intersessional heads of government 2015
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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations, Prime Minister Stuart
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference…
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Communiqué Issued Following The Conclusion of the Twenty-sixth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, 0n 26-27 February 2015. The Prime Minister of The Bahamas, the Right Honourable Perry Christie, chaired the proceedings. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and…
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CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural industries
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector to boost their economies. The announcement was made at the closing press conference for the two-day 26th Inter-sessional Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government on Friday afternoon by Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government and…
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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference for the just-ended 26th…
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Regional initiative to tackle banking threat
CARICOM Heads of Government have agreed to establish a Committee of Finance Ministers to work with the Caribbean Association of Banks on a plan to deal with the region being unjustly labeled a high-risk area for financial services. CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister of The Bahamas Rt. Hon. Perry Christie made the announcement during the closing press conference of the 26th…
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CARICOM places emphasis on sports tourism, cultural industries
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government have decided to place emphasis on developing their cultural and creative industries and sports sectors to boost their economies. The announcement was made at the closing press conference of the two-day 26th Intersessional Meeting of the CARICOM Heads of Government on Friday afternoon by Chairman of the Community and Prime Minister of The Bahamas, Rt. Hon. Perry Christie. We…
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Developing the Region’s Human and Cultural assets takes spotlight as CARICOM Heads Meet in The Bahamas
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States gather in The Bahamas for their 26th Inter-sessional Meeting, 26-27 February 2015. A major focus of this Meeting will be leveraging the Region’s human, cultural and natural assets to enhance the development of the Community. Key discussion areas also include issues related to Reparations for…
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Address economic challenges to the Region – CARICOM Outgoing Chair
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to jointly and aggressively address the EU policy to end the existing cap on European sugar beet production from the end of next year. He also called for action to avert the potential threat to the Region’s banking sector,…
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FAO aligns work to assist Regional Agri Plans
The United Nations Food& Agriculture Organization is aligning its global, regional, sub-regional and national work processes to cohesively assist the development strategies of Caribbean countries, the Director General of FAO Dr. José Graziano da Silva said during the opening of the Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Agriculture with the Director General. “This helps ensure that our efforts are coherent, add…
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Youth in spotlight at CARICOM Heads Meeting
Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller greets members of the Grand Bahama Youth Choir after their performance at the opening of the 26th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Thursday at Melia Nassau Beach Hotel. (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay) The Youth Choir added a taste of Bahamian folklore…
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