The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Barbados on October 24-25 for a two-day Ministerial retreat. The Retreat will provide an opportunity for Foreign Ministers to discuss foreign policy issues in the international system and the impact of significant Regional and global events.
THEME_ LEADERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
It is my pleasure to bring greetings to the Chairman and delegates at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I regret that I cannot be physically present, but this is largely due to the fact that St. Kitts and Nevis is in the terminal stages of its general elections scheduled for 25th October (just four days away).
The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Barbados on October 24-25 for a two-day Ministerial retreat. The Retreat will provide an opportunity for Foreign Ministers to discuss foreign policy issues in the international system and the impact of significant Regional and global events.
THEME_ LEADERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIP
It is my pleasure to bring greetings to the Chairman and delegates at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I regret that I cannot be physically present, but this is largely due to the fact that St. Kitts and Nevis is in the terminal stages of its general elections scheduled for 25th October (just four days away).
The Pan Caribbean Partnership for HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) has received much commendation for its tremendous success in the fight against the pandemic at its Fourth Annual General Meeting, which opened in Barbados, Thursday, 21 October 2004.
PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – “The workshop has sensitized a broad range of manufacturing interests, giving us a deeper appreciation of the complex external trade negotiations agenda confronting Suriname and CARICOM.” This statement was made by a representative of the Surinamese private sector - Mr. Oscar Kambel, General Manager of Global Beverages NV - who participated in a sensitization workshop for Surinamese private sector stakeholders in Paramaribo, October 20. Mr.
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A joint WTO/IDB-INTAL 'Regional Workshop on Government Procurement for Caribbean Countries' was held in Trinidad and Tobago, October 18 to 20. The workshop was opened by Hon. Conrad Enhill, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. Mr. William Robinson, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Representative in Trinidad & Tobago and Mr. Kodjo Osei-Lah of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Secretariat also addressed the opening ceremony.
Regional experts on Climate Variability and Change in the Caribbean will meet in Barbados 25-27 October 2004 to prepare a joint plan of action for Regional risk reduction. They will also review specific issues including disaster management, adaptation to climate change, and the increasing risk and frequency of weather-related disasters.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will send an electoral monitoring mission to observe the General Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis on 25 October 2004 following an invitation from that country's Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Denzil L Douglas.