Press Releases
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CARICOM AUDIT TEAM ARRIVES FRIDAY 13TH MARCH
The CARICOM team to undertake the independent audit of the December 1997 elections in Guyana will arrive in Guyana on Friday 13th March in order to commence their work. The team was appointed last month by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Dr. the Honourable Keith Mitchell, and will spend next Monday and Tuesday in discussions with representatives of the…
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MESSAGE FROM THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 8 MARCH 1998
March 8, 1998 marks the eighty-fourth year that the world will be commemorating International Women's Day. As we, in the Caribbean, take pride in the progress we have made in furthering the objective of regional integration and prepare to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas this July, we must also take stock of progress…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON CONCLUSION OF THE NINTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, 2-3 MARCH 1998
The Ninth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in St. George’s, Grenada, from 2 to 3 March 1998. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Services and Information, Antigua and Barbuda; Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of…
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CARICOM PERMANENT HEADQUARTERS ON STREAM
Five Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and CARICOM Secretary General turned the sod as a symbolic start for the building of the permanent headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat at Liliendaal, Georgetown, Guyana. Chairman of CARICOM Dr. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, host President Her Excellency Janet Jagan of Guyana, Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur Prime Minister of…
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CARICOM HEADS COMMITTED TO RECONCILIATION IN GUYANA
Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell has stated that the visit by four regional Heads of Government is a demonstration of the Region’s “absolute commitment” to the reconciliatory process in Guyana following the tension after the December 15, 1997 General Elections. Speaking to the media on Wednesday night, Dr. Mitchell said that…
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PRESS STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE A.J. NICHOLSON, ATTORNEY-GENERAL, JAMAICA, AND CHAIRMAN, FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 16 FEBRUARY 1998
The Legal Affairs Committee considered the items on its Agenda. Of particular note, Agreement was reached on the following: (1) Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Supreme Court/Caribbean Court of Justice The Instrument establishing the Court was redrafted Other supporting instruments are at an advanced stage and should be completed in July by the Legal Officers Meeting which has been constituted to…
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NEW FOCUS ON CARICOM-CANADA RELATIONS
The integration process of the Caribbean Community is progressing well and the Region is making an effort to liberalise its market, in spite of the concern of countries about their vulnerability. So said Mr. Michael Kergin, Deputy Minister Americas, Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada at a joint press conference with CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington at the conclusion of…
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ADDRESS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINTH MEETING OF THE CARICOM/CANADA JOINT TRADE AND ECONOMIC COMMITTEE (JTECH)
Co-Chairman Mr. Michael Kergin Assistant Deputy Minister Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Your Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates Staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to this the Ninth Meeting of the CARICOM-Canada Joint Trade and Economic Committee. Mr. Chairman, while I do extend a special…
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SURINAME SOON TO BECOME MEMBER OF JTEC
CARICOM Secretary General Mr. Edwin Carrington has announced that Suriname will soon become a member of the CARICOM-Canada Joint Trade and Economic Committee (JTEC). Mr Carrington was speaking on Thursday 19 February 1998 at the opening of the Ninth JTEC meeting in Georgetown Guyana at the CARICOM headquarters. Suriname which became a member of CARICOM in 1995 is expected shortly…
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CARICOM/CANADA MEET IN GEORGETOWN THIS WEEK
The Ninth meeting of the CARICOM/Canada Joint Trade and Economic Committee (JTEC) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday 19 February, 1998. This meeting takes place against the backdrop of the upcoming second Summit of the Americas scheduled for Santiago, Chile in April and the recent expansion of Caribbean Community/Canadian Technical Cooperation Agreement (CARIBCAN), the one way duty free trade arrangement,…
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