Press Releases
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY CARICOM FACILITATOR AT PRESS CONFERENCE HOSTED BY CARICOM FACILITATOR AND MEMBERS OF THE POLITICAL DIALOGUE ON FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 1999
1. This is the last report on the Political Dialogue for 1999. It covers the period from 14 June 1999 to the present. 2. You will recall that I have issued Press Statements in relation to the work of the Dialogue on 14 June 1999 and on 3 September 1999. My previous Statements have indicated that the Dialogue resumed on…
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STATEMENT BY DR. THE HON. KENNY D. ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA, ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN GUYANA
Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Kenny D. Anthony in his capacity as CARICOM Head of Government with responsibility for spearheading CARICOM’s support to the process of political normalisation in Guyana, today held discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington in Castries Saint Lucia, on the status of implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement – the two agreements…
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CMO CHIEF RETIRES. NEW CHIEF NAMED
The CARICOM Secretariat today announced the retirement at the end of 1999 of Mr Cyril Egbert Berridge, long-serving Coordinating Director of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO). The Caribbean Meteorological Organization, with headquarters in Trinidad, is one of the oldest Caribbean institutions. It originated out of the old British Caribbean Meteorological Service, which was established in 1951. After the break-up of…
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CARISEC, UWI SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The CARICOM Secretariat and the University of the West Indies (UWI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at fostering greater co-operation between the two Institutions. CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington signed on behalf of the Secretariat and Principal of UWI’s Mona Campus, Professor Kenneth Hall signed on behalf of the University at a ceremony on Tuesday 7 December 1999,…
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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, ON THE DEATH OF SIR CONRAD HUNTE
The Caribbean Community was stunned on Friday by the news that Sir Conrad Cleophas Hunte had died. The sudden nature of his passing in far away Sydney, Australia was all the more shocking coming so soon after the death of his legendary countryman Malcolm Marshall. His death, at 67, is especially untimely given his relatively recent return to the Region…
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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 Jamaica on 6 December 1999. 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 its third meeting as the Committee discusses the instruments for…
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STATEMENT BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY, DECEMBER 1, 1999
Today, World AIDS Day, we focus on one of the most pressing issues of concern in the Caribbean and the wider world: the increasing number of persons infected with the deadly virus HIV/AIDS. This year’s theme of “Listen, Learn, and Live” calls on all of us to listen to children and young people, learn from one another about respect, participation,…
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CARICOM COMMUNITY MOURNS PASSING OF PROFESSOR DOUGLAS HALL
The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has learnt with great sadness of the passing of Dr. Douglas Hall, Professor of History at the University of the West Indies. Professor Hall, a Jamaican, was a distinguished Historian at the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies and many of the Secretariat’s staff, including the Secretary-General had the good…
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF SADC AND CARICOM HOLD CONSULTATIONS
The Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community, Dr. Kaire Mbuende, held consultations with the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington, in Gaborone, Botswana, on 16 November 1999. The Chief Executives were accompanied by their Senior Officials. The consultations were held in the context of the follow-up to the first meeting between the Ministers of…
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CARICOM APPLAUDS FAO INITIATIVE “TELEFOOD ‘99” IN JAMAICA
Jamaica will host, with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the Third Annual Telefood Concert on November 28, 1999. This unique event, born out of the 1996 World Food Summit in Rome, is to mobilise solidarity for the fight against hunger and raise funds to support grassroots projects in developing countries. It is being staged for the first time in…
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