Press Releases
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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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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, MR EDWIN CARRINGTON, AT THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, H.E. MARIA E LEVENS, FOR FOREIGN MINISTERS, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT HEAD OF MISSIONS AND SPECIAL GUESTS
Your Excellency Madame Minister Maria Elizabeth Levens, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Heads of International and Regional Organisations, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Madam Minister, It is an honour, which is deeply appreciated, to have been invited to respond on behalf of the diplomatic community to your kind expression of welcome to this luncheon in celebration of the 25th…
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VISIT OF THE HON. PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA TO GUYANA
The Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Dr. the Hon. Kenny Anthony and CARICOM Head of Government with responsibility for Justice and Governance will be arriving in Guyana this Sunday October 29, 2000. During his three-day visit, Dr. Anthony will meet with H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana, Leader of the Opposition, Hon. Desmond Hoyte and CARICOM…
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PREPARING FOR CARICOM-CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM
A range of issues deemed critical to the future development of the Caribbean Community have been proposed for discussion at the first ever Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Forum with the Region’s Civil Society to be convened next year. Proposals for the issues came out of the first meeting of the Planning Committee for the Forum held in Trinidad and Tobago recently.…
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WELCOMING STATEMENT BY MR. BYRON BLAKE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT AT THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 4-6 OCTOBER 2000, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
This Meeting is being held under a pall of sadness. The people of Dominica last Sunday morning, without warning, lost their new Prime Minister, the Hon. Roosevelt Douglas, and are in mourning. The people of Canada, last Thursday lost their former Prime Minister and friend of the Caribbean, the Rt. Hon. Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Let us observe one minute silence…
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE PASSING OF THE HONOURABLE ROOSEVELT DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA
It was with great shock and profound sadness that the Caribbean Community learnt, early Sunday morning, of the death of the Prime Minister of Dominica, the Honourable Roosevelt Douglas at the age of 58. Prime Minister Douglas was welcomed to the fold of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community only eight months ago when, in February this year, he…
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