Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, heads a three-member delegation to the Inter-Governmental Organisations Meeting which opens on Thursday 22 March, 2001 at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
A Foreign Ministerial delegation representing The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will journey to Washington next week for the first face-to-face contact with the new US Secretary of State, retired General Colin Powell.
The future of CARICOM-USA Relations is expected to feature prominently in the deliberations when the two sides meet. This is in addition to the vexing issue of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation in Development (OECD) Harmful Tax Competition Policy.
Foundations of co-operation have been laid with other missions who are in Guyana to observe the 2001 General elections. This was stated by Chief of the CARICOM Observer Mission to Guyana, Justice R. Carl Rattray at a Press Conference today Thursday March 15 hosted by Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr Edwin Carrington at the CARICOM Secratriat in Georgetown.
The Caribbean Community is moving to ensure that the dreaded Foot and Mouth and Mad Cow diseases do not impact negatively on the livestock industry and the economies of the Region. To this end the Region's Public Health and Veterinary officers will meet in Guyana on 27 March 2001 to formulate a regional initiative to tackle these potentially devastating diseases.
Foundations of co-operation have been laid with other missions who are in Guyana to observe the 2001 General elections. This was stated by Chief of the CARICOM Observer Mission to Guyana, Justice R. Carl Rattray at a Press Conference today Thursday March 15 hosted by Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr Edwin Carrington at the CARICOM Secratriat in Georgetown.
One of some 150 young artists from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will carve his or her name in CARICOM's history by submitting the winning design for the cover of a book on the regional integration movement being published by the CARICOM Secretariat.
Young artists throughout the Community were encouraged to showcase their skills in the competition for the cover design, which was launched at the CXC Headquarters in Barbados on 9 January this year, and was advertised throughout the Region.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) once again joins with the rest of the international community in commemorating the United Nations designated International Women's Day. This occasion provides an opportunity to recognize the significant role women have played in the life, livelihood and sustainability of our Region and indeed, in other parts of the world and to record our appreciation therefor.
A high-level delegation from the East African Community (EAC) Secretariat comprising of senior officials from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was scheduled to arrive last evening on a two-day visit in the country.
One of the main objectives of the study tour is to learn from the experiences of other institutions in regional economic integration, especially regarding their own efforts at achieving internal free trade and the establishment of a Customs Union.
What is PANCAP?
The Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS, PANCAP, was established by a Declaration of CARICOM Heads of Government on 14 February 2001 in response to the threat of HIV to sustainable human development.
PANCAP is a Caribbean regional partnership of governments, regional civil society organisations, regional institutions and organisations, bilateral and multilateral agencies and contributing donor partners.
The Twelfth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held at the Sherbourne Conference Centre, Barbados from 14 to16 February 2001.