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PACKED AGENDA FOR TWENTY-FIFTH COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opens in Georgetown on Friday 25 January with a packed agenda that includes recommendations from the technical team which earlier this week considered poverty and rising cost of living in the Region. The two-day meeting will be held at the Buddy’s International…
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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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TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF COTED OPENS THURSDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The operation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the imminent establishment of the Competition Commission are among key agenda items of the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). COTED meets on Thursday 15 November 2007 at Buddy’s International Hotel, Providence, in Guyana. In the absence of…
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JOINT COTED-COFAP MEETING IN PORT OF SPAIN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Councils for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and Finance and Planning (COFAP) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in a joint session from 5-7 June 2007 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Joint Meeting will consider a revision of `Towards a Single Economy and a Single Development Vision’, a report…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE GUY MAYERS, MINISTER FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Secretary General, Delegates Invitees I am honoured to be with you at this the 23rd Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I am also pleased that we have been able to convene this session despite the many competing demands for Ministerial time. This week, in Saint Lucia we have been and continue to be engaged in three…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HONOURABLE CHARLES SAVARIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND LABOUR , DOMINICA, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COTED, 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Salutations It is with great honour that I take on the responsibility of chairing this Twenty Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development. Among the Councils of the Community, the COTED is arguably where the centre of gravity for the Community can be found. It is as they say where all the action happens. Within this…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Honourable Charles Savarin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Labour and the Public Service of Dominica and Chairman of the COTED; Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Outgoing Chairman of the COTED; Other Honourable Ministers; Distinguished Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Other distinguished Guests; Representatives of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen, It is…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE GUY MAYERS, MINISTER FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Secretary General, Delegates Invitees I am honoured to be with you at this the 23rd Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I am also pleased that we have been able to convene this session despite the many competing demands for Ministerial time. This week, in Saint Lucia we have been and continue to be engaged in three…
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SPECIAL COTED TO CONSIDER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) vision for a single regional airline is among key agenda items for the Twenty-Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development scheduled for 21-22 May 2007 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to address regional transportation matters. The Special Meeting of Ministers was mandated by the 18th…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Honourable Charles Savarin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Labour and the Public Service of Dominica and Chairman of the COTED; Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Outgoing Chairman of the COTED; Other Honourable Ministers; Distinguished Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Other distinguished Guests; Representatives of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen, It is…
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