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Address delivered by Edwin Carrington,  Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),  at the Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,  4 March 1999, Paramaribo, Suriname

Your Excellency Jules Wijdenbosch, President of Suriname
Chairman of the Caribbean Community
Other distinguished Heads of State and Government
Vice President of Suriname
Speaker of the National Assembly
Hon. Ministers
Members of the Assembly
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Other distinguished guests
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen:

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY(CARICOM

Esteemed Colleagues,
Esteemed Mr. Vice-President
Members of the Council of Ministers
Madam Speaker of the National Assembly
Representatives of High Councils of State
Distinguished Delegates
Member of the Corps Diplomatique
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is a great honour for the people of Suriname, as well as for me and my Government, to have the representatives of the CARICOM Member States, and at the highest level too, as our guests. I extend a warm welcome especially to you, and I wish you a pleasant and fruitful stay in Suriname.

ST KITTS/NEVIS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO IN DEBATE FINALS

St Kitts/Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago have advanced to the finals of the CARICOM 25TH Anniversary Regional Secondary Schools Debating Competition following the semi-finals in Dominica and Trinidad and Tobago on Friday last.

The team from St. Kitts/Nevis successfully argued that "The Growth of Tourism in the Region has a Negative Effect on Caribbean Identity" and defeated the home team Dominica who made their first appearance in the competition.

CHANGING REALITIES IN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY : OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. ERROL SNYDERS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SURINAME AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) AT THE FIRST EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF COFCOR, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 1 MARCH 1999

Distinguished colleagues,
Distinguished Heads of delegations,
Mr. Secretary-General
Delegates,
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen.

The Government of Suriname is pleased and honoured to host this First Extraordinary Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations.

PRESS RELEASE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD SPECIAL MEETING OF THE LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, 25-29 JANUARY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

The Third Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee comprising Hon. Ministers responsible for Legal Affairs and Attorneys-General of the Caribbean Community was convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 25-29 January 1999 under the distinguished chairmanship of the Hon. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, S.C., Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago.

CARIBBEAN-US FORUM LEAD ACTIVITY IN GUYANA

The Secretariats of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) will play host to a delegation from the Dominican Republic in Guyana as a lead activity to the Caribbean-US Forum on Trade and Investment which is scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic 16-18 March 1999.

The delegation from the Dominican Republic will, on Friday 29 January 1999 have a series of meetings with officials from both the private and public sectors in Guyana as well as with the Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Dr. Carla Barnett.

TRADE MATTERS DOMINATE COTED MEETING

The Fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday.

CARICOM CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY-GENERAL MEET IN SURINAME

The President of Suriname and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency, Dr Jules Wijdenbosch on Thursday welcomed a four-member delegation from the CARICOM Secretariat led by CARICOM Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington.

This traditional Secretariat briefing of the incoming Chairman, took place at the Presidential Cabinet in Paramaribo, Suriname and the Secretary-General brought the Chairman up to date with current issues of relevance to the Community, which require his attention as Chairman.

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE CARICOM FACILITATOR TO GUYANA

The PPP/Civic and the PNC have agreed that in an effort to speed up the resolution of issues agreed for discussions the leaders of each Party's Dialogue Team would meet as often as possible outside of the weekly Statutory Meetings of the Dialogue. These meetings of the respective Leaders are described as Bilateral Meetings. Any agreements reached at those bilateral meetings would be reported to the Dialogue and form part of the record of the Dialogue.

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