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SPEECH BY HON. JULIAN HUNTE, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SAINT LUCIA AND CHAIRMAN OF CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARIFORUM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, 18 OCTOBER 2001, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

Honourable Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
Honourable Ministers of CARIFORUM
Distinguished Director of the European Commission for West and Central Africa and the Caribbean
Other Heads of CARIFORUM Delegation
Mr. Secretary-General
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

NATIONAL CONSULTATION IN SAINT LUCIA ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Edwin Carrington, is slated to deliver the key note address at the eighth National Consultation with Civil Society in Saint Lucia as the Community advances towards its goal of integrating ideas from the non-government sector into a forward-looking strategy for the Region.

The government of Saint Lucia through the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Community Development will host the forum in Castries, Saint Lucia's capital, tomorrow, 19 October 2001.

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 economic crisis which threatened international peace and security.

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SPECIAL (EMERGENCY) MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 11 - 12 OCTOBER 2001, THE BAHAMAS

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community met in emergency session from 11-12 October, 2001 in Nassau, The Bahamas. Heads of Government in attendance were: The Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; the Rt. Hon Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados; Dr. the Hon. Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada; His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; the Rt. Hon. Percival J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis; and Dr the Hon. Kenny D.

CONSULTING WITH THE PEOPLE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ON THE WAY FORWARD FOR CARICOM

The sixth National Consultation of the Region's Civil Society will get underway tomorrow in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines capital, bring together a cross section of the local population to elaborate a people's vision of the Caribbean Community.

The Forum is expected to attract private and public sector interests, persons involved in human resource development, representatives of the trade union movement, religious organisations, farmers, and women and youth groups including secondary school students.

REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 3 OCTOBER 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

It is a special pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you to the Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Council is one of the critical organs of the Community. In focusing as it does on vital areas such as education, health, youth, sport, gender and culture, it is concerned with the issues that directly affect the quality of life of the people of this Region.

CARICOM HEADS HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington announced in Georgetown today that The Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, Chairman of CARICOM, will host an Emergency Session of the CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Nassau, The Bahamas on 11-12 October, to discuss the impact on the Region of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the United States.