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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT CONCLUSION OF SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17-19 APRIL 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

The Sixth Meeting of the Council for Social and Human Development (COHSOD) was held on 17-19 April 2002 in Georgetown, Guyana under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Douglas Slater, Minister of Health and the Environment, St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Meeting was attended by Dr the Hon. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Health, Barbados; Dr the Hon. Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Guyana; the Hon. John Junor, Minister of Health, Jamaica; the Hon. Earl Martin, Minister of Health and the Environment, St Kitts and Nevis; the Hon.

CONTRACT SIGNED TO BUILD SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington expressed his "joy and pleasure" after witnessing today's (17 April 2002) signing of the contract for the construction of a headquarters building for the CARICOM Secretariat.

STATEMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST ISSUED BY THE THIRD UK-CARIBBEAN FORUM, 3-5 APRIL 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUY

Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, on the occasion of the Third UK-Caribbean Forum, Ministers declared that the recent upsurge of violence in the Occupied Territories by Israel is unacceptable and can serve no purpose but to undermine the process toward a durable peace settlement. They condemned the attacks against Israeli citizens. They declared that military attacks against Palestinians and against the Headquarters of the President of the Palestinian Authority, Yasser Arafat, and the threat against his person are unacceptable and excessive and must cease immediately.

REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE THIRD CARIBBEAN-UK FORUM, 3 APRIL, 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable S.R. Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana
Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State of the United Kingdom
Honourable Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Other Honourable Ministers of the Caribbean and UK delegations
Other Heads of Delegation
Members of Parliament
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Distinguished Guests
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

Good evening.

Joint Communique issued at the conclusion of the Eighth CARICOM-Japan Consultation, 4-5 March 2002,  St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda

The Eight Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Japan Consultation was held at the Jolly Beach Resort in Antigua and Barbuda on 4-5 March 2002. The Delegation of CARICOM Member States was headed by Ambassador Colin Murdoch of Antigua and Barbuda and that of the Government of Japan was headed by Mr. Ken Shimanouchi, Director-General of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT CONCLUSION OF MEETING BETWEEN CARIBBEAN HEALTH MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF LEADING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ON ACCESS TO CARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS IN THE REGION, 18-19 FEBRUARY 2002, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

At a meeting at the Hilton Hotel, Kingston Jamaica, on 18-19 February 2002, Health Ministers of the Caribbean countries held a successful round of discussions with representatives of leading pharmaceutical Companies on access to care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the Region. This meeting was the first stage in a process and comes close on the heels of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica developing their own national plans in partnership with United Nations agencies and the pharmaceutical industry.

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL DIALOGUE

A cross-section of non-state interest groups are scheduled to meet later this week in the St. Vincent and the Grenadines capital, Kingstown, to continue their national dialogue with non-state actors on the regional integration process, particularly as it relates to new and emerging trade agreements. The particular concerns to be addressed by the forum will centre around "fair and just" treatment for all sectors of society as well as positioning of the small economies of the Caribbean in the global arena.

PRESS RELEASE ON MEETING BETWEEN CARIBBEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS AND UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE, 7 FEBRUARY 2002, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS

At the Third Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean and the Secretary of State of the United States Colin Powell, held on Thursday, 7 February 2002 in Nassau, The Bahamas, the Foreign Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic, placed trade and investment issues firmly at the top of their agenda. They reminded the United States of the significant advantage it has been enjoying in its balance of trade with the Caribbean since the establishment of the Caribbean Basin Initiative in the mid 1980s.

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