The Fourth Meeting of the Project Advisory Group (PAG) for the European Union-funded project on "Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS/STI in the Caribbean" will take place in Georgetown, Guyana, on Friday 15 February 2002. This regional project is being financed through the resources of the 8th European Development Fund in the amount of EUR 6.9 million and is executed by the CARICOM Secretariat. The overarching goal is to reduce the spread and impact of HIV/AIDS/STI in the 15 CARIFORUM Member States.
Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of both CARICOM and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, will chair the Opening Session of the Caribbean Regional Seminar in preparation for Negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Union, scheduled to take place at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel on 14-16 February 2002.
Mr. Secretary_
I have been asked to address the political and security issues resulting from post-September 11, 2001.
Salutations
We are today convened for the fourth time in seven months; the frequency of our meetings a clear indication of the ever increasing intensity and complexity of the challenges facing our region today.
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Su Excelencia, Enrique Bolanos Gier, Presidente Pro-Tempore del Sistema de Integracion Economica (SICA), y Co-presidente de esta Cumbre Excellencies, Heads of State and Government Excellencies, Foreign Ministers and Ministers of Government Excellencies, Secretaries General of the Organization of American States, the Association of Caribbean States, CARICOM and SICA |
It is some 9 months since Sir Shridath Ramphal - Sonny Ramphal to all of us - intimated his wish to pass the baton of leadership of the RNM to other, younger hands. We asked him to stay on - at least until the WTO Ministerial in Doha. And he did - and to what good effect, for at Doha his was a vital voice, not only for the Caribbean but also for the larger developing world.
More than one hundred delegates assembled at the Princess Hotel in Belize City, Belize on 3-5 February 2002 for the Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, presided over by Hon. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Caribbean Community. Among those in attendance were_ Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda; Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; Rt. Hon. Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados; Hon. Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica; H.E.
Su Excelencia, Enrique Bolanos Gier, Presidente Pro-Tempore del Sistema de Integracion Economica (SICA), y Co-presidente de esta Cumbre Excellencies, Heads of State and Government Excellencies, Foreign Ministers and Ministers of Government Excellencies, Secretaries General of the Organization of American States, the Association of Caribbean States, CARICOM and SICA
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Honorable Members of Delegations
Special Invited Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Welcome to Belize.
Bienvenidos a Belice.
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed four Instruments at their Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Belize City, Belize to fast track the full implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Instruments signed were_ Protocol on the Provisional Application of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism, Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, Agreement Establishing the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ).