(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A CARICOM Minister responsible for youth affairs has challenged the Community's young people with the responsibility to "make a difference" in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic.
MEMBERS_
The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, T.C., P.C., Chairman
Tee Hon. Sir David Simmons, K.A., B.C.H.
Ambassador Christopher Thomas, C.M.T., D. Laws
The Rt. Hon. Sir Vincent Floissac, C.M.G., Q.C.
Professor Aubrey Bishop, O.R, CCH, B.Sc., LLM
Dr. Magda Hoever-Venoaks, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Mr. Allan J. Alexander, SC
Dr. the Hon. Lloyd George Barnett, O.J.
Ms. Gloria Gray, B.Sc., M.Sc.
Ms. Nelcia Robinson, B.Sc.
Mr. Othniel Sylvester C.M.G., Q.C.
A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTĀ WHO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A three-day conference under the theme, Champions for Change, involving at least one Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister, Ministers of Government, health officials and civil society representatives from the Region as well as the United Kingdom opens in St. Kitts on Monday, November 22.
A Special Session of the āCARICOM Working Group on Services
Negotiationsā was convened in Barbados, November 16 to 18.
Mr. Ramesh Chaitoo, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
(RNM) Services Trade Specialist, characterized the Special Session as an
āimportant opportunity to assess the status of the regionās preparations
for World Trade Organization (WTO) services offers, and discuss crucial
next steps in this process.ā
The Special Session considered draft initial services offers, with a view to
submitting all outstanding offers from CARICOM Member States to the
WTO by February 2005.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington has issued a call for all persons in the CARICOM Region to strive to control the scourge of HIV/AIDS, and to give hope to persons living with the disease.
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It is a pleasure and an honour for me to be present at this Fourth Anniversary Awards Ceremony of the Caribbean-Guyana Institute for Democracy. The Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, unfortunately, has been unable to attend and has asked me to convey warmest congratulations and his very best wishes to you. I speak to you on his behalf. |
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS ā As part of efforts to strengthen the participation of and dialogue with regional civil society stakeholders as regards CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, a Caribbean Non-State Actors (NSA) Network was launched in Barbados, November 13. The regional network of NSAs, embracing private sector umbrella groupings, trade unions, farmersā associations, consumer groups, academics and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), at large, was characterized by Ambassador Dr.
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS ā Senior Caribbean and European Commission (EC) officials met in Barbados today, November 12.Ā The encounter marked the Second Meeting of CARIFORUM-EC Principal Negotiators; the first having been convened in Brussels, July 15, 2004.
CARIFORUM officials were led by Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) and Caribbean Principal Negotiator on Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), and the EC team was headed by Mr. Karl Falkenberg, Director DG-Trade.