This policy is dedicated toĀ the memory of Professor The Honourable Oliver Headley,Ā Chairman of the National Commission on Sustainable DevelopmentĀ who passed away during its final preparations
The Thirty-first Annual General Meeting of the Regional Nursing Body (RNB) concluded yesterday, 27 May 2004, in Paramaribo, Suriname.
The Governments and Peoples of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are profoundly saddened at the tremendous loss of life in the Dominican Republic and Haiti - sister countries which share the island of Hispanola - as a result of flooding and mudslides following torrential rains which swept across the island over several days.
Particularly affected by the combined loss of life in excess of one thousand people, are towns and villages on the Dominican Republic/Haiti border including Jimani, Fond Verettes and Mapou.
The Region should expect a breath of new life and meaning, to the Region's premiere cultural festival, CARIFESTA, when a special meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development [COHSOD] on Culture is convened next week.
The two-day meeting scheduled for June 2-3 will take place in Georgetown, Guyana where a strategic plan for the reorganisation of CARIFESTA drafted at the first meeting of the CARICOM Task Force on CARIFESTA in Trinidad in March will lead the discussions on the way forward.
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS ā The 'CARICOM Exploratory Group on CARICOM-Canada Trade Negotiations' met in Barbados, May 28.
The consultation was convened with a view to taking stock of deliberations between CARICOM and Canada on the scope and elements of negotiations for a CARICOM-Canada enhanced trade arrangement. Officials sought to refine positions on areas that would be under negotiation, including Services, Market Access, Agriculture, and Investment.
CARICOM countries have expressed keen interest in provisions for Services in the arrangement. Mr.
Address to the CSA Annual General Meeting
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS ā The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, called for an enhancement of the economic partnership between CARICOM and the United States, ābased on interdependence and mutuality of benefitsā. He made these remarks today at a forum organized and hosted by the Inter-American Economic Council (IAEC), in Miami.
Salutation
The Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme represents one of two areas of activity in the field of energy currently being undertaken by the CARICOM Secretariat. The other area is the formulation of a regional energy policy by a Task Force on Regional Energy Policy, which was established in 2003 in Port of Spain by the 14th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM.