CARIFORUM-EU Principal Negotiators take stock of EPA Negotiations

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Fifth Meeting of CARIFORUM-EU Principal Negotiators was convened in Barbados on March 27-28. A Joint Statement (appended to this News Release), which takes stock of the one and a half day encounter, was issued this afternoon at a Joint Press Conference, in which b...
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STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE FREDERICK A. MITCHELL, M.P., MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPEN DEBATE OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK, 27 MARCH 2006

Mr. President, The Caribbean Community appreciates the opportunity to participate in this debate, which is taking place during a critical phase in Haiti’s transition to constitutional rule. On 7 February 2006, after two years of calamitous trials, the people of Haiti in large numbers demonst...
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Bernal: RNM Welcomes Interchange with Civil Society

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Speaking to members of the Press over the weekend ahead of the Fifth Meeting of CARIFORUM-EU Principle Negotiators taking place here in Barbados today and tomorrow, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director General Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal reaffirme...
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CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission Agree On Areas of Cooperation

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Mexico have signed an agreement identifying future areas of cooperation between the two sides. The agreement was signed after the Fourth Meeting of the CARICOM-Mexico Joint Commission on 16-17 March at t...
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CARICOM Chairman Congratulates Haiti’s President-Elect

March 15th, 2006 His Excellency René Préval President-Elect Haiti Dear President-Elect, On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and further to the Community’s statement of 18 February 2006 in reaction to the notification of the official results of the presidential electio...
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Canada, France Congratulate CARICOM On Single Market

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)The Governments of Canada and France have expressed goodwill to the Heads of Government and people of the Caribbean following the formal launch of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market (CSM) on 30 January in Kingtson, Jamaica. Canad...
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Statement by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and TobaGo, on the Planned Shipment of High-Level Radioactive Waste from France through the Panama Canal via the Caribbean Sea

The CARICOM Heads of Government at their 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting held recently in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, expressed strong condemnation of the proposed shipment by France of High-Level Radioactive waste through the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Community wishes to reiterate that ...
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Statement by the Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, on the Planned Shipment of High-Level Radioactive Waste from France through the Panama Canal via the Caribbean Sea

The CARICOM Heads of Government at their 17th Inter-Sessional Meeting held recently in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, expressed strong condemnation of the proposed shipment by France of High-Level Radioactive waste through the Caribbean Sea. The Caribbean Community wishes to reiterate that an...
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