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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Commonwealth of Dominica welcomes this opportunity to speak on the issue of bananas. The future trading regime for bananas is a cause for great anxiety to the people of Dominica and other Caribbean States who have derived their livelihoods from the commodity over the last fifty years. |
The Terms of Reference for this concept paper demands a very short document, on a very broad topic, with very little published material to be presented in 5 minutes to a knowlegeable audience. Direct and desk research tapping the resources of the
Internet, personnel from CRNM, CEDA, Trinidad & Tobago Coalition of Services, DFID, CDB and Scientific Information Services (SIS) Ltd was conducted. The following is a snapshot of continuing research which it is hoped will generate intense discussion.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 14-member CARICOM Commission on Youth Development is meeting on Monday, for the seventh and last time to add the finishing touches to their much anticipated Report.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will gather in the city of Santiago de Cuba for their third Summit on 8 December 2008. An agenda which will include discussions on the financial, energy and food crises and on climate change and their impact on Caribbean countries as well as the sharing of perspectives on cooperation between Cuba and CARICOM countries awaits the leaders and their respective delegations at a Summit which will conclude with the issuing of the Declaration of Santiago de Cuba.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Australia will make some $60 million (AUS) available over four years to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for cooperation in a number of areas of special mutual interest.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Assistant Secretary-General Trade and Economic Integration, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has emphasised the urgency for action on food and nutrition security in the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul, Country Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FOA) of the United Nations in Guyana, on Monday charged specialists in the agriculture and trade arena to take affirmative action for food and nutrition security in the Region.