Press Releases
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CARIBBEAN ENLIST FRENCH HELP IN WTO
France has agreed to play a key role in lobbying World Trade Organisation member countries to support the waiver application now before that body with respect to the WTO compatibility of the recently concluded successor agreement to the Lome IV Convention between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group and the European Union (EU). France takes over the chairmanship of…
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PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CARIFORUM/FRANCE SUMMIT Guadeloupe, 10 March 2000
The First Meeting between the President of France, Jacques Chirac and Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM/ ACP) States took place in Pointe–Pitre, Guadeloupe on Friday, 10 March 2000 at the request of the French President. President Chirac described the Meeting as historic in that it was the first time…
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ADDRESS BY HON. ROOSEVELT DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 11TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 13 MARCH 2000, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Excellency Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Honourable Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Members of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis Mmembers of the Nevis Island Assembly Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr. Dwight Venner, Governor of the…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. BASDEO PANDAY, PRIME MINISTER, REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AND IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN, CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ELEVENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE, 12 MARCH, 2000, BASSETERRE, St. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Excellency, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Colleague Heads of Government; Other Heads of Delegations; Hon. Ministers of Government; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Reverend Clergy; Other Distinguished Guests; Members…
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REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ELEVENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 12 MARCH 2000, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
His Excellency the Governor-General and Mrs. Sebastian; Their Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname; Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government; Other Distinguished Prime Ministers and Heads of Government ; Honourable Ministers; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies;…
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ADDRESS BY HON. ROOSEVELT DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ELEVENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 12 MARCH 2000, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Excellency Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Honourable Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Members of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis Mmembers of the Nevis Island Assembly Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr. Dwight Venner, Governor of the…
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ADDRESS BY HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE ELEVENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 12 MARCH 2000, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Excellency Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis; Honourable Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community; Members of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Nevis Island Assembly; Hon. Justice Satrohan Singh of the Eastern Caribbean Appeal Court, Resident Judge, His Lordship Justice Neville Smith, Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr.…
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PRIME MINISTER PATTERSON OUTLINES CARIBBEAN VISION FOR NEW FRENCH RELATIONS
Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on Friday (March10) outlined the Caribbean position on current and future relations with France and its Caribbean overseas territories during a summit meeting with the French President, Jacques Chirac and Caribbean leaders at the Pointe-a-Pitre Conference Centre in Guadeloupe. Noting that the Summit was the first of its kind between France and the Caribbean, Mr. Patterson…
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MESSAGE FROM THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH 2000
As we in the Caribbean once again join the rest of the world in commemorating the United Nations designated International Women's Day, we are all especially aware of the historic significance of this particular celebration. What International Women's Day 2000 must do for us is to bring sharply into focus, within the context of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for…
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FRANCO-CARIFORUM SUMMIT IN GUADELOUPE
Heads of State and Government of CARIFORUM, which is comprised of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member countries, as well as Haiti and the Dominican Republic, will meet with the President of France, Jacques Chirac, at a one-day summit in Guadeloupe on 10 March, 2000. Mr. Edwin Carrington, the Secretary-General of CARICOM, who is also the Secretary-General of CARIFORUM, will also be…
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