(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Progress reports on the harmonisation of a range of Instruments required to complement and give effect to the macro-economic policy framework for the Single Economy were considered by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers attending the Tenth Meeting of CARICOM's Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) in Georgetown on Saturday 21 May. The Single Economy is one arm of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) with the other being the Single Market.
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Distinguished Heads of Government
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)Â Â Â Â The Tenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community's (CARICOM) Council For Finance and Planning (COFAP) will be convened in Georgetown on Saturday 21 May, with the stabilisation and transformation of CARICOM economies topping the agenda for discussions.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington has emphasised the need for a new growth paradigm within the Caribbean, as well as a new vision for achieving sustainable high rates of growth and equitable development within the Region.
FTAA CO-CHAIRS CANCEL MEETING, AGAIN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A meeting of Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Co-Chairs that was to have been convened yesterday (May 19) has been cancelled. Having been notified of this latest cancellation, Heads of Delegations were informed that a date had not been identified for a future meeting of Co-Chairs.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The birth of a child often evokes a wellspring of hope and joy, as well as a sense of pride. For the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) family, the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Saturday 16 April 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago was truly a time of celebration and a moment of Caribbean euphoria for it marked the culmination of a century old period of gestation, and the birth of the Region's final Court of Appeal.
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On May 19 the Dispute Settlement Body adopted the Appellate Body and the panel reports on the European Communities’ export subsidies on sugar (see Adoption of Appellate Body and panel reports DS265, DS266 & DS283_ European Communities — Export subsidies on sugar). Mauritius spoke on behalf of ACP WTO member States, expressing concern as regards the socio-economic impact of the findings on weak and vulnerable ACP States. Mauritius explained that some ACP countries, for example St. Kitts & Nevis, were already being forced out of their sugar production.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Noted Caribbean Economist Dr. Clive Thomas has cautioned Caribbean leaders that they must " move aggressively to ensure high consideration for the Region's people, or run the risk of "cultural extinction." Dr. Thomas made his comments as he delivered the Sixth Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 17 May in Georgetown, in honour of late Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Mr. William Demas.