OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE FIFTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

His Excellency the Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Chairman of the Fifteenth-Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Outgoing Chairman of the ...
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STATEMENT BY HON. HAROLD LOVELL, M.P., MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA TO THE FIFTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25-26 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of State and Government Delegates: The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, is unable to be here with us in St. Kitts & Nevis for this meeting.  He has asked me to convey his sincere regret to his colleagues and to the mee...
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 24 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Madam Chair, Honourable Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Other Ministers of Finance and Planning Central Bank Governors Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations Distinguished Delegates and Officials Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Membe...
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 24 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS.

Madam Chair, Hon. Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Other Ministers of Finance and Planning Central Bank Governors Representatives of International, Hemispheric and Regional Organisations Distinguished Delegates and Officials Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat Members of the Media Ladi...
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HAITI TOPS INTER-SESSIONAL AGENDA

The situation in Haiti will top the agenda as Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in St Kitts and Nevis for the Fifteenth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference. The two-day meeting from March 25-26 will take place at the headquarters of the Eastern Caribbean Central B...
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Stalled Talks: FTAA Deadline in Doubt

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Seventeenth Meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) was not reconvened as previously scheduled, on March 18 to 19. A decision has been taken to postpone the TNC. The decision came at the close of an Informal Meeting...
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STATEMENT BY THE MOST HONOURABLE PERCIVAL J. PATTERSON, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM, RE. THE INFORMING OF CARICOM HEADS AND OTHER GOVERNMENTS ABOUT THE VISIT TO JAMAICA BY FORMER HAITIAN PRESIDENT, JEAN-BERTRAND ARISTIDE

The Caribbean Community has demonstrated considerable diplomatic capacity in formulating the CARICOM Initiative in respect of the ongoing Haitian political crisis. CARICOM has achieved as well a remarkable sense of unity in its response to the aftermath of former President Aristide’s sudden de...
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CARICOM and Costa Rica Sign Free Trade Agreement

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) concluded its second free trade agreement with a country in the wider Caribbean with the signature of the CARICOM-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement today in Jamaica. Prime Minister P.J. Patterson on behalf of CARICOM and Presi...
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CALL FOR ART TO BE COMPULSORY IN SCHOOLS

Winner of the Junior category of the Regional Art Competition, Zennisha Richards, has made a special plea to Ministers of Education of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to make Art a compulsory subject and not an extra-curricular subject on the timetable. At a brief prize giving ceremony held at t...
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