The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which was convened in Georgetown, Guyana, 11-12 January 2001 is dismayed at the decision of the Agriculture Council of the European Union to direct the Commission to prepare for a revised EU banana import regime ba...

The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which was convened in Georgetown, Guyana,11-12 January 2001 is dismayed at the decision of the Agriculture Council of the European Union to direct the Commission to prepare for a revised EU banana import regime based on the ...

The Preparatory Committee working on the establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will issue a status report to the Legal Affairs Committee at its Sixth Special Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana scheduled for 23-24 January 2001. The Attorneys General and Ministers of Legal Affairs of Member...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for Trade and Economic Development have agreed to a CARICOM position on Agriculture and Services in the current round of negotiations taking place in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Assistant Secretary-General for Regional Trade and Econo...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Long-Term Electoral Observer Mission to the Republic of Guyana arrived in the country on 13 January, 2001 to commence preparations for observing the upcoming 2001 General Elections. The Chief of Mission is the Hon. Carl Rattray, OJ, QC, former President of the Court...

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington and his Senior Staff, held the first Press Conference by the Secretariat for the New Year on January 10, 2001 at the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) Headquarters in Barbados. The Secretary-General was in Barbados also ...

The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development [COTED] of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) received information from the Minister representing Belize on recent developments in the Belize-Guatemala border dispute. The Meeting recalled that last year both sides had agreed to eng...

Colleague MinistersHeads of Delegation and DelegatesSecretary-General and staff of the Caribbean Community SecretariatOfficials of the Regional Negotiating MachineryRepresentatives of Associated Institutions and especially the Private SectorMembers of the PressLadies, Gentlemen, Friends, Cuba and th...

SALUTATIONS Let me begin by first extending, on behalf of the Government and people of the Commonwealth of Dominica, a happy and prosperous 2001 to all my colleague Ministers, the Secretary-General, officials, and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is our hope that the year 2001 will be for you an...

  Ministers, Colleagues from Member States and Regional institutions and associations Staff of the Secretariat, Members of the press I wish you Good Morning, a very productive and healthy New Year. This is our first CARICOM Meeting for the year, indeed for the century, and this gives us a go...