By mahtabala, 6 February, 2002

JOINT DECLARATION ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SUMMIT OF HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM-SICA-DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 5 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Acting upon the invitation of the Prime Minister of Belize, Heads of States and/ or Governments of the States Members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Central American Integration System (SICA) and the Dominican Republic as an Observer State, met in Belize City on Tuesday, 5 February 2002, in an historic First Summit between the Parties.

By mahtabala, 5 February, 2002

OPENING REMARKS BY THE HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, AT THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Colleague Heads of Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Ministers of Government and other Government Officials, Delegates, Members of the CARICOM Secretariat and Representatives of Caribbean Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen.

By mahtabala, 4 February, 2002

OPENING REMARKS BY THE HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, AT THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Colleague Heads of Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Ministers of Government and other Government Officials, Delegates, Members of the CARICOM Secretariat and Representatives of Caribbean Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen.

By mahtabala, 29 January, 2002

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE HONOURABLE LESTER B. BIRD AT THE OPENING OF THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING OF CARICOM MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION, ANTIGUA, 28 JANUARY 2002

Mr Chairman, Honourable Prime Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen.

There can be no question that a great void now exists in the flow of information in the Caribbean.

Throughout the Region, newspapers and radio and television stations are devoid of news and information about events in the Caribbean.

Even the largest of the media entities - those that claim to serve an area wider than the limitations of their national boundaries - have very little information about events outside their national confines.

By mahtabala, 29 January, 2002

OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL,  26 JANUARY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairman
Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados
Other Honourable Ministers
Representatives of the European Union (EU)
EU Deputy Regional Officer
Distinguished Delegate
Representatives of the Private Sector
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

Four years ago in Nassau, The Bahamas, this Council held its inaugural meeting. The then Chairman counselled that it behoved us to ensure that this body made certain that the Community could no longer carry on with "business as usual."

By mahtabala, 29 January, 2002

STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE HONOURABLE LESTER B. BIRD AT THE OPENING OF THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING OF CARICOM MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION, ANTIGUA, 28 JANUARY 2002

Mr Chairman, Honourable Prime Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen.

There can be no question that a great void now exists in the flow of information in the Caribbean.

Throughout the Region, newspapers and radio and television stations are devoid of news and information about events in the Caribbean.

Even the largest of the media entities - those that claim to serve an area wider than the limitations of their national boundaries - have very little information about events outside their national confines.