Accord ‘Endorsed’ at Miami Trade Talks

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – Trade Ministers, from thirty-four countries, gathered at the Eighth Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial Meeting, in Miami, endorsed a key Ministerial Declaration, November 20. The Ministerial, set to last two days, concluded a day early. The summit followe...
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REMARKS BY HON. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL CARIBBEAN MULTI-NATIONAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE ON “GLOBALISATION TO SERVE THE INTEREST OF THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD,” 9 NOVEMBER 2003, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS

“Robin Hood used to rob from the rich to give to the poor.     The global market economy is causing the exact reverse”     [Address by The Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica     “CARICOM Beyond Thirty: Connecting with...
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RNM Chief: FTAA Talks ‘Amicable’

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – “Deliberations, thus far, have been amicable and constructive”. Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General, Ambassador Richard Bernal, made these remarks, November 17, two days into the Sixteenth meeting of the Free Trade Area of the A...
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RNM Chief: FTAA Talks ‘Amicable’

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – “Deliberations, thus far, have been amicable and constructive”. Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General, Ambassador Richard Bernal, made these remarks, November 17, two days into the Sixteenth meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Amer...
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WELCOMING REMARKS BY DR. THE HON. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, MINISTER OF HEALTH, GUYANA, TO THE THIRD MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

    It is Guyana’s honor and very great pleasure to host the 3rd PANCAP Meeting. I am delighted as host Minister to welcome you to Guyana and I hope that all of you will have a good time in Guyana. I certainly hope that in addition to having a good time, we will also have a very ...
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REMARKS BY RENEE WEST MENDOZA – CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER CARIBBEAN COALITION OF NATIONAL AIDS PROGRAMME COORDINATORS (CCNAPC)ON BEHALF OF DR. YITADES GEBRE, CHAIRMAN, CCNAPC, AT THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP ON HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

SALUTATIONS I bring you greetings on behalf of my Chairman, Dr Yitades Gebre who could not be here today at this important meeting and sends his regrets. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean has had, and will have crippling and devastating effects on us all. It is one of the most formidable an...
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REMARKS BY RENEE WEST MENDOZA – CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER CARIBBEAN COALITION OF NATIONAL AIDS PROGRAMME COORDINATORS (CCNAPC)ON BEHALF OF DR. YITADES GEBRE, CHAIRMAN, CCNAPC, AT THE THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP ON HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 12-13 NOVEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

SALUTATIONS I bring you greetings on behalf of my Chairman, Dr Yitades Gebre who could not be here today at this important meeting and sends his regrets. The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean has had, and will have crippling and devastating effects on us all. It is one of the most formidable and ...
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