Press Releases

  • February 28, 2000
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    ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. BYRON BLAKE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE CARICOM-CUBA JOINT COMMISSION, 28 FEBRUARY 2000, SANTIAGO DE CUBA

    Honourable Ricardo Carbrisas Ruiz, Minister of Foreign Trade of Cuba Honourable Vince Henderson, Minister of Housing of Dominica Mr. Juan Carlos Robinson, Member of Political Bureau and First Secretary of Communist Party of Santiago de Cuba Mr. Nicolas Carbonell, President of the Municipal Assembly of Santiago de Cuba Your Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen It is indeed a pleasure…

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  • February 18, 2000
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    CARICOM YOUTHS FOR EVENTS IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, CANADA

    Youth representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Trinidad and Tobago next week to address a number of issues affecting their daily lives under the theme “Human Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities.” Twenty-seven youths between ages 15 – 24, drawn from a cross-section of youth groups and organisations around the Region, will be updated on their rights and responsibilities…

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  • February 18, 2000
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    COMMUNITY COUNCIL LAYING THE GROUND WORK FOR HEADS SUMMIT

    The Community Council of Ministers will be preparing a Community response to a range of diplomatic initatives including participation in the electoral process in Haiti as well as approving the agenda for the meeting with France President, Jacques Chirac scheduled for March 10. The Council will also be engaged in preparations for meetings of the CARICOM/Cuba Joint Commission and the…

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  • February 16, 2000
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    PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A VISIT TO HAITI BY A CARICOM DELEGATION LED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON

    Following on the decision of CARICOM Heads of Government taken at their Seventh Special Meeting , held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago, last October, CARICOM Secretary General, Mr. Edwin Carrington, led a delegation to Haiti and held discussions on the regional grouping’s assistance to that incoming CARICOM Member State in the run-up to its general elections, due on 19 March…

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  • February 15, 2000
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    STANDARDS MANAGEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING IN OECS TERRITORIES

    Member States of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are to benefit this year from a project to establish and enhance their standards management capacity. Three OECS States, the Commonwealth of Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, are to be brought in line with the regional mandate for standardisation while the other member states…

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  • February 10, 2000
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    AGs MOVE TO FINALISE CARIBBEAN COURT

    Plans for the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) are expected to be further advanced at a meeting in Barbados on 16 February 2000. The meeting will be held at the Grand Barbados Hotel. Attorney General of Barbados, the Hon. David Simmons Q.C, Chairman of the Preparatory Committee on the Caribbean Court of Justice (PrepCom) will preside over…

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  • February 9, 2000
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    STRENGTHENING THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CARICOM SECRETARIAT

    Two high level appointments have been made to strengthen the executive management team at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. Ambassador Albert Ramchand Ramdin, a top ranking official of the Republic of Suriname, was appointed Assistant Secretary General, Foreign and Community Relations. Just before his appointment, he served as Coordinator of the Caribbean Ambassadors’ Caucus. Dr. John Edward…

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  • February 8, 2000
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    FINAL TOUCHES TO LAST TWO TREATY REVISION INSTRUMENTS

    The establishment of the legal framework for the functioning of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) looms closer with the final touches being put to the last two instruments amending the Treaty of Chaguaramas. CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington speaking at a press conference today 8 February 2000, said that delegates who attended the just-concluded meeting of the…

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  • February 7, 2000
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    EIGHTH MEETING OF COTED UNDER WAY

    Delegates to the Eighth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) have begun deliberating a number of key “bread and butter” issues pertinent to the well-being of the people of the Region. They will map definitive action in response to a number of challenges facing it, at a two-day meeting which began today, 7 February, 2000 at…

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  • February 3, 2000
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    OFFICIALS FINE-TUNE AGENDA FOR EIGHTH MEETING OF COTED

    A range of matters aimed at quickening the pace of, and strengthening the regional integration process in facing-up to the challenges in the new Century will be covered by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials when they meet in Georgetown on the 4-5 February, 2000 to prepare for the Eighth Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The…

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