr .Carrington was speaking at the opening of the one-day 7th Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development at the Secretariat’s Headquarters on Friday 8th October,1999.…
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OPENING STATEMENT BY US DELEGATION CHIEF JOHN R. HAMILTON, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS, AT THE THIRD MEETING OF THE US-CARIBBEAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND ENVIRONMENT, 22 JULY, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.
It is a pleasure for the Assistant Administrator of AID, Mark Schneider, and me to welcome all of you to Washington to attend the third meeting of this Committee. Beyond the Department of State and the US Agency for International Development, our delegation includes experts from a broad spectrum of US agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Commerce and Labor;…
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REMARKS BY MARK L. SCHNEIDER, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR BUREAU FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AT THE SECOND ANNUAL JOINT REVIEW OF THE BRIDGETOWN ACCORD, 22 JULY 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.
I am very pleased to participate in the third meeting of the US-Caribbean Joint Committee on Department, Finance, and the Environment. Since the signing of the Bridgetown Accord just over two years ago, USAID has played a key role in assisting both the USG and the Caribbean governments pursue our joint commitments under the Accord. The extra ordinarily high degree…
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TASK FORCE DEFINES FRAMEWORK OF OPERATION FOR WORKERS’ HEALTH IN THE REGION
A Task Force on Workers Health in the Caribbean Community has defined the framework of operation for workers’ health in the region to include the drafting of a model policy on Workers Health to guide Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in developing their National Plans of Action. The set of recommendations include a multipartite monitoring mechanism to guide…
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JOINT STATEMENT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN/UNITED STATES JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, 22 JULY 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.
The Third Meeting of the Caribbean/United States Joint Committee on Development, Finance and Environmental Issues was convened in Washington, D.C., on July 22, 1999, under the Co-Chairmanship of the Hon. Hilroy Humphreys, Minister of Commerce, Industry and Business Development, Antigua and Barbuda, and Mr. John R. Hamilton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs. The Meeting was…
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STATEMENT ON GUYANA ISSUED BY THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at their just concluded Twentieth Meeting of the Conference, reviewed the political situation in Guyana particularly in the context of the commitments undertaken under the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement, to which they are a Party. The Heads of Government noted with satisfaction the progress being made towards fulfilling some…
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NEW WORLD QUARTERLIES REPRINTED
A special publication of “On the Canvas of the World”, a book which brings together material from two issues of the New World Quarterly first published in 1966 to mark the independence of Barbados, and Guyana, has been released. As part of the activities to mark the year-long 25th anniversary of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the book which features the…
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