Honourable Ministers Ms. Jacqulyn Joseph and other members of the CARICOM Secretariat Permanent Secretaries Representatives of Ministers Representatives of Regional and International Institutions Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen. Since assuming the Chairmanship of the COHSOD in Octo...

The Caribbean Community/CARIFORUM, the Government of Italy and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) signed a US$5 million Food Security Project in Milan on 21 March 2003. The Project is Italy's response to a US$26.2 million programme submitted by CARICOM/CARIFORUM to a Meeting on Food S...

I am delighted to welcome all of you who have honoured the invitation to this 6th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. Your presence here, is fitting testimony to your commitment to the urgent need for us to work harmoniously together in facing the challenges of Human and...

I am delighted to welcome all of you who have honoured the invitation to this 6th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. Your presence here, is fitting testimony to your commitment to the urgent need for us to work harmoniously together in facing the challenges of Human an...

Apart from the selection and fortunes of the West Indies Cricket team, there is no other issue that evokes, in this region, a richer, more sustained, more fierce, and more misplaced commentary than the purposes and workings of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy.   In both instances, the de...

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A College of Negotiators Meeting will be convened in Kingston, Jamaica from March 31 to April 1, 2003. The session will finalize CARICOM’s preparation for the 13th Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiation Committee (TNC) Meeting in Puebla, Mexico...

The Sixth Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) begins in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, starting at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 31 March with a focus on Education. The two-day meeting at the Trinidad Hilton Hotel and Conferenc...

The question has been asked sometimes why do we need a Caribbean Court of Justice. The short and simple response is that without it the CARICOM Single Market and Economy will certainly not function effectively. For it is inevitable that in the cut and thrust of the commercial and economic life invol...

Mr. Chairman, Colleague Heads of State and Government, Honourable Ministers, Secretary General of CARICOM, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction  Let me first express appreciation to the Government and people of St. Kitts/Nevis for so graciously accepting to host this important sessio...

An appreciation of the history of this region is critical to a fuller understanding of contemporary realities and future challenges. For the Caribbean shares in the great drama of the Americas of which it is an integral part, whereby new societies are shaped, new and delicately tuned sensibilities a...