Mr. Richard Wilkinson, The Director for the Americas of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the United Kingdom, and H.E. Mr. Richard Glover, High Commissioner for the United Kingdom to Guyana, on 25 April, 2001 paid a courtesy call on Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...

Mr. Chairman, each of us is here as a representative of people. Some may be called Canadians, others Antiguans, yet others Americans. They are all people with basic aspirations to live a life in freedom, to raise their children, to feed them properly, give them education, good housing and health car...

Foreign Ministers of the Countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) namely Antigua and Barbuda, etc. pay tribute to His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan for his dedicated service to the international community during his tenure as Secretary-General of the United Nations especially in the area of intern...

Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of Government, On behalf of the St. Lucia delegation, the delegations of the English-speaking Caribbean, and the delegations of the CARICOM sub-region, I wish to thank you for the warm and friendly welcome, and for the professional and efficient arrangements that th...

Your Excellency,  Prime Minister Jean Cretien,  Heads of States and Governments,  Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.   Mr. Chairman I feel particularly privileged today to speak at this historic Summit that highlights the importance of the process of democracy and g...

I address you today in the name of the people of the Caribbean Community. In that spirit, I am pleased to recognise that the enterprise we are engaged in today in Quebec City began in the Caribbean almost two centuries ago. For it was in Jamaica in 1815 that the great apostle of freedom, Simon Boliv...

Mr President Let me first join my colleagues in expressing our appreciation to you and Secretary of State Powell for this opportunity to exchange views with you on issues of mutual importance. I have been asked to present our case with regard to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developm...

The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community are deeply disturbed by events taking place in the Republic of Guyana, following the March 19, 2001 General Elections. Reports indicate a deteriorating social and political situation characterised by outbreaks of violence, damage to property and los...

A literary workshop, at which participants are expected to be exposed to  enhanced writing skills, is set to get underway on Monday, April 9, 2001 at the Hotel Tower, Georgetown. The workshop, which is being conducted by young, successful Caribbean author, Colin Channer, one of the contemporary...

Judging for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Book-Cover Design Competition took place on Wednesday, April, 4, 2001 at the Hotel Normandie, Port-of- Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The three judges, Mr. Ricardo Redman (Chief), CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington and leading Caribbean Book Pub...