Introduction As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community I wish to express my appreciation to the North East regional Caribbean Students Conference for inviting me to deliver the keynote address at the last such Conference of this Century. I consider it not only an honour but my duty to be here....

On 29 March 1999, CARICOM learnt with surprise of the decision of the Costa Rican candidate for the position of Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), to withdraw his candidacy for the elections due in June 1999. CARICOM had received representation from the Government of Cos...

Your Excellency the President of Guyana, Your Excellency the Vice-President of Costa Rica; Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana; Honourable Ministers of CARICOM, Central America and the Dominican Republic; Distinguished Secretaries-General; Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests; ...

Mr. Chairman, Secretary-General of CARICOM, distinguished Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and Central AMERICA, Members of the Cabinet, Members of the Diplomatic corps, distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen. On behalf of the Government and people of Guyana, I bid you a very warm welcome to Guyana. ...

Her Excellency Mrs. Janet Jagan, President of the Republic of the Republic of Guyana. His Excellence Mr. Errol Snijders, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Suriname, Co-Chairman of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting, Esteemed Heads of Delegations of the member countries of the Caribbean Communi...

The Fourth CARICOM-Central America Ministerial Meeting was held in Georgetown, Guyana, 22 March 1999. Ministers welcomed the Dominican Republic and expressed their satisfaction at that country's participation in the Meeting. Ministers met to analyse the development of relations between both sub-re...

The Tenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Paramaribo, Suriname on 4-5 March, 1999. Heads of Government in attendance were: Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Barbados; Hon. Ed...

Excellency President Janet Jagan, Esteemed Colleagues, Distinguished Secretaries General, Delegates and Special Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen, In the spirit of our growing awareness of the existing linkages between our countries, our regions and in the world, it is my distinct pleasure and honour ...

The Fourth CARICOM/Central America Ministerial Meeting takes place in Georgetown on Monday 22 March, 1999. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers and officials met in caucus on Friday 19 March, while the CARICOM Central America High Level Technical Meeting to fine-tune the agenda for the Ministeria...

At the Statutory Meeting of the Dialogue held on 15 February 1999 a number of unpleasant and unnecessary exchanges took place between the Parties. An extract of the transcript of that Meeting which contains the essence of the problem has already been published. That transcript shows that Dr. Luncheo...