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IMPLEMENT OR PERISH : STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SECOND SPECIAL CONSULTATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 20 NOVEMBER 2000, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
Prime Ministers, Ministers, Excellencies, Colleagues in the Public Sector, the Private Sector, the Labour Movement, Consumer Bodies, Non-Governmental Organisations, Bar Associations, Universities, Media from across the Region – Good morning and welcome to this the Second Special Consultation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. It is with considerable anticipation that the Secretariat is participating in the convening of this…
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STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD SITTING OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARIANS (ACCP), 17 NOVEMBER 2000, BELIZE
Your Excellency Sir Colville Young, Governor General of Belize, Honourable Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize Madame Speaker of the Assembly Honourable Ministers Members of the Assembly Member of the Diplomatic Corps Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Distinguished Guests Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is indeed an honour and a pleasure…
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ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER SAID MUSA TO THE THIRD SITTING OF THE ASSEMBLY OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARIANS, 17 NOVEMBER 2000, BELMOPAN, BELIZE
Madam/Mr. Speaker, allow me on behalf of the Government and People of Belize to warmly welcome to Belize this Assembly of distinguished Caribbean Community Parliamentarians, the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), observers, and other distinguished guests. Madam/Mr. Speaker, it was some six years ago in 1994 that the Inter-Governmental Agreement establishing the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP)…
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STATEMENTS ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, BARBADOS, 16 OCTOBER 2000
(i) The Recent Venezuela Oil Facility Offer The Bureau welcomed the offer of the Government of Venezuela of an Energy Accord (the Caracas Energy Accord) to supplement the existing San Jose Agreement, thereby providing additional support on a bilateral basis to several oil-importing countries in the Caribbean and Central America. It also welcomed the inclusive spirit in which the offer…
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CARICOM OFFICIALS MEET TO REMOVE RESTRICTIONS TO IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTOCOL II
Officials from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), began a two-day meeting of officials in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda today to establish a timetable for the removal of restrictions affecting the application of Protocol II to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). In addition to measures for liberalisation of Trade in Services, Protocol II provides for the…
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ASSEMBLY OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY PARLIAMENTARIANS (ACCP) MEETS IN BELIZE
Parliamentarians from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will this week journey to Belize for the Third Meeting of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP) which will take place in Belize City from 17 to 20 November 2000. The ACCP is the deliberative and consultative body of CARICOM, and is designed to stimulate greater public awareness and understanding of developments relating…
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CARICOM HEADS AND REGIONAL MEDIA MEET TO PROPEL THE CSME
The Second Special Consultation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will take place in Barbados on 20-21 November, 2000 with CARICOM Heads of Government meeting with the regional media networks to intensify the CSME's Public Education Programme. The two-day deliberations will examine circumstances shaping the CSME with a view to designing a campaign aimed at deepening the intra-regional…
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STATEMENT BY DR CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 7 NOVEMBER 2000, NEW YORK
Mr President It is an honour to participate in this debate on cooperation between the UN and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in this Millennium year. Member States of this august organisation have already marked the year with some major activities, the primary one being the Millennium Summit last September. In this year also, in March the United Nations and its…
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CARICOM DELEGATION VISITS SURINAME
The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr.Edwin Carrington on Thursday, 2 November 2000, met with the President of the Republic of Surname, H.E. Runaldo R. Venetiaan in his office in Paramaribo. The Secretary-General’s visit is in keeping with the spirit and policy of the CARICOM Secretariat to meet and brief newly elected Heads of Government of Member States on…
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