Statements and Declarations
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CARICOM. SPAIN SIGN JOINT DECLARATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Kingdom of Spain have signed a Joint Declaration that encompasses issues ranging from political dialogue to economic and cultural development. The Joint Declaration was signed at the conclusion of the IV CARICOM-Spain Summit held in Madrid, Spain on 11 July 2008. Please see the full text of the…
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STATEMENT ON BANANAS ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2008, BOLANS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Antigua & Barbuda on July 2-4, 2008, examined matters affecting the level of preferential access to the European market – preferences that have been instrumental in raising thousands of small farmers out of poverty, enabled them to achieve commendable levels of social and environmental responsibility and which have facilitated the contribution…
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DECLARATION OF DICKENSON BAY ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2008, BOLANS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at Dickenson Bay, Antigua and Barbuda, on the occasion of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, and on the 35th Anniversary of the Community; Recalling the historic signing, 43 years ago, of the Dickenson Bay Agreement that brought into existence the Caribbean Free Trade Association…
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MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON BANANAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community, meeting at the Twenty-Sixth Special Meeting for the Council of Trade and Economic Development in Antigua and Barbuda on 10 May 2008, examined various issues relating to the Region’s banana industry, in particular, matters affecting the level of preferential access to the European market — preferences that have…
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STATEMENT ON MAYNMAR ISSUED BY THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 7-9 MAY 2008, BOLANS VILLAGE, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Fully aware of its own vulnerability to natural catastrophes, and having repeatedly experienced the devastating effects of hurricanes, Ministers expressed their sympathy and solidarity with the people of Myanmar following last week’s disastrous cyclone which, by some accounts, is estimated to have taken 100,000 lives and rendered 1,500,000 homeless and destitute. The risk of starvation and disease among the…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT ITS THIRTEENTH SPECIAL MEETING, 4-5 APRIL 2008, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held its Thirteenth Special Meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 4-5 April 2008. Crime and Security was the focus of the Meeting as agreed at the Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas. The thrust of the Meeting was to ‘fully ventilate the crime and security issues…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT ITS THIRTEENTH SPECIAL MEETING, 4-5 APRIL 2008, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held its Thirteenth Special Meeting in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 4-5 April 2008. Crime and Security was the focus of the Meeting as agreed at the Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Nassau, The Bahamas. The thrust of the Meeting was to ‘fully ventilate the crime and security issues facing…
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GEORGETOWN DECLARATION ON BUILDING A REGION FIT FOR CHILDREN FOR THE SURVIVAL, DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTION, DIGNITY, AND PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
We the Ministers of the Caribbean Community with responsibility for Children together with representatives of regional and international development organizations and regional educational institutions participating in the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Children at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Turkeyen, 17th – 19th March, 2008; Aiming to ensure the right…
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STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) AND FOURTH MEETING OF THE CARIFORUM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS MEETING – EXTERNAL NEGOTIATIONS, 15 NOVEMBER 2007 , GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of CARICOM and the Fourth Meeting of the CARIFORUM (CARICOM and Dominican Republic) Council of Ministers – External Trade Negotiations, met in consecutive sessions on 15 November 2007 in Guyana. The meetings were presided over by Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Guyana, Dr. Henry Jeffrey. The…
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DECLARATION OF ST. ANN : IMPLEMENTING AGRICULTURE AND FOOD POLICIES TO PREVENT OBESITY AND NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs) IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
We, the Ministers of Agriculture of CARICOM, meeting at the Gran Bahia Principe Hotel, Runaway Bay, St. Ann, Jamaica on 9 October 2007 on the occasion of a special Symposium on Food and Agriculture Policies and Obesity: Prevention of NCDs in the Caribbean; Recalling the 1996 declaration in The Bahamas of the region’s Ministers of Agriculture that “Food and nutritional…
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