Statements and Declarations
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FOURTH MEETING OF CARIBBEAN HIV/AIDS/STI PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP SCHEDULED FOR 15 FEBRUARY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Fourth Meeting of the Project Advisory Group (PAG) for the European Union-funded project on “Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean” will take place in Georgetown, Guyana, on Friday 15 February 2002. This regional project is being financed through the resources of the 8th European Development Fund in the amount of EUR 6.9 million and is executed…
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CARIBBEAN PREPARES FOR NEXT ROUND OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU
Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of both CARICOM and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, will chair the Opening Session of the Caribbean Regional Seminar in preparation for Negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union, scheduled to take place at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel on 14-16 February 2002. The Seminar is part of…
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CARICOM HEADS FAST TRACK FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CSME
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed four Instruments at their Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Belize City, Belize to fast track the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Instruments signed were: Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean…
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JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM-SICA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 5 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Acting upon the invitation of the Prime Minister of Belize, Heads of States and/ or Governments of the States Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Dominican Republic as an Observer State, met in Belize City on Tuesday, 5 February 2002, in an historic First Summit between the Parties. EMPHASIZING the…
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NASSAU DECLARATION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM: THE CARICOM RESPONSE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL (EMERGENCY) MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 11 – 12 OCTOBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Special (Emergency) Session in The Bahamas, 11-12 October, 2001, to undertake consultations on the grave situation confronting our nations as a consequence of the terrorist attacks in the United States of America on 11 September 2001 and its aftermath: Recognise that these dastardly acts have exacerbated an incipient global…
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NASSAU DECLARATION ON HEALTH 2001 : THE HEALTH OF THE REGION IS THE WEALTH OF THE REGION
We the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community: COGNIZANT of the critical role of health in the economic development of our people and overawed by the prospect that our current health problems, especially HIV/AIDS, may impede such development through the devastation of our human capital; RECOGNIZING that the escalation of these health problems is evidence of the deficiencies…
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CARICOM STATEMENT ON STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY IN HAITI
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Freeport, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, during their 22nd Conference, engaged in an exchange of views on the political crisis in the Republic of Haiti, which emanated from the 21 May 2000 elections in that country. The CARICOM leaders took note of the information presented by the President of Haiti, His Excellency Jean-…
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CARICOM STATEMENT ON THE EU BANANA IMPORT REGIME ISSUED BY THE 10TH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED).
The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which was convened in Georgetown, Guyana, 11-12 January 2001 is dismayed at the decision of the Agriculture Council of the European Union to direct the Commission to prepare for a revised EU banana import regime based on the principle of “First Come, First Served” (FCFS). The proposal…
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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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CONSENSUS OF CHAGUARAMAS
The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community meeting in its Seventh Special Session at Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on 26-27 October 1999; Having deliberated on a Vision for the future of the Region, and recognising the need for ensuring that the integration of the Region must be made more meaningful for its people, especially the Youth, adopted…
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