The Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 30 June-4 July 1997. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Planning, Social Services and Information, ...

Positioning the Caribbean for the Twenty-First Century We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, assembled for the Eighteenth Meeting of our Conference, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 4 July 1997; Recalling the historic gathering of fifty years ago in this city, when an earlier generati...

INTRODUCTIONEXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COUNTRYVISION OF THE CARIBBEAN IN THE FUTURE, AND IDEAL CARIBBEAN PERSONDEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMYSTRATEGIC INTERVENTIONS:Strategies for Survival,Development and ProsperitySocial In...

BRIDGETOWN DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND PLAN OF ACTIONCONTENTSBRIDGETOWN DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES PLAN OF ACTIONI. TRADE, DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND THE ENVIRONMENTEnhancement of Trade and InvestmentFree Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA)TelecommunicationsEconomic Development and Financial FlowsDisas...

The Eighth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in St. John=s, Antigua and Barbuda, on 20-21 February 1997 with an Opening Ceremony on the evening of 19 February 1997. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prim...

Heads of Government, at their Fifth Special Meeting held in Barbados on 16 December 1996 reviewed the issues of co-operation between the United States and Governments of the Caribbean Community in the fight against the illicit drug trade within the broad context of U.S./CARICOM relations. Heads of...

The Seventeenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 3 to 6 July 1996. Heads of Government in attendance were: the Hon. Lester Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda; the Rt. H...

The Seventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community was held in Georgetown, Guyana on 29th February – 1 March, 1996.Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda;...

The Sixteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Georgetown, Guyana on 4 – 7 July, 1995. ADMISSION OF SURINAME TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND COMMON MARKET The Conference formally admitted Suriname as the fourteenth Member of the Caribbea...

The Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Belize City, Belize on 16–17 February 1995. Heads of Government in attendance were: Hon. Lester Bird, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda; The Rt....