SOME ASPECTS OF SUNSET LEGISLATION MAY STAY - CARICOM CHAIRMAN

Some aspects of the Sunset Legislation currently in place in the nine countries hosting Cricket World Cup 2007,in the Caribbean may remain, but others may not, Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Dr. The Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said yesterday. F...
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CARICOM CHAIRMAN TO PUSH PROGRESS ON FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr. The Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, hopes during his tenure as Chair of the 15-member grouping, to engender more progress in the area of functi...
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AWARDED ITALY’S ORDER OF MERIT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General H.E Edwin Carrington received today, Italy’s Order of Merit, Commander Class in an impressive ceremony at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Guyana. The bestowal was made by De...
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ITALIANS SEEK CARICOM SUPPORT FOR 2015 EXHIBITION BID

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  An eight-member delegation from Italy yesterday visited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat to seek the Region’s support for that country’s bid to host the 2015 Universal Registered Exhibition in Milan under the ...
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MESSAGE DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 March 2007

In the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, I bring you the following brief message from the Caribbean Community to the world: The fact that the commemoration of this occasion echoes across so many cities, states, island nations and continents is test...
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL CEREMONY TO MARK THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutations It is my pleasure to deliver this message on behalf of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington, who has asked me to convey sincere regrets that he is unable to be with us today owing to other commitments in the Community. The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to coll...
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SPEECH BY HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AT THE UN OBSERVANCE OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 26 MARCH 2007, UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK

Thank you Mister President Madam Deputy Secretary-General, Excellencies, Members of the United Nations Secretariat, International and Regional Organizations, special invited guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is with a mixed sense of both humility and pride that I stand here, on behalf of the Federati...
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MESSAGE DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007

In the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, I bring you the following brief message from the Caribbean Community to the world: The fact that the commemoration of this occasion echoes across so many cities, states, island nations and continents is te...
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. RALPH GONSALVES , PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the distinct honour and pleasure of addressing the Caribbean Community on the historic occasion of the Bicentenary of the passage of the Bill by the British Parliament in 1807, that abolished the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Given the...
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