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WE, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at Needham’s Point, Barbados, 1-4 July, 2007 on the occasion of the 28th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM;
Determined that the goal of our regional integration process is, first and foremost, to enhance the well-being of all of the citizens of our countries; |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community, Barbados Prime Minister the Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur has strongly urged the Community to expedite the adoption of the Girvan/Special Task Force report titled :”Towards A Single Economy And a Single Development Vision.”
The new CARICOM Chairman, in his keynote address at the CARICOM Summit in Barbados, said the report would serve as the basis for decisions by Heads of Government on a road map for the implementation of the Single Economy in 2008.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In reviewing his stewardship as CARICOM Chairman for the past six months, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves said, while much has been accomplished, there is still work to be done, especially on the second phase of the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community, the Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur wants corrective mechanisms to be implemented to curtail any inequitable distribution of the benefits of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).
In delivering his keynote address at the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, in Barbados, 1-4, July 2007, Chairman Arthur said the establishment of the CSME has brought with it, attendant challenges, which have to be addressed expeditiously.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis told media representatives in Barbados that more CARICOM Member States needed to have access to the US President’s Fund for HIV/AIDS.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Immediate past chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr, the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, has made an impassioned plea to his fellow CARICOM Heads of States to throw their support behind the regional carrier, Leeward Island Air Transport (LIAT).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Acting Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, the Honourable Stephenson King says, his country’s commitment to the ideals of regionalism and to the deepening of the integration process of CARICOM will increase.
Speaking at the official Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados on 1 July Mr King said the change of Government in Saint Lucia last December did not change the country’s “posture in relation to the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Immediate past chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr, the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, has made an impassioned plea to his fellow CARICOM Heads of States to throw their support behind the regional carrier, Leeward Island Air Transport (LIAT).