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 a...

The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), opened today at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana with officials beginning their first round of discussions on a wide range of issues described as "diverse and complex". In setting the tone...

Young artists throughout the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will have an opportunity to showcase their skills in a book cover design competition organised by the CARICOM Secretariat. The aim of the book is to equip and provide young people of the Community with pertinent information in a simplified m...

The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will focus on crucial issues concerning the establishment of CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) when the week-long officials and ministerial deliberations begin at the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat on 8 January, 200...

Mr. Chairman, I thank the delegation of Haiti for the statement made to the Permanent Council on the recent elections in Haiti. The position of the Caribbean Community, CARICOM, has been expressed to this august body on several occasions. CARICOM's engagement with Haiti is a matter of great importan...

 It was with profound sadness that the Caribbean Community learnt of the recent passing of His Excellency, Henck Arron, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname, on 4 December 2000 at the age of 64. Recently decorated by the Government of Suriname for service to the country, Henck Arro...

As someone associated with the development of the Single Market and Economy, I most excitedly welcome the publication of the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report 2000. Empirical research has to be the foundation of meaningful policy-making, especially in our rapidly changing regional, hemispheric a...

Trade with the European Union (EU) following the new Cotonou Agreement presents a unique challenge for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) according to the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report, 2000 just released by the Economic and Intelligence and Planning Unit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) ...

The 40th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC) opened at the Sherbourne Centre in Barbados on 7th December, 2000 with delegates and members from the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO), focussing mainly on arrangements for the implementation of a regional radar project. The p...

The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), are jointly developing a study on the impact of El Nino, a global weather phenomenon, on the Region, according to Barbados' Minister for Agriculture and Urban Development, the Ho...