The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) wishes to inform that, in accordance with the decision taken by CARICOM heads of Government at their recent conference in Grenada "to create a channel of engagement with the interim administration of Haiti", a delegation of CARICOM foreign ministers will be visiting Haiti 13-14 July 2004.
CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington today reacted with surprise and some disappointment to reports in sections of the regional media that CARICOM had "called for the release from detention of former Prime Minister Yvon Neptune as one of the conditions for recognition of the Interim Administration in Haiti, as well as for a date certain for elections". Secretary-General Carrington was categorical, stating,
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize's fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region.
Long serving staff and perhaps Godfather of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) movement, Mr. Byron Blake has called it a day after completing thirty years of yeoman service with CARICOM Secretariat.
Blake, dubbed "Mr. CARICOM" was instrumental in the creation and sustainability of a number of initiatives including the crafting of the Regional integration movement.
The Twenty-Fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Grand Anse, Grenada from 4 to 7 July 2004. Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM presided over the Meeting of the Conference, the work programme of which sought to advance the process of regional integration.
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize's fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region.
The Twenty-Fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Grand Anse, Grenada from 4 to 7 July 2004. Dr. the Right Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Chairman of CARICOM presided over the Meeting of the Conference, the work programme of which sought to advance the process of regional integration.
CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Grand Anse, Grenada at their Twenty-Fifth Meeting continued their consideration of the humanitarian, political, social and economic situation in Haiti following the departure of President Aristide on 29 February 2004. Central to their consideration were issues related to the representation of Haiti within the Community and the review of the modalities for engagement between the Community and the Haitian Interim Administration, for the benefit of the Haitian people.
Mr. Chairman, thank you for affording me the opportunity to speak today on Belize's fulfillment of its Quasi-Cabinet responsibility as it relates to sustainable development issues within the Region.
Long serving staff and perhaps Godfather of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) movement, Mr. Byron Blake has called it a day after completing thirty years of yeoman service with CARICOM Secretariat.
Blake, dubbed "Mr. CARICOM" was instrumental in the creation and sustainability of a number of initiatives including the crafting of the Regional integration movement.