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US AND CARIBBEAN TRADE LINKAGES : FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY : SPEECH BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL ENTREPRENEURS OF THE YEAR GALA ORGANISED BY THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, 22 APRIL 1999
I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) for the honour of having selected me as its 1999 “Caribbean Roving Ambassador”. This has confirmed what my wife has long thought of my perpetual travelling. On a more serious note, I take this opportunity to acknowledge her presence here with…
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STATEMENT ON BANANAS ISSUED BY THE SIXTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16 APRIL 1999, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at the Sixth Special Meeting of the Conference held on 16 April 1999 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, reviewed the impact on the Caribbean Community of the rulings by the WTO Panel on the revised European Union Banana Regime. As a result of the deliberations, the CARICOM leaders issued the following statement: STATEMENT…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SIXTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 16 APRIL 1999, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at the Sixth Special Meeting of the Conference held on 16th April 1999 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, reviewed the impact on the Caribbean Community of the rulings by the WTO Panel on the revised European Union Banana Regime. As a result of the deliberations, the CARICOM leaders issued the following statement: STATEMENT…
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CARICOM TEAM TOURS CHILE FOOD INDUSTRIES
A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat representative is a among a 19-member party of officials from the private and public sectors in Member States and technical support agencies who are making a study tour of Chile's agribusiness sector, during this week. The eight-day mission will focus attention on the productivity of both fresh and processed fruit and vegetables so that the…
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CARICOM LEADERS TO HOLD SPECIAL MEETING
A Special Meeting of the Conference Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community is being organised to take place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on Friday, 16 April. This Sixth Special Meeting is being convened to deal with urgent matters of Community interest such as the latest World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on the European Union’s (EU) Banana Regime. The…
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CARICOM: Toward Making the Caribbean Whole – By Edwin W. Carrington, Condensed version of the keynote address delivered to the 7th Annual North-East regional Caribbean Students Conference, at MIT, on April 2, 1999
Introduction As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community I wish to express my appreciation to the North East regional Caribbean Students Conference for inviting me to deliver the keynote address at the last such Conference of this Century. I consider it not only an honour but my duty to be here. The title of my address this evening was chosen to…
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STATEMENT BY CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE COSTA RICAN CANDIDATE FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERALSHIP OF THE OAS
On 29 March 1999, CARICOM learnt with surprise of the decision of the Costa Rican candidate for the position of Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), to withdraw his candidacy for the elections due in June 1999. CARICOM had received representation from the Government of Costa Rica at the Tenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of…
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BRIEF REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING , 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency the President of Guyana, Your Excellency the Vice-President of Costa Rica; Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana; Honourable Ministers of CARICOM, Central America and the Dominican Republic; Distinguished Secretaries-General; Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen: It was in San Pedro Sula, in Honduras in 1992 that Foreign Ministers of CARICOM…
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OPENING ADDRESS BY HER EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT JANET JAGAN AT THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman, Secretary-General of CARICOM, distinguished Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and Central AMERICA, Members of the Cabinet, Members of the Diplomatic corps, distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of the Government and people of Guyana, I bid you a very warm welcome to Guyana. I trust that your deliberations will be fruitful and that the results will prove to…
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ADDRESS BY MR. EDUARDO MONTEALEGRER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH, 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Her Excellency Mrs. Janet Jagan, President of the Republic of the Republic of Guyana. His Excellence Mr. Errol Snijders, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Suriname, Co-Chairman of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting, Esteemed Heads of Delegations of the member countries of the Caribbean Community, Esteemed Heads of the Delegations of the countries of Central America and the Dominican Republic,…
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